Flags of Our Fathers (2006)
- Directed by
- Clint Eastwood
- Cast
- Nie Yuan, Wang Li Ke, Zhou Fei
- Genre
- drama film, action film, war film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 2,038 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Based on a true story, the film follows the Marines and a Navy corpsman who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. After the battle, they are sent home to help sell war bonds, but the fame and the horrors they experienced weigh heavily on them.
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What happens
Flags of Our Fathers is a 2006 American war drama film directed, co-produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood and written by William Broyles Jr. and Paul Haggis. It is based on the 2000 book of the same name written by James Bradley and Ron Powers about the 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima, the five Marines and one Navy corpsman who were involved in raising the flag on Iwo Jima, and the after effects of that event on their lives. Taken from the American viewpoint of the Battle of Iwo Jima, the film is a companion piece to Eastwood's Letters from Iwo Jima, which depicts the same battle from the Japanese viewpoint; the two films were shot back to back. The film was released on October 20, 2006 by Paramount Pictures in the United States and the Bahamas and by Warner Bros. Pictures in international markets. Although it was a box office failure, only grossing $65.9 million against a $90 million budget, the film received favorable reviews from critics. The companion film Letters from Iwo Jima was released in Japan on December 9, 2006, and in the United States on December 20, 2006, grossing slightly more than Flags of Our Fathers and was deemed the superior film by critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Combat Diary: The Marines of Lima Company (2006)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.