February 1945. Even as victory in Europe was finally within reach, the war in the Pacific raged on. One of the most crucial and bloodiest battles of the war was the struggle for the island of Iwo Jima, which culminated with what would become one of the most iconic images in history: five Marines and a Navy corpsman raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi.
The inspiring photo capturing that moment became a symbol of victory to a nation that had grown weary of war and made instant heroes of the six American soldiers at the base of the flag, some of whom would die soon after, never knowing that they had been immortalized. But the surviving flag raisers had no interest in being held up as symbols and did not consider themselves heroes; they wanted only to stay on the front with their brothers in arms who were fighting and dying without fanfare or glory.
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June 17, 2008: C'mon Hollywood #165:
... shut up Spike Lee!
by Sturdy
I’ve never been a fan of Spike Lee. It has nothing to do with race, although whenever you talk about Spike Lee, race has to come up. I just never liked...
October 19, 2006: INT: Ryan Phillippe:
Recently,
Ryan Phillippe has been known more for being Reese Witherspoon’s
husband than for his acting. This week, he hopes to turn that around
with a lead role in Clint Eastwood’s latest...
October 18, 2006: INT: Adam Beach:
Canada
native Adam Beach has been working under the radar for a while now,
with small roles in a variety of film and TV projects over his
16-year acting...
October 20, 2006: INT: Clint Eastwood:
Perpetual
Oscar-winner Clint Eastwood returns to theaters this week with FLAGS
OF OUR FATHERS ,
the story of the battle of Iwo Jima and the soldiers who raised the...
October 6, 2006: Flags of Fathers clip:
If the trailers haven't convinced you to check out
Clint Eastwood's upcoming Iwo Jima war drama FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS
then maybe a clip the folks over at AICN recently posted will do the trick. I haven't seen the clip
myself but I'm not the...
September 26, 2006: Eragon/Flags trailers:
Trailers are dropping all over the place today so here's two more for those of you out there with trailer fetishes. A second international trailer for the fantasy adventure ERAGON recently premiered on ERAGON fansite "Shurtugal" and you can check it
out...
September 8, 2006: Flags/Fathers trailer:
Paramount has decided to premiere the first trailer for Clint Eastwood's American-perspective war drama FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS (the trailer for the companion piece, LETTERS FROM
IWO JIMA, which tells the story from the Japanese perspective, also recently...
August 15, 2006: Iwo Jima trailers:
The Japanese website for the upcoming dual Clint Eastwood WWII films FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS / LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA has posted a joint trailer for the films. Half the dialogue and all the screen text is in Japanese but it still looks damn impressive and definitely...
August 2, 2006: Flags/Fathers poster:
The folks over at "USA Today" recently premiered the poster (a small version of which is to the right) for Clint Eastwood's World War II drama FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS . The film tells the story of the six soldiers who raised
an American flag on Mount...
December 23, 2005: Walker has a Papa:
We know what you're up to, Paul Walker. Don't think we don't see it. First, you land a part in Clint Eastwood's guaranteed awards contender FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS and now you're doing an Ernest Hemingway
quasi-biopic with Anthony Hopkins called PAPA....
July 29, 2005: Walker raises Flags:
I never thought I'd see the day that Paul Walker would be starring in a Clint Eastwood film but here we are. Walker has signed on to co-star in Eastwood's upcoming WWII film FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS. Walker will play Hank Hansen, one of the six soldiers who raised...
July 9, 2004: Eastwood & Spielberg?:
Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg will collaborate for the second time on the drama FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS, based on the novel by James Bradley and Ron Powers. Clint would direct the project, from a script by Paul Haggis, with Spielberg producing. The last time...
