Product Information
An epic tale of the flag-raising at Iwo Jima. The action cuts back and forth between the battle that led to the flag being firmly planted in enemy soil, and the tour undertaken by three of the flag-planting Marines.Product Identifiers
ProducerClint Eastwood
EAN7321902121628
eBay Product ID (ePID)60542705
Product Key Features
ActorJamie Bell, Ryan Phillippe, Adam Beach, Paul Walker, Steven Spielberg, Robert Patrick, Barry Pepper
Film/TV TitleFlags of Our Fathers
DirectorClint Eastwood
LanguageEnglish
Run Time127 Mins
Release Year2007
FormatDVD
FeaturesSpecial Features\Interactive Menu
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs2
Certificate15
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
Additional InformationClint Eastwood's early-21st-century output has endeared him to Academy Awards voters, and he makes another bid for their attention with this tale of the flag-raising at Iwo Jima. Eastwood cuts back and forth between the battle that led to the flag being firmly planted in enemy soil, and the tour undertaken by three of the flag-planting Marines (played by Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, and Adam Beach) in the aftermath of World War II. The re-creation of Iwo Jima features impressive APOCALYPSE NOW-style battle scenes, the air full of thick plumes of smoke, zinging bullets, and pounding explosions. But the most interesting part of the movie comes as the three men are paraded in front of the American public, as they vacillate between embarrassment and anger at the public relations campaign they find themselves embroiled in, while also pleading with the public to help provide funds for the soldiers who are still at war.
ReviewsThe Independent - A careful, and painful, reckoning of reality against myth, The Guardian - A sombre and shrewd movie about America's war in the Pacific, BBC - An intelligent and sincere movie, Empire - Eastwood remains the most astringent American filmmaker around
ScreenwriterPaul Haggis, William Broyles, Jr.
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleFlags Of Our Fathers
Consumer AdviceContains strong language and war violence