Flags of Our Fathers Preview
September 27th 2006 08:00
Flags of Our Fathers is a 2006 film directed by Clint Eastwood, produced by Steven Spielberg and written by William Broyles, Jr. & Paul Haggis. It is based on the book of the same name written by James Bradley and Ron Powers and is the 26th feature film that Eastwood has directed since his directorial debut, Play Misty for Me, in 1971.
The film recounts the ultimately tragic tale of five young United States Marines, and one United States Navy corpsman photographed raising an American flag atop Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945, in the midst of the great Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. It is scheduled for release on October 20th in the US and November 2nd in Australia.
Eastwood is also directing a complementary film on the battle from the Japanese viewpoint. Titled Letters from Iwo Jima, it is currently in post-production and is set to be released sometime in December, approximately two months after the release of Flags of Our Fathers.
Genre: Action / Drama / History / War
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Produced by: Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Robert Lorenz
Written by: William Broyles, Jr., Paul Haggis
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Adam Beach, Jesse Bradford, Jamie Bell, Ben Walker
Distributed by: DreamWorks / Paramount - US; Warner Bros. - Elsewhere
Release date: October 20th, 2006 - US; November 2nd, 2006 - AUS; December 22nd, 2006 - UK
Runtime: 100 min
Rating: R - US; sequences of graphic war violence and carnage, and for language
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Flags of Our Fathers (film).
The film recounts the ultimately tragic tale of five young United States Marines, and one United States Navy corpsman photographed raising an American flag atop Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945, in the midst of the great Battle of Iwo Jima during World War II. It is scheduled for release on October 20th in the US and November 2nd in Australia.
Eastwood is also directing a complementary film on the battle from the Japanese viewpoint. Titled Letters from Iwo Jima, it is currently in post-production and is set to be released sometime in December, approximately two months after the release of Flags of Our Fathers.
Genre: Action / Drama / History / War
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Produced by: Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Robert Lorenz
Written by: William Broyles, Jr., Paul Haggis
Starring: Ryan Phillippe, Adam Beach, Jesse Bradford, Jamie Bell, Ben Walker
Distributed by: DreamWorks / Paramount - US; Warner Bros. - Elsewhere
Release date: October 20th, 2006 - US; November 2nd, 2006 - AUS; December 22nd, 2006 - UK
Runtime: 100 min
*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia article Flags of Our Fathers (film).
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