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Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)
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1 March 1950 (USA)
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Fightin' . . Laughin' . . Lovin' ! more
Plot:
A dramatization of the World War II Battle of Iwo Jima. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars.
Another 1 win
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The first film I remember
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | John Wayne | ... | Sgt. John M. Stryker |
 | John Agar | ... | Pfc. Peter Conway |
| Adele Mara | ... | Allison Bromley |
| Forrest Tucker | ... | Pfc. Al Thomas |
| Wally Cassell | ... | Pfc. Benny Regazzi |
| James Brown | ... | Pfc. Charlie Bass |
| Richard Webb | ... | Pfc. 'Handsome' Dan Shipley |
| Arthur Franz | ... | Cpl. Robert Dunne / Narrator |
| Julie Bishop | ... | Mary |
| James Holden | ... | Pfc. Soames |
| Peter Coe | ... | Pfc. George Hellenpolis |
| Richard Jaeckel | ... | Pfc. Frank Flynn |
| William Murphy | ... | Pfc. Eddie Flynn (as Bill Murphy) |
| George Tyne | ... | Pfc. Harris |
| Hal Baylor | ... | Pvt. 'Sky' Choynski (as Hal Fieberling) |
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100 min | Germany:97 min | USA:109 min (TCM print)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Iceland:12 |
USA:Approved (PCA #14111) |
West Germany:12 (f) |
UK:PG |
USA:Passed (National Board of Review) |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:G |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15
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Following the success of the movie, John Wayne was invited to place his footprints in cement outside Grauman's Chinese Theater. As part of the event, actual black sand from Iwo Jima was flown to Hollywood and mixed into the cement in which The Duke left his footprints and "fist print".
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Continuity: Conway's hands change position while with Allison at the end of their first meeting.
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Pfc. Al Thomas:
You know, my natural dislike for you is turning into a great hatred, Bass.
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Referenced in L'important c'est d'aimer (1975)
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I first saw this film at the age of 5 and it has been my favourite ever since. This led to my following of the greatest actor of all time JOHN WAYNE. The film follows Sgt John M Stryker, taking a platoon of mostly raw recruits and training them to be mean, tough, and ready for anything Marines, by any way possible, loathed by the squad but by the end of the picture admired by them as they realise what and why he is the way he is.
The film mixes battle scenes with actual footage from the landings and allows for character development instead of just a bunch of guy's grouped together. Wayne deserved his Oscar nomination for his role but you cant leave out the supporting cast. John Agar in possibly his best role and Forrest Tucker as his old adversary also Cassell/Brown and Webb proving equally up to the rolls and a young Richard Jaeckel all playing there parts with zest.
When you look at the events it was based on, the Island hopping of hard bitter fighting the slaughter of both sides on Iwo Jima its self 4,000+ U.S. casualties and 21,000 Japanise you can see why this film is compulsory viewing for all new Marine recruits.
I also believe that this film would have been a masterpiece had it been made without the restrictions of the time compared with the films of today like "Saving Private Ryan".
Whatever your own thoughts are on the film when you next watch it just remember those who fought there and REMAIN there................