Flags of Our Fathers poster
Director Clint Eastwood
Screenplay William Broyles Jr., Paul Haggis

Flags of Our Fathers

Tagline: A single shot can end the war.

Release Date: 2006-10-18

Duration: 135 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • John Slattery
    Bud Gerber
  • Paul Walker
    Hank Hansen
  • Neal McDonough
    Captain Severance
  • Tom Verica
    Lieutenant Pennell
  • Scott Eastwood
    Lundsford
  • Robert Patrick
    Colonel Chandler Johnson
  • Ryan Phillippe
    John 'Doc' Bradley
  • Melanie Lynskey
    Pauline Harnois
  • Jesse Bradford
    Rene Gagnon
  • Barry Pepper
    Mike Strank