Flag Day Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Plot

What's the story about?

Plot

Jennifer Vogel’s father John was larger than life. As a child, Jennifer marveled at his magnetizing energy and ability to make life feel like a grand adventure. He taught her so much about love and joy, but he also happened to be the most notorious counterfeiter in US history.

Drama True Story

Top Cast

The lead cast starring in Flag Day.

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  Sean Penn

  The Battle of Baktan Cross, Mystic River

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  Dylan Penn

  Condemned, Signs of Love

• 
  Josh Brolin

  Avengers: Endgame, The Running Man

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  Norbert Leo Butz

  The Exorcist Believer, The Exorcist: Believer

• D
  Dale Dickey

  Small Town Crime, C.O.G.

• E
  Eddie Marsan

  Vesper, The Gentlemen

• B
  Bailey Noble

  Martyrs

• 
  Katheryn Winnick

  Geostorm, Speed Kills

• H
  Hopper Jack Penn

  Signs of Love

Crew Behind the Film

The Flag Day behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Sean Penn last directed The Last Face and Into the Wild. The film's writer Jez Butterworth last wrote Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny and Cruella.

Director

Sean Penn

Screenwriters

Jez Butterworth
John-Henry Butterworth

Producers

William Horberg
Sean Penn

Production Details

What we know about the Flag Day movie production.

Key Facts

• "It’s what William Burroughs called, ‘surprised recognition.’ Flag Day should offer audiences the surprise that they themselves have lived, though differently, its parts." - Sean Penn (8/1/2021).
• Featuring original songs by Cat Power, Glen Hansard and Eddie Vedder (8/1/2021).
• An intimate family portrait based on a true story.
• Based on Jennifer Vogel’s 2005 memoir Flim-Flam Man: The True Story Of My Father’s Counterfeit Life.

Production Updates for Flag Day

Jun 2021

Completed

Changed Flag Day movie production status. MGM has picked up the rights before debut at the Cannes Film Festival.

Oct 2017

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in "development hell."

Mar 2016

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Preparations are underway to start production.

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Additional Information

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