Product Information
It's 1943 and the U.S. has developed an indecipherable secret military code based on the Navajo language. Yahzee and Whitehorse are trained as code talkers and a unit is sent to protect the duo and their code...Product Identifiers
ProducerTerence Chang
EAN5039036031554
eBay Product ID (ePID)59545153
Product Key Features
ActorMark Ruffalo, Frances O'connor, Adam Beach, Christian Slater, Nicolas Cage, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich
Film/TV TitleWindtalkers
DirectorJohn Woo
LanguageEnglish
Run Time147 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2007
FormatDVD
FeaturesWidescreen, Definitive Edition
GenreWar
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs2
Certificate15
ComposerJames Horner
Additional InformationWINDTALKERS 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.
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleWindtalkers
Consumer AdviceContains strong bloody violence