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On February 19, 1945, the Marines land on Iwo Jima using Higgins boats and LVTs. The beaches are silent and Private First Class Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski wonders if the defenders are all dead before Japanese heavy artillery and machine guns open fire on the advancing Marines and the Navy ships.
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.
- (130K)
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Clint Eastwood
- 2006-10-20
Letters from Iwo Jima is definitely one of the best war films I've seen; for me the narrative is reminicent of Thin Red Line, which is also amazing.
Sep 20, 2024 · According to McManus, the film accurately portrays Iwo Jima's unique volcanic ash soil and the trouble it caused the Marines landing on the beach, but it also gets other details right regarding the use of fighter aircraft against fortifications on Mount Suribachi and how Marines handle and use grenades. Check out McManus' comments below:
- Clint Eastwood
- Senior Staff Writer
- Ryan Phillippe
- Sands of Iwo Jima
- The Pacific
- Flags of Our Fathers
- Letters from Iwo Jima
- To The Shores of Iwo Jima
John Wayne earned his first Oscar nomination for playing Marine Sgt. John Stryker, a hard-ass hated by his men during training. Once he leads them into battle on Tarawa, his men begin to understand that Stryker was determined to teach them the skills they needed to survive and win the war. Eventually, the unit lands on Iwo Jima and suffers heavy ca...
HBO and producer Steven Spielberg's 10-episode series "The Pacific" deserves to be just as beloved as "Band of Brothers." Episode 8, titled "Iwo Jima," may be the best of the entire series. Marine Sgt. John Basilone, awarded the Medal of Honorfor his role at Guadalcanal, has grown tired of touring the United States as a hero salesman of war bonds. ...
Clint Eastwood wrote and directed this movie that focuses on the men who raised the flag in the iconic photograph taken after the battle. He based his screenplay on James Bradley's book. Bradley had long believed that his father was one of the men depicted in the photo, but evidence emerged in 2016 that this was not the case. Many of Eastwood's mov...
Only Clint Eastwood could get away with this. When he decided to make "Flags of Our Fathers," the director also wanted to tell the story of Iwo Jima from the Japanese perspective and made this movie back-to-back with its predecessor. Surprisingly, this Japanese-language-with-subtitles movie was a bigger box office hit when it was released a few mon...
This Oscar-nominated short documentary was mostly made during the battle and was filmed in Technicolor, a breathtaking new perspective on the war for American audiences. However, it was war, and it's tough to get all the footage you need in the middle of a firefight. The movie includes some shots recreating the battle in Thousand Oaks, California, ...
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...
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- War, History, Drama
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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...
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