Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

Tom McCarthy: James Bradley

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• [last lines] 

  James Bradley : I finally came to the conclusion that he maybe he was right. Maybe there's no such thing as heroes. Maybe there are just people like my dad. I finally came to understand why they were so uncomfortable being called heroes. Heroes are something we create, something we need. It's a way for us to understand what's almost incomprehensible, how people could sacrifice so much for us, but for my dad and these men, the risks they took, the wounds they suffered, they did that for their buddies. They may have fought for their country but they died for their friends. For the man in front, for the man beside him, and if we wish to truly honor these men we should remember them the way they really were, the way my dad remembered them.

• John Bradley : Where is he? Oh god...

  James Bradley : He's not here dad. He died.

  John Bradley : Who? Who died?

  James Bradley : Iggy.

  John Bradley : Iggy. Christ, Iggy. I hadn't thought of him for years. How do you know about Iggy?

  James Bradley : You were calling for him, when you collapsed.

  John Bradley : I wasn't looking for Iggy. I was looking for you. I wanted to... I wanted to tell you I'm sorry I wasn't a better father, talk to you more, I just... I'm sorry.

  James Bradley : Sorry? You were the best father a man could have.

  John Bradley : Did I ever tell you they took us swimming?

  James Bradley : No, dad.

  John Bradley : After we planted the flag, we came down off the mountain and went swimming. It was the funniest thing. All this fighting, and we were jumping around in the water like kids. That's the way that I remember Iggy now.