Flags of Our Fathers
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 raising the flag on Iwo Jima, and the after effects of that event on their lives. Taken from the American viewpoint of the Battle of Iwo Jima, the film is a companion piece to Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima, which depicts the same battle from the Japanese viewpoint; the two films were shot back to back.
Plot
As three US servicemen – Marine Private First Class Ira Hayes, Private First Class Rene Gagnon, and Navy Pharmacist's Mate 2nd Class John "Doc" Bradley – are feted as heroes in a war bond drive, they reflect on their experiences via flashback.
Awards
Cast
- Adam Beach
- Ann Dowd
- Barry Pepper
- Benjamin Walker
- Beth Grant
- Chris Bauer
- Connie Ray
- David Clennon
- David Patrick Kelly
- David Rasche
- George Grizzard
- George Hearn
- Gordon Clapp
- Harve Presnell
- Jamie Bell
- Jason Gray-Stanford
- Jayma Mays
- Jesse Bradford
- Jóhann G. Jóhannsson
- John Benjamin Hickey
- John Slattery
- Jon Polito
- Joseph Cross
- Judith Ivey
- Len Cariou
- Mary Beth Peil
- Melanie Lynskey
- Myra Turley
- Neal McDonough
- Ned Eisenberg
- Paul Walker
- Robert Patrick
- Ryan Phillippe
- Scott Eastwood
- Sean Moran
- Silas Weir Mitchell
- Stark Sands
- Tom Mason
- Tom McCarthy
- Tom Verica
- V.J. Foster