Film
Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
A single shot can end the war.
Drama, History, War· Directed by Clint Eastwood· 135 min
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.
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Connections
Clint Eastwood's Iwo Jima
- Flags of Our Fathers (2006) — this film
- Letters from Iwo Jima (2006)
The battle of Iwo Jima seen through the eyes of the Japanese soldiers.
Top billing
- Ryan Phillippe as John 'Doc' Bradley
- Jesse Bradford as Rene Gagnon
- Adam Beach as Ira Hayes
- John Benjamin Hickey as Keyes Beech
- John Slattery as Bud Gerber