Flags of Our Fathers

“A single shot can end the war.”

6.9

2006

2h 15m

WarDramaHistory

Director: Clint Eastwood

Overview

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.

Trailer

Theatrical Trailer Official

Cast

John 'Doc' Bradley

Ryan Phillippe

John 'Doc' Bradley

Rene Gagnon

Jesse Bradford

Rene Gagnon

Ira Hayes

Adam Beach

Ira Hayes

Keyes Beech

John Benjamin Hickey

Keyes Beech

Bud Gerber

John Slattery

Bud Gerber

Mike Strank

Barry Pepper

Mike Strank

Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski

Jamie Bell

Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski

Hank Hansen

Paul Walker

Hank Hansen

Colonel Chandler Johnson

Robert Patrick

Colonel Chandler Johnson

Captain Severance

Neal McDonough

Captain Severance

Pauline Harnois

Melanie Lynskey

Pauline Harnois

James Bradley

Tom McCarthy

James Bradley

Reviews

r96sk

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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