Flags of Our Fathers

IMDB Rating: 7.20, 14583 votes

Taglines
  • A Single Shot Can End The War
  • All it takes to win is the right picture.
  • Every Soldier Stands Beside A Hero
  • The real heroes are the ones left on the island.
  • They fight for their country but they die for their friends.
Storyline
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
John "Doc" BradleyRyan Phillippe
Rene GagnonJesse Bradford
Ira HayesAdam Beach
Keyes BeechJohn Benjamin Hickey
Bud GerberJohn Slattery
Mike StrankBarry Pepper
Ralph "Iggy" IgnatowskiJamie Bell
Hank HansenPaul Walker
Colonel Chandler JohnsonRobert Patrick
Captain SeveranceNeal McDonough
Pauline HarnoisMelanie Lynskey
James BradleyThomas McCarthy
Commandant VandergriftChris Bauer
Belle BlockJudith Ivey
Madeline EvelleyMyra Turley

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