Release Date
October 20, 2006
DVD Release Date
February 6, 2007 (Buy on Amazon)
Director
Clint Eastwood
Writer
Paul Haggis
Cast
Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, Paul Walker, Jamie Bell, Barry Pepper, John Benjamin Hickey
Studio
Running Time
132 minutes
MPA 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... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
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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