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A single shot can end the war. - Flags of Our Fathers
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Title: Flags of Our Fathers

Release Date: 18 Oct 2006

Runtime: 2h 15m

Genre: War, Drama, History

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

Production Companies: DreamWorks Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Overview: There were five Marines and one Navy Corpsman photographed raising the U.S. flag on Mt. Suribachi by Joe Rosenthal on February 23, 1945. This is the story of three of the six surviving servicemen - John 'Doc' Bradley, Pvt. Rene Gagnon and Pvt. Ira Hayes - who fought in the battle to take Iwo Jima from the Japanese.

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Average Vote: 6.9 (1858 votes)

Cast

  • John 'Doc' Bradley: Ryan Phillippe
  • Rene Gagnon: Jesse Bradford
  • Ira Hayes: Adam Beach
  • Keyes Beech: John Benjamin Hickey
  • Bud Gerber: John Slattery
  • Mike Strank: Barry Pepper
  • Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski: Jamie Bell
  • Hank Hansen: Paul Walker
  • Colonel Chandler Johnson: Robert Patrick
  • Captain Severance: Neal McDonough
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