Flags of Our Fathers

Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

Timing: 2:15 (135 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2006-10-18

Country

United States

Production

Warner Bros. Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, DreamWorks Pictures, Malpaso Productions

Genre

War, Drama, History

Budget

$90 000 000

Revenue

$65 900 249

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Director

Clint Eastwood

Actors

Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Benjamin Hickey, John Slattery, Barry Pepper, Jamie Bell, Paul Walker, Robert Patrick, Neal McDonough
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Scenario

Producer

Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, Robert Lorenz

Operator

Tom Stern

Composer

Clint Eastwood

Artist

Audition

Phyliss Huffman

Editing

Joel Cox
All team (64)

• The voiceover in the advertisement belongs to Clint Eastwood.
• In addition to directing, Clint Eastwood took on an unusual role for himself – composing the film's music.
• A significant portion of the filming took place in Iceland because the black sand on the beaches reminded Clint Eastwood of the sand on the beaches of Iwo Jima.
• The original of the top photograph from the stack is kept at the Australian War Memorial. It is dated October 24, 1943, was taken in Aitape, New Guinea, and shows the preparation for the execution of prisoner of war Sergeant Leonard George Siffleet (1916-1943) by beheading, carried out by Japanese officer Yasuno Chikao.
• The flag raising was indeed staged. The photograph gained incredible popularity in the United States. It depicts five marines and a medic raising the US flag. The fact is that the famous photograph by Rosenthal depicts the second flag raising on Suribachi, which was indeed a staged event, and it was this one that Joe Rosenthal (1911-2006) had in mind when he answered affirmatively to the question of whether the photograph was staged.
• Some battle scene plans were filmed as follows: Sony HVR-Z1U video cameras were placed inside dummy 50 caliber ammunition, and extras simply ran around the set with them.
• Real marines were used during filming to portray extras.
• Clint Eastwood directed the film, and Steven Spielberg served as producer, but originally Spielberg bought the rights to adapt the original novel and in early 2001 commissioned William Broyles Jr. to write the screenplay. However, he did not like the final result, and the script was shelved until he met Eastwood in 2004.
• Clint Eastwood deliberately didn't tell the actors where the squibs were hidden or when they would detonate, in order to capture their genuine fear, but the actors' safety was of paramount importance.
• Adam Beach nearly missed the opportunity to star in the film because he was ill when Clint Eastwood called to inform him he had been cast. Only the intervention of a lawyer helped him.
• The original of the top photograph from the stack is kept at the Australian War Memorial. It is dated October 24, 1943, was taken in Aitape, New Guinea, and shows the preparation for the execution of prisoner Sergeant Leonard George Siffleet by beheading, carried out by Japanese officer Yasuno Ticao.
• The flag raising was indeed staged. The photograph gained incredible popularity in the United States. It depicts five marines and a medic raising the American flag. The fact is that the famous photograph by Rosenthal depicts the second flag raising on Suribachi, which was indeed staged, and it was this one that Joe Rosenthal had in mind when he answered affirmatively to the question of whether the photograph was staged.
• Steven Spielberg bought the rights to adapt the novel and in early 2001 commissioned William Broyles Jr. to write the screenplay, but he didn't like the result, and the screenplay was shelved until he met Eastwood in 2004.
• Clint Eastwood deliberately didn't tell the actors where the squibs were hidden, or when they would explode, in order to capture their genuine fear.
• Adam Beach almost missed the chance to star in the film because he was sick when Clint Eastwood called him with the news that he had been cast.