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Flags of our fathers [videorecording] /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 11782 | DreamWorks Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French Original language: English Publication details: [Universal City, Calif.] : Dreamworks Home Entertainment, [2007]Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 132 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN:
  • 1415730512
  • 9781415730515
Other title:
  • French title: M�emoires de nos p�eres
Uniform titles:
  • Flags of our fathers (Motion picture). French & English.
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • PN1997.2 .F587 2007
Production credits:
  • Director of photography, Tom Stern ; editor, Joel Cox ; original music, Clint Eastwood ; costume designer, Deborah Hopper ; production designer, Henry Bumstead ; special effects supervisor, Steve Riley ; visual effects supervisor, Michael Owens.
  • Satellite Awards, 2006: Best art direction & Production design ; Best cinematography ; Best director (Clint Eastwood).
Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Benjamin Hickey, Barry Pepper, Jamie Bell, Paul Walker, Joseph Cross, Benjamin Walker, Tom McCarthy, George Grizzard, Harve Presnell, George Hearn, Len Cariou.Summary: The story of the five Marines and one Navy corpsman that were forever immortalized as a symbol of WWII by raising the American flag at the battle of Iwo Jima. When Joe Rosenthal's photograph of the event becomes a symbol of hope for the families at home, the three surviving men are pulled from combat and sent on a tour across America to raise desperately-needed bond money. It is a trip that brings out the truths of both that symbolic act, and their lives during war.
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VID VID Chamberlin Free Public Library Video DVD FLA (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34517000237928

Originally released as a motion picture in 2006.

Based on the book by James Bradley with Ron Powers.

Director of photography, Tom Stern ; editor, Joel Cox ; original music, Clint Eastwood ; costume designer, Deborah Hopper ; production designer, Henry Bumstead ; special effects supervisor, Steve Riley ; visual effects supervisor, Michael Owens.

Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Benjamin Hickey, Barry Pepper, Jamie Bell, Paul Walker, Joseph Cross, Benjamin Walker, Tom McCarthy, George Grizzard, Harve Presnell, George Hearn, Len Cariou.

The story of the five Marines and one Navy corpsman that were forever immortalized as a symbol of WWII by raising the American flag at the battle of Iwo Jima. When Joe Rosenthal's photograph of the event becomes a symbol of hope for the families at home, the three surviving men are pulled from combat and sent on a tour across America to raise desperately-needed bond money. It is a trip that brings out the truths of both that symbolic act, and their lives during war.

MPAA rating: R; for scenes of graphic war violence & carnage and for language.

CHV rating: 14A; for gory scenes, violence, coarse language.

DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 (English), Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo (French).

English with optional French soundtrack, and with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Satellite Awards, 2006: Best art direction & Production design ; Best cinematography ; Best director (Clint Eastwood).

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