Windtalkers
Windtalkers is a 2002 American war film directed and co-produced by John Woo, starring Nicolas Cage and Adam Beach, with Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo, and Christian Slater in supporting roles. It is based on the real story of code talkers from the Navajo nation during World War II.
Plot
During World War II, US Marine corporal Joe Enders returns to active duty after surviving on the Solomon Islands against the Imperial Japanese Army that killed his entire squad and wounded his left ear. Enders and Sgt. Pete "Ox" Henderson receive new assignments to protect Navajo code talkers Pvt. Ben Yahzee and Pvt. Charlie Whitehorse in a JASCO.
More details
| author | John Rice |
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| contentLocation | Insular Oceania |
| director | John Woo |
| editor | Jeff Gullo Steven Kemper Tom Rolf |
| events | Navajo Code Talker Pacific War World War II |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | ambush artillery fire battle of saipan beachhead behind enemy lines childhood friends fire support friendly fire imperial japan imperial japanese army invasion of saipan japanese army japanese soldier jasco joint assault signal company kill mariana and palau islands campaign mariana islands monument valley morning mount tapochau on the solomon islands sacred solomon islands solomon islands campaign survive united states marine corps us marine wound |
| musicBy | James Horner |
| producer | Alison Rosenzweig John Woo Terence Chang Tracie Graham-Rice |
| productionCompany | Lion Rock Productions Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| publisher | MGM Distribution Co. |
| recordedAt | California Hawaii Utah |
| theme | northern war |