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Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

R10/19/2006War, Drama, History2h 15m
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A single shot can end the war.

Overview

There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.

Top Billed Cast

  1. Cast 1

    Ryan Phillippe

    John 'Doc' Bradley

  2. Cast 1

    Jesse Bradford

    Rene Gagnon

  3. Cast 1

    Adam Beach

    Ira Hayes

  4. Cast 1

    John Benjamin Hickey

    Keyes Beech

  5. Cast 1

    John Slattery

    Bud Gerber

  6. Cast 1

    Barry Pepper

    Mike Strank

  7. Cast 1

    Jamie Bell

    Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski

  8. Cast 1

    Paul Walker

    Hank Hansen

  9. Cast 1

    Robert Patrick

    Colonel Chandler Johnson

A nicely crafted war film. I wasn't overly invested in what was happening onscreen, but that doesn't take away from the fact that I still found <em>'Flags of Our Fathers'</em> to be a very good and a very interesting story from the Battle of Iwo Jima. It's a fascinating tale that it tells, which is definitely its strongest feature. As a whole I was very interested in it, individually I don't think it's as strong but as a collective it comes out nicely. Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford and Adam Beach are the pick of the performers, though there are a load of familiar faces elsewhere - inclu...

Status Released

Original LanguageEnglish 

Budget$90,000,000.00

Revenue $65,900,249.00

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