Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
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| Release Date: | October 20, 2006 |
| On DVD: | February 6, 2007 |
| Genre: | War, Drama, Action |
| Director: | Clint Eastwood |
| Writer: | Paul Haggis |
| Cast: | Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, Paul Walker, Jamie Bell, Barry Pepper, John Benjamin Hickey |
| Studio: | DreamWorks Pictures |
| Official site: | flagsofourfathers.com |
| Running Time: | 132 minutes |
| MPAA Rating: | Rated R for sequences of graphic war violence and carnage, and for language. |
From Academy Award-winning director Clint Eastwood ("Million Dollar Baby," "Unforgiven") comes the World War II drama "Flags of Our Fathers," produced by Eastwood and Academy Award winner Steven Spielberg ("Saving Private Ryan," "Schindler's List").
February 1945. Even as victory in Europe was finally within reach, the war in the Pacific raged on. One of the most crucial and bloodiest battles of the war was the struggle for the island of Iwo Jima, which culminated with what...
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Flags of our Fathers is one of two World War II movies by Clint Eastwood hitting theaters this year. Fathers takes a look at the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Americans, whereas his companion piece, Letters From Iwo Jima, will examine the same battle only through the eyes of the Japanese. It is an ambitious endeavor to do such a thing, and unfortunately, from the way Flags of our Fathers turned out, Eastwood will need to do a bit of editing on Letters From Iwo Jima to make a dent come the Oscars.
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