Flags of our Fathers (2006) NTSC

Image: NTSC widescreen

Language: DD English 5.1

Subtitles: English , Spanish

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418689/

PLOT: 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.

Director: Clint Eastwood

Cast:

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
Thomas McCarthy	.... 	James Bradley (as Tom McCarthy)

Chris Bauer	.... 	Commandant Vandergrift
Judith Ivey	.... 	Belle Block

Myra Turley	.... 	Madeline Evelley