Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

Avaliação/utilizador:

7,2/10   

Diretor:

Clint Eastwood

Escritores (WGA):

William Broyles Jr. (screenplay) and
Paul Haggis (screenplay) ...

Data de Lançamento:

20 Outubro 2006 (USA)

Gênero:

Ação | Drama | Histórico | Guerra

Chamada:

A Single Shot Can End The War

Argumento:

The life stories of the six men who raised the flag at The Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in WWII.

Plot Keywords:

Iwo Jima | Heroism | WWII | Soldier | Shot In The Head

Prêmios:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins & 13 nominations

Comentários dos utilizadores:

War vs Hollywood

Elenco

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 Vandegrift
Judith Ivey	...	Belle Block
Myra Turley	...	Madeline Evelley

MPAA:

Rated R for sequences of graphic war violence and carnage, and for language.

Duração:

132 min

País:

USA

Língua:

Inglês

Cor:

Cor (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2,35 : 1

Som:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certificação:

UK:15 | Singapore:NC-16 | Finland:K-15 | Australia:MA | USA:R (certificate #42983) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) | Ireland:15A | Netherlands:16 | Philippines:R-13 (MTRCB) | Norway:15 | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIB | Spain:18 | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Peru:14 | Argentina:16 | Brazil:16 | New Zealand:R15 | Sweden:15 | Malaysia:18SG (DVD)

Locais de filmagem:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Companhia :

DreamWorks SKG

Pegadinha:

Clint Eastwood chose to film large part of the movie in Iceland.

Goofs:

Anacronismos: At one point the main characters appear on a stage with lettering behind them. The lettering is in Helvetica, a type face that was not created until the mid 1950s.

Citações:

[first lines]
Soldiers: Corpsman! Corpsman! Corpsman! Corpsman! For God sakes, corpsman! Corpsman! Corpsman!

Conexões:

Aparece em The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007) (TV)

Tilha Sonora:

Vict'ry Polka

War vs Hollywood

In two and a half hours Clint Eastwood paints a thought provoking piece on heroism and war-propaganda. The film tells three stories: first it is the WW II battle of Iwo Jima where thousands of soldiers (Japanese and American) died 'conquering' that island. In the style of Saving Private Ryan (Spielberg is a producer of Flags) the viewer gets a astounding look at war with a lot of blood, guts and CGI. Second is the story of a son of one of the flag raisers on that island, who interviews other survivors of that battle to understand his dad a little better. This is very moving stuff, but stands a little pale in comparison to the final storyline. This is where veteran-director Eastwood really shines. Like his meditation on violence Unforgiven, Flags takes a closer look at heroism where soldiers by chance get into the spotlight of the war-propaganda-machine. Some may say that Eastwood made an anti-war film or even an anti-America film, but they're wrong. Flags is very critical on the way war is sold to the public. There's nothing honorable about killing or to be killed on the battlefield. The only thing that matters is that you protect you're friends in your platoon and that they protect you. Flags is one of the best war movies I ever saw, maybe even better than Ryan, because it's never sentimental and always honest in its portrayal of the soldiers and war in general.