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Windtalkers
on DVD (2002)
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| Starring: |
Nicolas Cage, Christian Slater, Adam Beach, Noah Emmerich, Peter Stormare, Mark Ruffalo, Brian Van Holt, Frances O'Connor, Roger Willie |
| Director: |
John Woo |
| Studio: |
MGM ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time: |
128 mins |
| Certificate: |
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| User collections: |
I want to go to war!!, my girly collection of war films. |
| Genres: |
Action/Adventure, Drama |
| Languages: |
English |
| Dubbed: |
Czech |
| Hearing-impaired: |
English |
| Subtitles: |
Czech, English |
| Released: |
10/02/2003
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| Also Available on: |
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Brief synopsis of Windtalkers
WINDTALKERS begins quietly--with widescreen aerial shots of clouds that gradually clear to reveal the beautiful mesas of Monument Valley. A bus collects Navajo volunteers Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach) and Charlie Whitehorse (Roger Willie). It's 1943, and the U.S. has developed an indecipherable secret military code based on the Navajo language. Yahzee and Whitehorse are to be trained as code talkers.
Then John Woo's Pacific war film erupts into violence, with a savage battle that has one survivor, Joe Enders (Nicolas Cage). Badly wounded and feeling guilty at the loss of his companions, Joe recuperates in Hawaii where he is helped by a sympathetic nurse (Frances O'Connor). Joe disguises his hearing loss and he is promoted as Yahzee's battlefield bodyguard. Ordered to "protect the code at all times," Joe must prevent Yahzee from being captured. At first, Yahzee and Whitehorse, whose bodyguard is Ox Henderson (Christian Slater), are subjected to prejudice--particularly from Rogers (Noah Emmerich). But when the unit is shipped to Saipan, the Marines begin to appreciate the code talkers.
Director Woo has created a powerful drama. The visceral battle sequences are strikingly filmed and there is fine acting from Cage, Beach, Willie, Slater, Emmerich, and Frances O'Connor, who portrays the poignancy of love in uncertain times.
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Radio Times
This booming and bloody Second World War drama had the potential to provide a fresh perspective on the war epic, chronicling the real-life contribution of native Americans responsible for a military code that couldn't be cracked by the Japanese. Yet this fascinating angle is explored with the heaviest of hands by director John Woo, as the nicely performed relationship between genial Navajo Adam Beach and cynical sergeant Nicolas Cage is buried beneath a barrage of gargantuan explosions and melodramatic skirmishes, orchestrated with a surprising scarcity of excitement or energy. Following their moment of Hollywood magic with Face/Off, Woo and Cage seem to be going through the motions — or worse, taking themselves far too seriously.
Entertainment Weekly
"...A fascinating Woo movie....WINDTALKERS is a fresh contribution to the cinematic literature of American WWII movies from a Chinese born-director with a flair for the imagery of spiritual battle..."
Movieline
"...There are plenty of intricately choreographed battle scenes in WINDTALKERS, but action meister Woo also finds the complicated humanity in this offbeat tale of American friendship and obsession..."
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