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Flags of Our Fathers

Flags of Our Fathers

A single shot can end the war.

20066.92h 15m

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.

Directed by Clint Eastwood
Written by William Broyles Jr., Paul Haggis
Produced by Steven Spielberg, Clint Eastwood, Robert Lorenz
Box OfficeBudget: $90.0MRevenue: $65.9M

Top Cast

Ryan Phillippe

Ryan Phillippe

John 'Doc' Bradley

Jesse Bradford

Jesse Bradford

Rene Gagnon

Adam Beach

Adam Beach

Ira Hayes

John Benjamin Hickey

John Benjamin Hickey

Keyes Beech

John Slattery

John Slattery

Bud Gerber

Barry Pepper

Barry Pepper

Mike Strank

Jamie Bell

Jamie Bell

Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski

Paul Walker

Paul Walker

Hank Hansen

Robert Patrick

Robert Patrick

Colonel Chandler Johnson

Neal McDonough

Neal McDonough

Captain Severance

Themes & Keywords

dying and deathjapanworld war iibased on true storypacificpacific wariwo jimaaftercreditsstingerduringcreditsstinger1940s

About Flags of Our Fathers

Flags of Our Fathers is a war, drama, history film released in 2006 exploring themes of dying and death, japan, world war ii, based on true story, pacific, pacific war. Directed by Clint Eastwood, it stars Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach. 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.

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