Flags of Our Fathers

Watch: Flags of Our Fathers

10/19/20062h 15m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ A single shot can end the war. ~

Overview:

There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$90,000,000.00

Revenue:

$65,900,249.00

Key words:

dying and death
japan
world war ii
pacific
pacific war
iwo jima
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1940s

Cast

Ryan Phillippe

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John 'Doc' Bradley

Jesse Bradford

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Rene Gagnon

Adam Beach

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Ira Hayes

John Benjamin Hickey

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Keyes Beech

John Slattery

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Bud Gerber

Barry Pepper

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Mike Strank

Jamie Bell

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Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski

Paul Walker

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Hank Hansen

Robert Patrick

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Colonel Chandler Johnson

Neal McDonough

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Captain Severance

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Reviews (1)

r96sk
Written 3 year(s) ago
8
A nicely crafted war film.

I wasn't overly invested in what was happening onscreen, but that doesn't take away from the fact that I still found 'Flags of Our Fathers' to be a very good and a very interesting story from the Battle of Iwo Jima.

It's a fascinating tale that it tells, which is definitely its strongest feature. As a whole I was very interested in it, individually I don't think it's as strong but as a collective it comes out nicely. Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford and Adam Beach are the pick of the performers, though there are a load of familiar faces elsewhere - including Paul Walker, John Slattery and Jamie Bell.

Super intrigued to check out 'Letters from Iwo Jima', which Clint Eastwood & Co. released two months after this to serve as a companion piece. Hopefully that's as good as this.