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Flags Of Our Fathers
2006
The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at The Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in WWII Read more
| Starring | Patrick Dollaghan, Jon Kellam, Andri Sigurosson, Michael Ahl |
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| Director | Clint Eastwood |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive |
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Flags Of Our Fathers
The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at The Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in WWII
| Starring | Patrick Dollaghan, Jon Kellam, Andri Sigurosson, Michael Ahl, Joey Allen |
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| Director | Clint Eastwood |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 12 mins Blu-ray: 2 hrs 7 mins HD DVD: 2 hrs 7 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Audio Descriptive |
| Language | English, English Audio Description |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | English, Arabic, Greek, Icelandic |
| Released | DVD: 09 Jul 2007 Blu-ray: 09 Jul 2007 HD DVD: 09 Jul 2007 Production year: 2006 |
| Format | DVD |
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There has never been an American filmmaker as productive in his old age as Clint Eastwood. He was 62 when he made Unforgiven back in 1992, and he's directed a dozen more in the 15 years since,... read more »
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32 out of 34 people found this review helpful
What is a hero?
As the American marines land on Iwo Jima and make their way up the beaches on foot, the camera switches to the point of view of the entrenched Japanese soldiers quietly preparing to open fire. It is a gripping scene that makes the film worth watching just for those few minutes alone. The government’s exploitation of three surviving soldiers who raised the American flag on Iwo Jima in 1945 - when that iconic photograph was taken - makes an interesting story, but I found the long battle scenes difficult to follow as it was hard to tell the characters apart. Consequently when particular marines were talked about in later scenes it was impossible to put a face to the name. Perhaps that doesn’t matter. The difference between a soldier’s concept of a hero and that of their families and politicians back home was made clear and that seems to be the message the film is putting across.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Interesting
Good watch but need to be able to concentrate throughout the film.
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Clint Eastwood's early-21st-century output has endeared him to Academy Awards voters, and he makes another bid for their attention with this tale of the flag-raising at Iwo Jima. Eastwood cuts back and forth between the battle that led to the flag being firmly planted in enemy soil, and the tour ...
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