Flags of Our Fathers
6.9/10
Rating
135 min
Runtime
2006
Release Year
Clint Eastwood
Director
Cast
Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Benjamin Hickey, John Slattery
Quick Synopsis
On February 23, 1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II, five Marines and one Navy Corpsman were photographed by Joe Rosenthal raising the U.S. flag on Mount Suribachi. This film tells the story of three of the six servicemen who survived that event—John 'Doc' Bradley, Private Rene Gagnon, and Private Ira Hayes—and their experiences fighting to capture the island from Japanese forces.
Detailed Synopsis of Flags of Our Fathers
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.
