Which Clint Eastwood film is based on the Battle of Iwo Jima?

Answer 1

Flags of Our Fathers

In February, 1945, one of the fiercest battles of the Pacific theater of World War II occurs on the tiny island of Iwo Jima. Thousands of Marines attack the stronghold maintained by thousands of Japanese, and the slaughter on both sides is horrific. Early in the battle, an American flag is raised atop the high point, Mount Suribachi, and a photograph of the raising becomes an American cause celebre. As a powerful inspiration to war-sick Americans, the photo becomes a symbol of the Allied cause. The three surviving flag raisers, Rene Gagnon, John Bradley, and Ira Hayes, are whisked back to civilization to help raise funds for the war effort. But the accolades for heroism heaped upon the three men are at odds with their own personal realizations that thousands of real heroes lie dead on Iwo Jima, and that their own contributions to the fight are only symbolic and not deserving of the singling out they are experiencing. Each of the three must come to terms with the honors, exploitation, and grief that they face simply for being in a photograph.

The film adaptation Flags of Our Fathers, which opened in the U.S. on October 20, 2006, was directed by Clint Eastwood and produced by Steven Spielberg, with a screenplay written by William Broyles, Jr. and Paul Haggis. (Haggis was born and raised here in my hometown of London Ontario)

Flags of Our Fathers (2000) is the New York Times-bestselling book by James Bradley and Ron Powers about the five United States Marines and one United States Navy Corpsman (Medic) who would eventually be made famous by Joe Rosenthal's lauded photograph of the flag raising at Iwo Jima, one of the costliest battles of World War II's Pacific Theater. One of the flag raisers was John Bradley, a Navy corpsman, and the coauthor's father.

The book, published in May 2000 by Bantam Books, a division of Random House, spent 46 weeks on the New York Times nonfiction bestseller list, spending six weeks at number one. Shortly after the book's publication, Steven Spielberg optioned the film rights for DreamWorks Pictures.

The book follows the lives of the six flagraisers throughout training, combat and after.

Flags will be followed up with the release of Letters from Iwo Jima. Letters from Iwo Jima (formerly titled Red Sun, Black Sand) is a 2006 war film directed by Clint Eastwood and scheduled for a Japanese release on December 9, 2006 and in limited release in the United States on December 20. It was based on the book Picture Letters from Commander in Chief by Gen Tadamichi Kuribayashi who is portrayed on screen by Ken Watanabe and is a complementary film to Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers.

Answer 2

There are two, both by Clint Eastwood, that are companion pieces - "Flags of Our Fathers," which came out a few months ago, and covers the lives of the American soldiers involved in raising the flag on Iwo Jima, and "Letters from Iwo Jima," which tells the story from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers involved in the Battle of Iwo Jima. "Letters from Iwo Jima" is scheduled to open in a few days, around December 20th, and stars Ken Watanabe.

Answer 3

Flags of our Fathers AND
Letters from Iwo Jima.

Answer 4

Its actually called "Flags of Our Fathers". He also directed another movie about the same topic called "Letters from Iwo Jima".

Answer 5

Letters From Iwo Jima

and

Flag of Our Fathers

Each tells the story from a different viewpoint.

Answer 6

Flags of Our Fathers.

Answer 7

Flags of our fathers; Band of Brother was about the a company of the 101st Airborne.

Answer 8

flags of our fathers

Answer 9

Band of Brothers.

It is focused on the soldiers who raised the flag.

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Answer 10

flags of our fathers.