In 1996, Acorn founder Cliff Alferness got the idea that something as simple as putting a sleeve over the heart could stop the heart's deterioration.

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Where "Stop-Loss" wore its field research and its conscience on its sleeve, "The Lucky Ones" is a more traditional road movie, alternating between whimsical comic and dramatic episodes that test the bonds between its characters and gauge their place in a country they are proud to serve.

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