Flags of Our Fathers 2006

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 132 min

genre: drama

theme: war

director: Clint Eastwood

Score: 7 / 10

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

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

Cast

More details

author	Paul Haggis William Broyles, Jr.
award	National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Arizona Chicago Texas Wisconsin
director	Clint Eastwood
editor	Joel Cox
events	Battle of Iwo Jima Pacific War World War II
genre	adventure drama historical
keywords	28th marine regiment 5th marine division abduct alexander vandegrift ambush buy camp tarawa chandler johnson chandler w. johnson deathbed dedicate drink first class flag of the united states flag raising flashback franklin sousley funeral home guilt-ridden gun fire hank hansen harlon block help higgins boat hospital corpsman ira hayes iwo jima james forrestal joe rosenthal john bradley john doc bradley kill landing vehicle tracked lvts machine gun machine gun nest marine marine corps marine corps war memorial mike strank mount suribachi native american native americans in the united states navy cross navy pharmacist\'s mate nothing on the beach one night police officer ralph iggy ignatowski ralph ignatowski rene gagnon survivor guilt suspect train treasury department united states flag united states marines united states treasury department usmc war memorial war bond war memorial wash wound
musicBy	Clint Eastwood
nomination	Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Sound Editing
producer	Clint Eastwood Robert Lorenz Steven Spielberg
productionCompany	Amblin Entertainment DreamWorks Pictures Malpaso Productions
publisher	Paramount Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures
recordedAt	Chicago Iceland Japan
theme	narrative war