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Release Date:
14 June 2002 (USA)
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Tagline:
Honor Was Their Code. more
Plot:
Two U.S. Marines in WWII are assigned to protect Navajo Marines who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cypher. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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3 nominations
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(35 articles)
The view: John Woo's departure from Hollywood is a loss to us all
(From The Guardian - Film News. 20 November 2009, 9:30 AM, PST)
Tuesday Morning Foreign Blu-ray disc Report: "Red Cliff" and "Red Cliff 2" (John Woo, 2008)
(From The Auteurs. 17 November 2009, 8:07 AM, PST)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 20 November 2009, 9:30 AM, PST)
Tuesday Morning Foreign Blu-ray disc Report: "Red Cliff" and "Red Cliff 2" (John Woo, 2008)
(From The Auteurs. 17 November 2009, 8:07 AM, PST)
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The most realistic war movie ever made
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Nicolas Cage | ... | Sergeant Joe Enders | |
| Adam Beach | ... | Private Ben Yahzee | |
| Peter Stormare | ... | Gunnery Sergeant Hjelmstad | |
| Noah Emmerich | ... | Private Chick | |
| Mark Ruffalo | ... | Private Pappas | |
| Brian Van Holt | ... | Private Harrigan | |
| Martin Henderson | ... | Private Nellie | |
| Roger Willie | ... | Private Charlie Whitehorse | |
| Frances O'Connor | ... | Rita | |
| Christian Slater | ... | Sgt. Pete 'Ox' Anderson | |
| Jason Isaacs | ... | Major Mellitz | |
| Billy Morts | ... | Fortino (as William Morts) | |
| Cameron Thor | ... | Mertens | |
| Kevin Cooney | ... | Ear Doctor | |
| Holmes Osborne | ... | Colonel Hollings |
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Also Known As:
Wind Talkers (USA) (alternative spelling)
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MPAA:
Rated R for pervasive graphic war violence, and for language. (also director's cut)
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Runtime:
134 min | Argentina:132 min | USA:153 min (director's cut)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:16 |
Malaysia:18SG |
South Korea:15 |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:MA |
Canada:18A |
Finland:K-15 |
France:U |
Germany:18 |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Ireland:15 |
Netherlands:16 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Norway:15 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:18 |
Sweden:15 |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:16 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:R |
Canada:A (Ontario)
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Crew or equipment visible: When the marines first land on Saipan there is a huge battle going on. Nicholas Cage stops to reload his Thompson and has a brief flashback to what happened to him on the Solomon islands. He then finishes reloading and runs up to a Japanese soldier who is on fire. If you look to the right of the screen as he is running, a man in all black is visible wearing goggles - obviously there for fire safety
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Quotes:
Private Ben Yahzee:
Radio Man:
[to Private Ben Yahzee]
Private Ben Yahzee: Remember Marine, ours is not to question why, ours is but to do or die. Semper Fi. Over
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[to Private Ben Yahzee]
Private Ben Yahzee: Remember Marine, ours is not to question why, ours is but to do or die. Semper Fi. Over
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Burly Man Chronicles (2004) (V)
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Soundtrack:
The Marine's Hymn
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I learned a lot about World War II from this film. First of all, during this war it was a custom of both the Japanese and Americans to scream every time you shoot or get shot (even with about 30 bullets in your chest you can still scream apparently). Secondly, Japanese soldiers do not like cover. They like to stay out in the open, and will not fire their rifles unless they're within 15 feet of American soldiers. Thirdly, one man with a Thompson sub-machine gun can take out an entire regiment of Japanese soldiers in an afternoon.
This film was completely first rate, start to finish. From the soldiers who flail about wildly as entire belts of machine gun ammo are pumped into them (before they drop to the ground mind you), to the 12 soldiers that Nicholas Cage shoots with a handgun while laying on his back wounded in the space of about 15 seconds, this film just screamed realism and authenticity. Highly recommended to history buffs and people who can appreciate some of the best acting ever put on film.