Matthew Broderick heads a stellar cast in Academy Award winning screenwriter Horton Foote's 1918.

While an influenza epidemic is sweeping America, young men everywhere are succumbing to the patriotic fever fanned by the flames of World War One. In a small Texas town, Horace Robedaux feels the pressure to enlist but he doesn't want to leave his young wife Elizabeth and their young child Jenny. However, Elizabeth's younger brother is constantly talking about the war, and their stern father now has plans to take care of his daughter and the child so Horace can fight for his country.