Resting Place 1986 123movies

Watch: Resting Place 1986 123movies, Full Movie Online – The mysterious death of an army officer comes under investigation by Major Kendall Laird as the young soldier’s parents seek an honorable burial place, out of respect for their son. The parents are assisted by their neighbor, Mrs. McAlister, in their patriotic and racially divided community..
Plot: A television movie set in Rockville, Georgia, in 1972. Major Kendall Laird, a Survival Assistance Officer, arrives in this sleepy little town with the body of Lieutenant Dwyte Johnson, a Vietnam war hero. It’s Laird’s job to help Johnson’s parents bury their son. But since the dead hero was black, his parents are turned away by the white racists who maintain the town’s “all-white” cemetery.
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Hallmark Hits a Home Run
It’s astounding that when we think about segregation 1.) we think about it being ages ago and 2.) we think of schools and water fountains. Then a movie such as “Resting Place” comes along to teach us that segregation was in every imaginable sphere of life, up to and including in death. And that’s the central theme of our movie here: a fallen soldier of the Vietnam war not being able to be buried in the cemetery in his home town because it was a “whites only” cemetery. This segregation was occurring 17 years after the Brown v. The Board of Education ruling, and seven years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act.

That brings us to the movie in question: “Resting Place.” Major Laird (John Lithgow) was in charge of making sure Sgt. Dwyte Johnson was given a proper burial. Major Laird accompanied the body to Rockville, GA where he found that Dwyte Johnson would not be allowed to be buried in the local cemetery. How did he even get a plot you may ask. A well-intentioned older white woman, and friend of the Johnson family, named Eudora McCallister (Frances Sternhagen), bought the plot and sold it to the Johnsons.

Even though the Johnson family was rebuffed in typical southern we’re-good-folks-but-we-don’t-like-you fashion, they would not be defeated. Luther (Morgan Freeman) and Ada Johnson (CCH Pounder) believed that their son, a war hero no less, deserved more than anybody to be buried in his hometown.

Major Laird, to his credit, would not give up either. The movie, while based upon social justice, was also a bit of an investigative movie because, whereas Dwyte Johnson’s unit recommended him for a Silver Star, there was something fishy about his death.

I enjoyed this somewhat subdued, yet serious Hallmark movie. John Lithgow and Richard Brooks were excellent. Morgan Freeman and CCH Pounder didn’t have huge roles so their impact on the film was minimal besides giving it an air of credibility. Race always has been and always will be a painful, hence troublesome issue, but I appreciate movies such as “Resting Place” for tackling it in an intelligent manner.

An enjoyable thought-provoking and entertaining TV drama
“Resting Place” tells of an Army officer (Lithgow) who accompanies the body of a black Vietnam war hero home for burial only to find the cemetery is segregated and the body is shrouded in mystery. A well cast journeyman TV drama, “Resting Place” is a thoughtful and poignant exploration of one man’s search for truth among a too divided civilian population and a too unified military unit. Good stuff with a message for everyone.

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Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 40 min (100 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated PG
Genre Drama
Director John Korty
Writer Walter Halsey Davis
Actors John Lithgow, Richard Bradford, Morgan Freeman
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. 2 nominations total
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Sound Mix Mono
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1
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Negative Format 35 mm
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Printed Film Format 35 mm