Eventful movies is your source for uptodate megan leavey movie and cast photos. Megan leavey 2016 based on the true life story of a young marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in iraq. Assigned to clean up the k9 unit after a disciplinary hearing, leavey starts to identify with rex, a particularly aggressive dog that she trains. Megan leavey showtimes at an amc movie theater near you. Find megan leavey showtimes for local movie theaters. Megan leavey is based on the true story of young, grieving, depressed megan leavey, who enlists in the marines and discovers her calling after shes forced to clean out the k9 war dog units kennels. The true life story of megan leavey, a young marine. Its well acted and nicely assembled, one of the more agreeable and heartfelt films of the year. The true story of marine corporal megan leavey, who forms a powerful bond with an aggressive combat dog, rex. Megan leavey born october 28, 1983 is a us marine corporal veteran who served as a military police k9 handler leavey enlisted in the marines in 2003 and was stationed at camp pendleton, california, where she was paired with military working dog rex e168. Megan leavey is a refreshing story about a woman marine and her military bombsniffing dog. Megan leavey official site megan leavey, megan, blackfish.
Jun 09, 2017 the story was told from megan leavey s perspective, but rex, the dog was the real hero. When she is assigned to clean up the k9 unit after a disciplinary hearing, leavey identifies with a particularly aggressive dog, rex, and is given the. Megan leavey, directed by gabriela cowperthwaite, tells the story of the profound bond between a marine corporal and her war dog rex. Megan leavey, an alternately bratty and highly competent marine corporal based on a real person and played by kate mara. Rex is a german shepherd with soulful eyes, and everyone thinks hes a bad dogbut hes not a bad dog.
When she is assigned to clean up the k9 unit after a disciplinary hearing, leavey identifies with a particularly aggressive dog, rex, and is given the chance to. Mara played zoe barnes in the netflix series house of cards and sue storm in the 2015 movie fantastic four. A woman who served in iraq for more than three years is now fighting to adopt the german shepherd who. Congrats megan leavey for finding that special bond, it saves a life in more than one. Movie detail page manville with titan luxe megan leavey. Get the latest showtimes for megan leavey and bypass the lines by buying movie tickets online. Real life megan leavey shares stories of dog rex and megan.
Sign up for eventfuls the reel buzz newsletter to get the latest movie information delivered right to your inbox and bypass the lines by purchasing movie tickets online. Directed by gabriela cowperthwaite, the drama stars kate mara as leavey. With kate mara, ramon rodriguez, tom felton, bradley whitford. Play the clips below to hear from the stars and the courageous marine who inspired the film. When she is assigned to clean up the k9 unit after a disciplinary hearing, leavey identifies with a particularly aggressive dog, rex, and is given the chance to train him. I would recommend this movie, because it exhibits the true dedication of a soldier to save her dog from euthanization and the lengths she would go, to save her dog. It is the bond between the marine veteran and rex that is the focus of the film megan leavey, starring kate mara in the title role. Megan leavey also known as rex is a 2017 american biographical drama film directed by gabriela cowperthwaite and written by pamela gray, annie. Over the course of their service, megan and rex completed more than 100 missions until an ied explosion injures them, putting their fate in jeopardy. Aug 27, 2017 megan leavey offers a true, warmhearted story of the inseparable bond between solider and dog with some war scenes to please action fans and character development to reel in dog lovers.
Valley cottage native megan leaveys story has been made into a movie starring kate mara. Jun 02, 2017 reallife megan leavey talks about the marines and sgt. Megan leavey 2017 cast and crew the true life story of megan leavey, a young marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with a military combat dog saved many lives during her deployment in. Movie showtimes data provided by webedia entertainment and is. Based on the true life story of a young marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in iraq. Megan leavey 2017 the true life story of megan leavey, a young marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with a military combat dog saved many lives during her deployment in iraq. I have seen many films of kate mara, but when it comes dominant performance, this is the one. Megan did adopt rex, who sadly passed away not too long ago. Megan leavey is based on the true life story of a young marine corporal kate mara whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in iraq.
The film stars kate mara as the titular character, with edie falco, common. Sign up for eventfuls the reel buzz newsletter to get upcoming showtimes and theater. Jun 09, 2017 megan leavey is based on the true life story of a young marine corporal kate mara whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in iraq. She fought for her dog to return home with her, and she wouldnt give up.
Movie detail page ward with titan luxe megan leavey. The film stars kate mara as the titular character, with edie falco, common, ramon rodriguez, and tom felton in supporting. Watch megan leavey streaming online hulu free trial. Advertisement based on a true story, megan leavey is that rare breed. Eventful movies is your source for uptodate megan leavey showtimes for local movie theaters. Check out the new trailer starring kate mara, common, tom felton. The story was told from megan leaveys perspective, but rex, the dog was the real hero. I would recommend this movie, because it exhibits the true dedication of a soldier to save her dog from euthanization. Although kate mara plays off the dog very naturally, ramon rodriguez was easily my favourite secondary portion of the film, because his presence elevated the. Jun 09, 2017 the true life story of megan leavey, a young marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with a military combat dog saved many lives during her deployment in iraq.
Megan leavey is based on the true life story of a young marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in iraq. Megan leavey movie megan leavey official trailer facebook. He just needs the right handler, and wouldnt you know it. Leavey has a quick cameo appearance in the film as a drill sergeant. Megan leavey soundtrack music complete song list tunefind. Megan badgers the units commander, gunny martin, to accept her on the doghandling team and, after she manages to practice and earn the necessary recommendations, she gets her wish. Valley cottage native megan leavey s story has been made into a movie starring kate mara. The true life story of megan leavey, a young marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with a military combat dog saved many lives during her deployment in iraq. Megan leavey will get to adopt rex, the military work dog who was by her side when she was injured in iraq. Megan leavey is based on the true life story of a young marine corporal kate mara whose unique discipline and bond with her. Years later, she fights through bureaucratic red tape to adopt rex and and. While deployed in iraq, the two complete more than 100 missions and save countless lives, until an ied explosion puts their faithfulness to the test. They were first deployed to fallujah in 2005, and then to ramadi in 2006, where they. The universal bluray release also makes the most of its outstanding picture quality and better than average sound design.
Parents need to know that megan leavey is an inspiring, poignant drama based on the true story of a young marine corporal who worked with a bombsniffing combat dog to keep their fellow soldiers safe during the war in iraq. Showtimes for megan leavey 2017 portland events calendar. Megan leavey tells an honest, touching true story of love, friendship, and fighting the good fight on the battlefield and off of it. Based on the true life story of a young marine corporal kate mara whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in iraq. Sign up for eventfuls the reel buzz newsletter to get upcoming showtimes and theater information delivered right to your inbox. Megan leavey follows the young marine through training with rex. Megan leavey offers a true, warmhearted story of the inseparable bond between solider and dog with some war scenes to please action fans and character development to reel in dog lovers. Reallife megan leavey happy with depiction of bond with sgt. A woman who served in iraq for more than three years is now fighting to adopt the german shepherd who she survived a roadside bomb with. Megan leavey opens at regal cinemas on june 9, 2017.
Kate mara stars in megan leavey, based on the true story of a marines best friend. Megan leavey also known as rex is a 2017 american biographical drama film directed by gabriela cowperthwaite and written by pamela gray, annie mumolo, and tim lovestedt, based on the true events about a young female marine named megan leavey and a combat dog named rex. Reallife megan leavey talks about the marines and sgt. Its also a story of personal transformation, growth in courage, and finding a place in the world. Megan leavey is based on the true life story of a young marine corporal kate mara whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved. Sign up for eventfuls the reel buzz newsletter to get the latest movie information delivered right to your. Based on the true life story of a young marine corporal whose unique discipline and. In order to display showtimes, please select a nearby theatre. Marine who was injured while on patrol in iraq with her dog rex, is awarded the purple heart. Megan leavey showtimes and movie information at landmark cinemas. Over the course of their service, megan and rex complete more than 100 missions.
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