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SYNOPSIS __________
Plot:
From Academy Award®-winning director Clint Eastwood (“Million
Dollar Baby,” “Unforgiven”) comes the World
War II drama “Flags of Our Fathers,” produced
by Eastwood and Academy Award® winner Steven Spielberg
(“Saving Private Ryan,” “Schindler’s
List”).
February 1945. Even as victory in Europe was finally within
reach, the war in the Pacific raged on. One of the most crucial
and bloodiest battles of the war was the struggle for the
island of Iwo Jima, which culminated with what would become
one of the most iconic images in history: five Marines and
a Navy corpsman raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi.
The inspiring photo capturing that moment became a symbol
of victory to a nation that had grown weary of war and made
instant heroes of the six American soldiers at the base of
the flag, some of whom would die soon after, never knowing
that they had been immortalized. But the surviving flag raisers
had no interest in being held up as symbols and did not consider
themselves heroes; they wanted only to stay on the front with
their brothers in arms who were fighting and dying without
fanfare or glory.
“Flags of Our Fathers” is based on the bestselling
book by James Bradley with Ron Powers, which chronicled the
battle of Iwo Jima and the fates of the flag raisers and some
of their brothers in Easy Company. Bradley’s father,
John “Doc” Bradley, was one of the soldiers pictured
raising the flag, although James never knew the full extent
of his father’s experiences until after the elder Bradley’s
death in 1994.
DETAILS__________
Studio:
DreamWorks SKG
Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date:
October 20, 2006
RELATED LINKS__________
MORE INFO: Poster / Photos from the movie
www.latinoreview.com --- CLICK
HERE
MORE INFO: Fansite for the film
www.flagsofourfathers.net --- CLICK
HERE
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