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Letters from Iwo Jima / Flags of Our Fathers

October 23rd 2006 06:49

As covered in a previous post, Flags of our Fathers is a 2006 film directed by Clint Eastwood which 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 was released on October 20th in the US and will be released on November 2nd in Australia.

As he was making Flags of our Fathers, Clint Eastwood became intrigued with the plight of the 20,000 Japanese soldiers who had been given the hopeless task of defending the island - a task which amounted to a suicide mission. This fascination led Eastwood to develop "Letters from Iwo Jima".

Formerly titled "Red Sun, Black Sand", this film will be in Japanese and tell the story of the invasion of Iwo Jima from the Japanese viewpoint. Almost like a memoir of one of the Japanese soldiers, it primarily follows the story of two good friends serving in the Japanese forces. The men watch helplessly throughout various battles as their comrades are killed, many of them becoming almost suicidal. It will be released on December 9th in Japan and February 9th, 2007 in America.

Japan has released a Japanese trailer that advertises both films. You can see it below, unfortunately it doesn't have English subtitles.

Flags of our Fathers info:

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

Battle of Iwo Jima info:

Genre: Action / Drama / History / War
Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Produced by: Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg
Written by: Iris Yamashita
Starring: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Ryo Kase, Shidou Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Ihara
Distributed by: DreamWorks / Paramount - US; Warner Bros. - Elsewhere
Release date: February 9th, 2007 - US; Early, 2007 - AUS; December 9th, 2006 - Japan
Language: Japanese

*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia articles Flags of Our Fathers (film) and Letters from Iwo Jima.

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300 Trailer

October 17th 2006 09:29

In the Battle of Thermopylae of 480 BC an alliance of Greek city-states fought the invading Persian army in the mountain pass of Thermopylae. Vastly outnumbered, the Greeks held back the enemy in one of the most famous last stands of history.

300 is a historical epic film directed by Zack Snyder, scheduled to be released in the USA on March 9th, 2007. The Australian release date is March 22nd, 2007. The film is adapted from Frank Miller's graphic novel of the same name about the Battle of Thermopylae. The film stars Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, Rodrigo Santoro and David Wenham.

The basic plot for the film version of 300 is an adaptation of the ancient Battle of Thermopylae in which King Leonidas (Butler) and 300 Spartans fought to the death against Xerxes (Santoro) and his massive Persian army. Facing insurmountable odds, their valor and sacrifice inspire all of Greece to unite against their Persian enemy, drawing a line in the sand for freedom and leading to the origins of democracy. The trailer is below.

300 was filmed using the "digital backlot" technique which means it was shot with the actors against blue screens with computer generated imagery later being used to create backgrounds. The picture below shows the before and after shots when using this technique.

Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama / War
Directed by: Zack Snyder
Produced by: Frank Miller, Deborah Snyder, Craig J. Flores
Written by: Zack Snyder, Kurt Johnstad, Michael Gordon
Starring: Gerard Butler, Lena Headey, David Wenham, Dominic West
Cinematography: Larry Fong
Distributed by: Warner Bros.
Release date: USA - March 9th, 2007; Australia - March 22nd, 2007; UK - March 30th, 2007.
Budget: US $60 million
Rating: USA - R; graphic battle sequences throughout, some sexuality and nudity.

*This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation Licence. It uses material from the Wikipedia articles 300 (film) and Battle of Thermopylae.

**The above image is used here under fair use. It came from the same Wikipedia page mentioned above.

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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).

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