Flags of Our Fathers

"A single shot can end the war."

2006 2h 15m EN

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★6.8TMDB · 2,096🍅76%Rotten Tomatoes●79Metacritic★7.1IMDB · 133,207

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Synopsis

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There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.

“A single shot can end the war.”

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Cast

Ryan Phillippe
John 'Doc' Bradley
Jesse Bradford
Rene Gagnon
Adam Beach
Ira Hayes
John Benjamin Hickey
Keyes Beech
John Slattery
Bud Gerber
Barry Pepper
Mike Strank
Jamie Bell
Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski
Paul Walker
Hank Hansen

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Clint Eastwood
Writers: William Broyles Jr., Paul Haggis
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $90M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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MONEY

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Earned back only 73% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Clint Eastwood's Iwo Jima Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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CAST

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200+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Clint Eastwood, shot by Tom Stern. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Clint Eastwood. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Joel Cox shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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The take

Clint Eastwood directs. Tom Stern behind the camera. Clint Eastwood scores. Joel Cox cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $90M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
2Earned back only 73% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
3Released 20 years ago.
4Part of the "Clint Eastwood's Iwo Jima Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
5200+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
6Directed by Clint Eastwood, shot by Tom Stern. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
7Original score by Clint Eastwood. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
8Editor Joel Cox shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
9Ryan Phillippe and Jesse Bradford and Adam Beach carry the top of the cast.
10Marketing tagline: "A single shot can end the war.".
11IMDB entry: tt0418689 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
12Classified under 10 themes, including "dying and death", "japan", "world war ii", "based on true story".
13Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Cinematography: Tom Stern
Original score: Clint Eastwood
Editing: Joel Cox
Production design: Henry Bumstead
Costume design: Deborah Hopper
Makeup / hair: Tania McComas
VFX supervisor: Matthew E. Butler
Sound: David E. Campbell
Runtime: 135 min · 2h 15m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $90,000,000
Box office: $65,900,249
Return: 73% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes: 76% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 79/100
IMDB rating: 7.1/10 · 133,207 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

Nominated for 2 Oscars. 16 wins & 28 nominations total

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films

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Part of

Clint Eastwood's Iwo Jima Collection

In 2006, Eastwood directed two films about World War II's Battle of Iwo Jima. The first, Flags of Our Fathers, focused on the men who raised the American flag on top of Mount Suribachi and featured the film debut of Eastwood's son Scott. This was followed by Letters from Iwo Jima, which dealt with the tactics of the Japanese soldiers on the island and the letters they wrote home to family members. Letters from Iwo Jima was the first American film to depict a war issue completely from the view of an American enemy.

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r96sk2022-02-09
★ 8/10
A nicely crafted war film. I wasn't overly invested in what was happening onscreen, but that doesn't take away from the fact that I still found <em>'Flags of Our Fathers'</em> to be a very good and a very interesting story from the Battle of Iwo Jima. It's a fascinating tale that it tells, which is definitely its strongest feature. As a whole I was very interested in it, individually I don't think it's as strong but as a collective it comes out nicely. Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford and Adam Beach are the pick of the performers, though there are a load of familiar faces elsewhere - including Paul Walker, John Slattery and Jamie Bell. Super intrigued to check out <em>'Letters from Iwo Jima'</em>, which Clint Eastwood & Co. released two months after this to serve as a companion piece. Hopefully that's as good as this.

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