‘The Last Full Measure’s Mark Damon On War Drama’s Journey & Why This May Be His Last Picture As Producer

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Producer and international sales veteran Mark Damon’s latest film, TheLastFullMeasure, releases domestically via Roadside Attractions on about 600 screens this Friday

, Ed Harris, John Savage, Christopher Plummer and Diane Ladd. Helping to keep the budget reasonable, stars shot for just three or four days each.in his last role. An In Memory Of title card is dedicated to the actor. Damon says that during shooting, “We didn’t know he was dying at the time and I’m not sure the extent to which he knew. He was fragile. He screened the movie in LA which was the last time we saw him and the director asked what he thought.

He allows that the he was not sure at first about the title, concerned it might be difficult to remember. But because the phrase comes from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, the decision was made to keep it. In that historic speech, Lincoln paid tribute to the soldiers who gave their country “the last full measure of devotion” resolving they would not have died in vain.

 

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