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   Feb 12, 2024 · Hollywood has mostly let that photo represent the battle, but there are a handful of excellent productions that feature the Battle of Iwo Jima. 1. Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) Sands of Iwo...

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3. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Flags_of_Our_Fathers_(film)Flags of Our Fathers (film) - Wikipedia

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   Flags of Our Fathers is a 2006 American war drama film directed, co-produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood and written by William Broyles Jr. and Paul Haggis. It is based on the 2000 book of the same name written by James Bradley and Ron Powers about the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima, the five Marines and one Navy corpsman who were involved in ...

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   Flags of Our Fathers: Directed by Clint Eastwood. With Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Benjamin Hickey. The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in World War II.

   • 7.1/10 (130K)
   • Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama

   • Director: Clint Eastwood
   • Release Date: 2006-10-20

5. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › flags_of_our_fathersFlags of Our Fathers - Rotten Tomatoes

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   In February and March of 1945, U.S. troops fight and win one of the most crucial and costly battles of the war on the island of Iwo Jima. A photo of U.S. servicemen raising the flag on Mount...

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   • Director: Clint Eastwood

   • Content Rating: R
   • Actors: Ryan Phillippe

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   Dec 18, 2006 · Clint Eastwood's film tells the story behind a famous snapshot of US soldiers lifting a flag over Iwo Jima during world War II. Thanks to the iconic force of that image, the flag raisers -...

7. www.nytimes.com › 2006/10/20 › moviesFlags of Our Fathers - Movies - Review - The New York Times

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   Oct 20, 2006 · In his new film about the battle for Iwo Jima, Clint Eastwood says something new and urgent about the uses of war and of the men who fight.

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   Are there any movies based on the Battle of Iwo Jima?

   • Hollywood has mostly let that photo represent the battle, but there are a handful of excellent productions that feature the Battle of Iwo Jima. 1. Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) John Wayne earned his first Oscar nomination for playing Marine S gt. John Stryker, a hard-ass hated by his men during training.

   5 Essential Movies and Shows About the Battle of Iwo Jima

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   Is Iwo Jima based on a true story?

   • It is based on the 2000 book of the same name written by James Bradley and Ron Powers about the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima, the five Marines and one Navy corpsman who were involved in raising the flag on Iwo Jima, and the after effects of that event on their lives.

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   Is 'Iwo Jima' a good episode?

   • Episode 8, titled "Iwo Jima," may be the best of the entire series. Marine Sgt. John Basilone, awarded the Medal of Honor for his role at Guadalcanal, has grown tired of touring the United States as a hero salesman of war bonds. Basilone goes back to training Marines and ends up leading his men into battle at Iwo Jima.

   5 Essential Movies and Shows About the Battle of Iwo Jima

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   Was Iwo Jima a hero?

   • Those who were hailed as the Iwo Jima heroes were indeed heroes (the battle resulted in 29 Medals of Honor), but in the film they tend to be unresponsive to such praise; they cannot forget the dead friends left behind. The intensity of the battle can scarcely be imagined.

   Flags of Our Fathers movie review (2007) | Roger Ebert

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   Why did Clint Eastwood bring a flag over Iwo Jima?

   • Clint Eastwood's film tells the story behind a famous snapshot of US soldiers lifting a flag over Iwo Jima during world War II. Thanks to the iconic force of that image, the flag raisers - played by Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford and Adam Beach - were whisked home to sell war bonds.

   Movies - review - Flags Of Our Fathers - BBC

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   Who plays Iwo Jima in 'flags of Our Fathers'?

   • From left, Adam Beach, Ryan Phillippe and Jesse Bradford play three of the men in the historic Iwo Jima photograph in “Flags of Our Fathers.” DreamWorks Pictures and Warner Brothers Entertainment Most war movies, even those that claim to be antiwar, overtly or implicitly embrace violence as either a political or cinematic means to an end.

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9. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › flags-of-our-fathers-2007Heroism under fire and on tour movie review (2007) - Roger Ebert

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   Nov 29, 2007 · Eastwood’s ambitious and enormously effective film has three aims: To recreate the hell of the Battle of Iwo Jima, to explore the truth and meaning of the famous photograph of the flag being raised over the island, and to record the aftermath in the lives of the survivors.