Still the Drums
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Writer Talbot Perry Simons Initial release July 30, 2009 Running time 1h 25m | 8/10 IMDb Duration Director Talbot Perry Simmons Genres Drama, Anti-war film | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Still the Drums Originally produced in 2009 is the first film written, produced, directed and edited by actor Talbot Perry Simons. It premiered on U.S. Cable TV's Movies On Demand Pay Per View in January 2013.
The title Still the Drums is an excerpt from the poem "The Illusion of War" written after the Civil war by English author Richard Le Gallienne.
Still the Drums is about four best friends that went to Vietnam as U.S. Marines. The story deals with friendship, patriotism, heroism and post-traumatic stress disorder. We look in on these soldiers thirty-nine years after their war, (the Vietnam War) has been over.
Still the Drums had premiered on August 1, 2009 at the Regency Fairfax Cinema on Beverly Blvd. In West Hollywood, California, it was selected as a finalist in the 2009 New York International Independent Film and Video Festival.
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