Movie News for
Flags of Our Fathers
Release Date:
October 20, 2006
August 25, 2005
Cross raises Flag
Joseph Cross has joined the cast of Clint Eastwood's Iwo Jima movie, Flags of Our Fathers. The movie is based on James Bradley's book, Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima, with Paul Haggis handling the adaptation. He joins a variety of stars in the film, including Paul Walker, Ryan Phillippe and Neal McDonough.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
August 4, 2005
McDonough raises a Flag
Neal McDonough (Boomtown) has signed on for a role in Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers. The DreamWorks/Warner Bros. project centers on the battle of Iwo Jima and starts shooting this month.
Source: Variety
July 29, 2005
Walker raises a Flag
Paul Walker has joined director Clint Eastwood's World War II epic Flags of Our Fathers. Based on the James Bradley book Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima, the screenplay was adapted by Paul Haggis (Million Dollar Baby). The Battle of Iwo Jima occurred in the winter of 1945 and was a major turning point in the war. In a month's time, 26,000 Americans and 22,000 Japanese died. The battle may be most remembered for the photograph of U.S. servicemen raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi, the high point of the island. Walker will play Hank Hansen, a soldier and one of the flag-raisers.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
July 7, 2005
Eastwood raises Flags
Clint Eastwood will direct Flags of Our Fathers, a DreamWorks/Warner Bros. co-production based on the book Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima, by James Bradley with Ron Powers. Paul Haggis adapted the screenplay, which will make this film the second time Eastwood has collaborated with the writer (the first was for the Academy Award winning Million Dollar Baby). Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford and Adam Beach will star in the film. The story is told from Bradley's point of view. His father was one of the men who raised the famous flag at Iwo Jima, but it was only after his death that his son learned of the real extent of his heroism.
Source: Variety
July 12, 2004
Eastwood and Spielberg join forces for Iwo Jima film
Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg, who previously teamed together on The Bridges of Madison County, will again work together to bring an adaptation of the book Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima to the big screen. The book, written by James Bradley and Ron Powers, centers around the six soldiers who are the centerpiece of the famous image. One of those six men was Bradley's father, Navy corpsman John Bradley. The author was inspired to learn more about the story behind the famous photo upon his father's death in 1994.
The script for the film, which will be a DreamWorks project, is being written by Paul Haggis, who is also co-writing Rope Burns aka Million Dollar Baby with Eastwood.
Source: Variety
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