Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

6.9 ? Oct 19, 2006 2h 15m

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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.

Overview

Genres

War Drama History

Release Date

October 19, 2006

Rating

6.9 /10

Runtime

2h 15m

Official Trailer from YouTube

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

Robert Patrick

Colonel Chandler Johnson

Neal McDonough

Captain Severance

Melanie Lynskey

Pauline Harnois

Tom McCarthy

James Bradley

Chris Bauer

Commandant Vandegrift

Judith Ivey

Belle Block

Myra Turley

Madeline Evelley

Joseph Cross

Franklin Sousley

Benjamin Walker

Harlon Block

Alessandro Mastrobuono

Lindberg

Scott Eastwood

Lundsford

Stark Sands

Gust

r96sk

8.0/10

Feb 09, 2022

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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