Flags of Our Fathers

[XPunisherman88]

sounds good but wtf does eastwood plan to do about paul walker and his lack of talent?

its a war movie, maybe he gets killed real early.

 

[ImTheWombat]

its a war movie, maybe he gets killed real early.

I'm pretty ure Walker plays James Bradley. So he won't really be in any of the war scenes. He just learns of his father's heroism during the battle of Iwo Jima. He will be the main character in the through-story. That is if he plays James Bradley (which im pretty sure he does).

 

[ImTheWombat]

Walker will play Hank Hansen, a seasoned soldier and a flag raiser.[/size][/font]

disregard my earlier statement. I just read this one.

 

[Caliber]

Do we need more ww2 movies? I think they should get respect and honor but I'm tired of seeing the same story. Its always 100 troops versus 10000.

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=10959

Source: The Hollywood Reporter
August 25, 2005



Joseph Cross has joined the cast of Clint Eastwood's World War II film Flags of Our Father, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The movie is based on James Bradley's book "Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima" and was adapted by Paul Haggis. The Battle of Iwo Jima, which took place in winter 1945, was a turning point in the Pacific theater. About 6,000 Americans died and 17,000 were wounded during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

The battle produced one of the most enduring images of WWII: a photograph of U.S. servicemen raising an U.S. flag on the flank of Mount Suribachi, the island's commanding high point.

 

[BT18]

Lame that Paul Walker is starring in it. Lamer that it sounds like an epic movie built around one photo op.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Lame that Paul Walker is starring in it. Lamer that it sounds like an epic movie built around one photo op.

I agree that Walker is not an ideal choice but i think Eastwood knows a lot more about who is right for the parts than we do,so until i see his performance i shall assume Clint has made the right call
As for what the movies about ? if you think thats all it's about then you clearly have not read all the articles about the book or the importance in history of this battle and the sacrifice that was made,the photo and indeed statue are iconic for a reason,this movie depicts that reason

 

[Jolie_Desastre]

^^ bingo

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://comingsoon.net/news/topnews.php?id=11581

Eastwood to Release Two Iwo Jima Films

Source: TIME
October 17, 2005



Next fall, Clint Eastwood will simultaneously release two movies telling the story of the battle of Iwo Jima – one will be from the American perspective, and the other told from the Japanese perspective, TIME's Richard Schickel reports in TIME's What's Next special issue (on newsstands Monday, Oct. 17).

Beginning next February, Clint Eastwood will start shooting the companion movie to Flags of Our Fathers, tentatively called Lamps Before the Wind. Typically, Eastwood is not able to articulate fully his rationale for this ambitious enterprise: "I don't know—sometimes you get a feeling about something. You have a premonition that you can get something decent out of it," he says. "You just have to trust your gut."

He asked Paul Haggis, who wrote "Flags," if he would like to write the Japanese version as well. The writer of Million Dollar Baby and director of Crash, Haggis was overbooked but thought an aspiring young Japanese-American screenwriter, Iris Yama****a, who had helped him research "Flags," might be able to do it. She met with Eastwood, and once again his gut spoke; he gave her the job and liked her first draft so much that he bought it. It was she who insisted on giving him a few rewrites she thought her script still needed, TIME reports.

Taken together, the two screenplays show that the battle of Iwo Jima—and by implication, the whole war in the Pacific—was not just a clash of arms but a clash of cultures. The Japanese officer class, imbued with the quasi-religious fervor of their Bushido code, believed that surrender was dishonor, that they were all obliged to die in defense of their small island. That, of course, was not true of the attacking Americans. As Eastwood puts it, "They knew they were going into harm's way, but you can't tell an American he's absolutely fated to die. He will work hard to get the job done, but he'll also work hard to stay alive." And to protect his comrades-in-arms. As Haggis' script puts it, the Americans "may have fought for their country, but they died for their friends, for the man in front, for the man beside 'em."

 

[-rc2k-]

Wow has this ever been done before? It should be great seeing this war from both sides...can't wait for it.

 

[Darthkush]

The cast sounds kinda crappy but the actual film and the idea of splitting it into two different movies/points of view is brilliant. I can't wait to see both of them.

do you guys think the two films will have a significantly different take at the box office? I mean, obviously, i think the american one will do a bit better but do you think the japanese one will more or less perform the same?

If there's oscar buzz would they have to be nominated seperately or as one movie? hmmm...fascinating stuff here.

 

[dpm07]

The cast sounds kinda crappy but the actual film and the idea of splitting it into two different movies/points of view is brilliant. I can't wait to see both of them.

do you guys think the two films will have a significantly different take at the box office? I mean, obviously, i think the american one will do a bit better but do you think the japanese one will more or less perform the same?

If there's oscar buzz would they have to be nominated seperately or as one movie? hmmm...fascinating stuff here.

The Japanese position could turn off a lot of Americans so it may not do well. The American version should do well, as it shows how as Americans we saved the world from the tyranny of the Japanese Empire in the Pacific Theatre and the Axis Powers in general.

 

[Jolie_Desastre]

i just found out a major spoiler. oh well once we get more news maybe you guys will figure it out

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://latinoreview.com/filmpreview.php?id=175

First 2 stills

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=12614

Watanabe Eyed for Eastwood's Red Sun

Source: Variety
January 9, 2006



Variety has published an article which talks about the difficulty DreamWorks and Warner Bros. have in scheduling the back-to-back releases of Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers and Red Sun, Black Sand.

Both films, directed by Eastwood, tell the story of the battle of Iwo Jima – one will be from the American perspective, and the other told from the Japanese perspective.

Eastwood starts shooting "Red Sun" in March and still has to work out the logistics and lock down permission from the Japanese government to shoot on Iwo Jima.

Japanese-American screenwriter Iris Yama****a is writing the film, in consultation with Paul Haggis, who scripted "Flags." And word is that Ken Watanabe will star.

 

[Blade_fan1911]

I read the book.....man i hope this translate well on film.

 

[Movies205]

Eastwood is my hero(I'm going forget that garbage known as Million Dollar Baby)

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=15796

Poster for Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers
Source: USA Today
August 2, 2006


USA Today has published a first look at the poster for director Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers, written by Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby, Crash) and opening October 20. The World War II drama is produced by Eastwood and Steven Spielberg.

The film is based on the bestselling book by James Bradley with Ron Powers, which chronicled the battle of Iwo Jima and the fates of the flag raisers and some of their brothers in Easy Company. Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, Paul Walker, Jamie Bell, Barry Pepper and John Benjamin Hickey star.

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

Wow, nice poster. What's with the weird lines on the sides though? Can't wait to see the poster to Red Sun...

Still hoping we'll see a trailer this month.

It does look like Ken Watanabe is in the film. He's actually credited in BOTH films centering around the conflict.

Lamer that it sounds like an epic movie built around one photo op.

Well, there was this thing called World War 2 that is behind the whole photo thing.

 

[Hunter Rider]

Wow, nice poster. What's with the weird lines on the sides though? Can't wait to see the poster to Red Sun...

I'm not sure,my first though was it is a photo of it taken through a plastic covering

Still hoping we'll see a trailer this month.

I hope so,i thought it may have been with Miami Vice

 

[Shuley]

Eastwood is my hero(I'm going forget that garbage known as Million Dollar Baby)

You freakin serious? Million Dollar Baby was great!

 

[SolidSnakeMGS]

You freakin serious? Million Dollar Baby was great!

Agreed. It was wonderfully directed and Eastwood really nailed subtlety (and I don't mean the story) and moodiness. I thought it was quite a step for Eastwood, as he seems to be growing from a mostly mediocre director to a good one.

 

[Shuley]

Agreed. It was wonderfully directed and Eastwood really nailed subtlety (and I don't mean the story) and moodiness. I thought it was quite a step for Eastwood, as he seems to be growing from a mostly mediocre director to a good one.

He's always been a good directer...Unforgiven,Mystic River ect...

 

[Hunter Rider]

...........Play Misty for Me,The Outlaw Josey Wales

 

[Hunter Rider]