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Flags of Our Fathers

Name: Flags of Our Fathers
Genre: Action/Adventure,Drama,War
Released: 2006
Duration: 132 min
Cast: Neal McDonough, Paul Walker, John Benjamin Hickey, John Slattery, Ryan Phillippe

2006 Action/Adventure | Drama | War

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"Flags of Our Fathers" is a human drama of friendship and love, sacrifice and manipulation, set against the violent conflict of the battle of Iwo Jima. The film focuses equally on the war and home, crosscutting between the viciousness of the battle and the manufactured propaganda campaign and careful manipulation of the image that followed--issues that remain prevalent today. As "Flags of Our Fathers" shows how the photograph became the very beginning of celebrity worship, the film questions our need to create and celebrate heroes, sometimes at a cost.

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Director

Clint Eastwood

Actors

Neal McDonough

Paul Walker

John Benjamin Hickey

John Slattery

Ryan Phillippe

Adam Beach

Jesse Bradford

Part of: Clint Eastwood's Iwo Jima Collection

In 2006, Eastwood directed two films about World War II's Battle of Iwo Jima. The first, Flags of Our Fathers, focused on the men who raised the American flag on top of Mount Suribachi and featured the film debut of Eastwood's son Scott. This was followed by Letters from Iwo Jima, which dealt with the tactics of the Japanese soldiers on the island and the letters they wrote home to family members. Letters from Iwo Jima was the first American film to depict a war issue completely from the view of an American enemy.