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Windtalkers (2002)

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Release Date: June 14, 2002
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Running Time: 133 minutes
MPAA Rating: Rated R for pervasive graphic war violence, and for language.
Director: Jon Woo
Writer: John Rice, Joe Batteer
Cast: Roger Willie, Brian Van Holt, Josh Hopkins, Martin Henderson, Peter Stormare, Mark Ruffalo, Frances O'Connor, Emily Mortimer, Noah Emmerich, Christian Slater, Adam Beach, Nicolas Cage

During WW2, the United States used the Navajo language to transmit top secret battle plans, since the Central Powers did not have the ability to decode them. However, if one of the few people who did speak Navajo were to be captured, it was the duty of the Marine ordered to protect them to kill them, for the security of the nation. This is the story of a soldier and a Navajo who are put Read more

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