Age of The Nerd
Sean Penn has returned to the director’s chair. The acclaimed actor known for directing Into the Wild has a new movie coming out called Flag Day. The film is based on the book Flim-Flam Man’s: The True Story Of My Father’s Counterfeit Life By Jennifer Vogel.
The film revolves around the daughter of a con man who struggles to come to terms with her father’s past. Sean Penn stars as John Vogel. Penn’s real-life daughter Dylan looks as if she can stand toe to toe in the acting department with her dad, making her debut in this film as the older Jennifer Vogel.
The film also stars Josh Brolin, Regina King, James Russo, Hopper Penn, and Dale Dickey. The trailer for the film debut a couple of days ago and features the debut of Olivia Vedder on vocals singing the song “My Fathers Daughter” written by her father Eddie Vedder and his long-time touring partner Glen Hansard.
The thirteen-song soundtrack will act as a companion piece to the film and is available for preorder now. You can pre order the soundtrack here. https://shop.pearljam.com/products/2021-flag-day-soundtrack-vinyl The soundtrack will be released the same day as the film on August 20th and will feature songs by Eddie Vedder, Cat Power, and Glen Hansard.
Check out the trailer for Flag Day below and it looks and sounds like Dylan Penn and Olivia Vedder have a bright future in whatever they do. Enjoy
