Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Writers (WGA):

William Broyles Jr. (screenplay) and
Paul Haggis (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

20 octubre 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | History | War

Frase comercial:

A Single Shot Can End The War

Plot:

The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at The Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in WWII.

Plot Keywords:

Corpse | Military | Native American | Japan | Exploding Body

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 13 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

War vs Hollywood

Cast

Ryan Phillippe	...	John "Doc" Bradley
Jesse Bradford	...	Rene Gagnon
Adam Beach	...	Ira Hayes
John Benjamin Hickey	...	Keyes Beech
John Slattery	...	Bud Gerber
Barry Pepper	...	Mike Strank
Jamie Bell	...	Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski
Paul Walker	...	Hank Hansen
Robert Patrick	...	Colonel Chandler Johnson
Neal McDonough	...	Captain Severance
Melanie Lynskey	...	Pauline Harnois
Thomas McCarthy	...	James Bradley (as Tom McCarthy)
Chris Bauer	...	Commandant Vandegrift
Judith Ivey	...	Belle Block
Myra Turley	...	Madeline Evelley

También conocida como:

Conquista del honor, La (Argentina) (Mexico) (Peru) (Venezuela) [es]
Banderas de nuestros padres (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for sequences of graphic war violence and carnage, and for language.

Duración:

132 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS

Clasificación:

Portugal:M/12 | UK:15 | Argentina:13 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Malaysia:18SG (DVD) | Hong Kong:IIB | Finland:K-15 | Peru:14 | Netherlands:16 | Ireland:15A | USA:R (certificate #42983) | Australia:MA | Brazil:16 | Argentina:16 | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:R15 | Germany:12 | Norway:15 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB)

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

DreamWorks SKG

Trivialidades:

Two actors in the film have been linked before. Len Cariou, who played Mr. Beech, and George Hearn, who played Walter Gust. Cariou originated the title role of Sweeney Todd on Broadway was succeeded in the part by Hearn.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Ira, Rene, and Doc are getting off the train there is a band playing for them, one of the alto saxophone players is using a leather ligature on his mouthpiece, a post WWII invention. During WWII they would have used metal ligatures.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Soldiers: Corpsman! Corpsman! Corpsman! Corpsman! For God sakes, corpsman! Corpsman! Corpsman!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "HBO First Look: A Moment in Time... Flags of Our Fathers (#13.16)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Vict'ry Polka

War vs Hollywood

In two and a half hours Clint Eastwood paints a thought provoking piece on heroism and war-propaganda. The film tells three stories: first it is the WW II battle of Iwo Jima where thousands of soldiers (Japanese and American) died 'conquering' that island. In the style of Saving Private Ryan (Spielberg is a producer of Flags) the viewer gets a astounding look at war with a lot of blood, guts and CGI. Second is the story of a son of one of the flag raisers on that island, who interviews other survivors of that battle to understand his dad a little better. This is very moving stuff, but stands a little pale in comparison to the final storyline. This is where veteran-director Eastwood really shines. Like his meditation on violence Unforgiven, Flags takes a closer look at heroism where soldiers by chance get into the spotlight of the war-propaganda-machine. Some may say that Eastwood made an anti-war film or even an anti-America film, but they're wrong. Flags is very critical on the way war is sold to the public. There's nothing honorable about killing or to be killed on the battlefield. The only thing that matters is that you protect you're friends in your platoon and that they protect you. Flags is one of the best war movies I ever saw, maybe even better than Ryan, because it's never sentimental and always honest in its portrayal of the soldiers and war in general.