Flags Of Our Fathers
To capitalize on the wave of sentiment the photo inspires, the surviving 3 'Flag Raisers' are pulled out of combat and sent back to the States to continue to serve their country – not on the battlefield but among crowds of adoring throngs, and as pawns in a government war bonds drive.
John (Phillippe), a Navy Corpsman; Ira (Beach), a publicity-shy Native American; and Rene (Bradford), a wartime messenger who avoided firing his weapon.
They tirelessly tour America as the very power of their image rescues the flagging war effort. But inwardly, they find that along with their friends and brothers felled in combat, a part of their souls will never leave the black soils of Iwo Jima.
- Director:
- Clint Eastwood (Million Dollar Baby, Mystic River, The Bridges of Madison County, A Perfect World, Unforgiven)
- Writer:
- Paul HaggisWilliam Broyles Jr.
- Cast:
- Ryan PhillippeJesse BradfordAdam BeachPaul WalkerBarry PepperJamie BellBenjamin Hickey
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressAmbitiously tackling his biggest canvas to date, Clint Eastwood continues to defy and triumph over the customary expectations for a film career in "Flags of Our Fathers." A pointed exploration of heroism, the picture welds a powerful account of the battle of Iwo Jima, the bloodiest single engagement the United States fought in World War II, with an ironic and ultimately sad look at its aftermath for three key survivors...
Hollywood Reporter
pressClint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers does a most difficult and brave thing and does it brilliantly. It is a movie about a concept. Not just any concept but the shop-worn and often wrong-headed idea of "heroism." ...
Rolling Stone
pressFlags of Our Fathers is a film of awesome power and blistering provocation. An amazing feat, since Eastwood is tied to the nonfiction best seller that James Bradley wrote about his father, John “Doc” Bradley, the last survivor among the six soldiers who raised the flag on Iwo Jima...
Premiere Magazine
pressFlags of our Fathers really loses its way in the final half-hour, when the point-of-view abruptly shifts to James Bradley (played here by Tom McCarthy), who takes on the role of narrator, informing us of what happened to each of these men after the war ended and their names became yesterday's news. It's a jarring switch...
New Zealand Herald
pressIt eschews Saving Private Ryan's neatly rounded moral shape because Eastwood, sensibly, asks more questions than he answers. He [Eastwood] has made a flawed movie, but it has the seeds of greatness in it...
Film Threat
pressWhat Flags of Our Fathers is not, however, is moving, evocative, or very unique...
Yes, war is shit, in case you didnt know...
A fairly moving story based on a book not named anywhere, but I believe it was "Flyboys", written by James Bradley, about the comrades of his father in one of WW2's bloody battles. It highlights the conflicts (other than the physical) that war imposes upon all during it's times. The affects on individuals, nations and relationships, it's affects on the...
A triumph.
This Clint Eastwood film takes its place among the best of this kind. It clarifies, instructs and above all it inspires us when we realize that such films that reveal the horrible truth about war can not only be made but celebrated by growing numbers of audiences. This towering film will receive much recognition as time plays out. It's a triumph in...
Variety
pressAmbitiously tackling his biggest canvas to date, Clint Eastwood continues to defy and triumph over the customary expectations for a film career in "Flags of Our Fathers." A pointed exploration of heroism, the picture welds a powerful account of the battle of Iwo Jima, the bloodiest single engagement the United States fought in World War II, with an ironic and ultimately sad look at its aftermath for three key survivors...
Hollywood Reporter
pressClint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers does a most difficult and brave thing and does it brilliantly. It is a movie about a concept. Not just any concept but the shop-worn and often wrong-headed idea of "heroism." ...
Rolling Stone
pressFlags of Our Fathers is a film of awesome power and blistering provocation. An amazing feat, since Eastwood is tied to the nonfiction best seller that James Bradley wrote about his father, John “Doc” Bradley, the last survivor among the six soldiers who raised the flag on Iwo Jima...
Premiere Magazine
pressFlags of our Fathers really loses its way in the final half-hour, when the point-of-view abruptly shifts to James Bradley (played here by Tom McCarthy), who takes on the role of narrator, informing us of what happened to each of these men after the war ended and their names became yesterday's news. It's a jarring switch...
New Zealand Herald
pressIt eschews Saving Private Ryan's neatly rounded moral shape because Eastwood, sensibly, asks more questions than he answers. He [Eastwood] has made a flawed movie, but it has the seeds of greatness in it...
Film Threat
pressWhat Flags of Our Fathers is not, however, is moving, evocative, or very unique...
Yes, war is shit, in case you didnt know...
A fairly moving story based on a book not named anywhere, but I believe it was "Flyboys", written by James Bradley, about the comrades of his father in one of WW2's bloody battles. It highlights the conflicts (other than the physical) that war imposes upon all during it's times. The affects on individuals, nations and relationships, it's affects on the...
A triumph.
This Clint Eastwood film takes its place among the best of this kind. It clarifies, instructs and above all it inspires us when we realize that such films that reveal the horrible truth about war can not only be made but celebrated by growing numbers of audiences. This towering film will receive much recognition as time plays out. It's a triumph in...
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