Flags of Our Fathers

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(action, drama, history, war)

In February, 1945, one of the fiercest battles of the Pacific theater of World War II occurs on the tiny island of Iwo Jima. Thousands of Marines attack the stronghold maintained by thousands of Japanese, and the slaughter on both sides is horrific. Early in the battle, an American flag is raised atop the high point, Mount Suribachi, and a photograph of the raising becomes an American cause celebre. As a powerful inspiration to war-sick Americans, the photo becomes a symbol of the Allied cause. The three surviving flag raisers, Rene Gagnon, John Bradley, and Ira Hayes, are whisked back to civilization to help raise funds for the war effort. But the accolades for heroism heaped upon the three men are at odds with their own personal realizations that thousands of real heroes lie dead on Iwo Jima, and that their own contributions to the fight are only symbolic and not deserving of the singling out they are experiencing. Each of the three must come to terms with the honors, exploitation, and grief that they face simply for being in a photograph..

actors:

Ryan Phillippe	as John "Doc" Bradley
Jesse Bradford	as Rene Gagnon
Adam Beach	as Ira Hayes
John Benjamin Hickey	as Keyes Beech
John Slattery	as Bud Gerber
Barry Pepper	as Mike Strank
Jamie Bell	as Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski
Paul Walker	as Hank Hansen
Robert Patrick	as Colonel Chandler Johnson
Neal McDonough	as Captain Severance
Melanie Lynskey	as Pauline Harnois
Thomas McCarthy	as James Bradley
Chris Bauer	as Commandant Vandergrift
Judith Ivey	as Belle Block
Myra Turley	as Madeline Evelley

directors:
Clint Eastwood
rating:7.20

See also: Action: House of the Dead

See also: Ryan Phillippe in Cruel Intentions