Flags of Our Fathers

Flags of Our Fathers

135 mins | Drama, War, History | Oct. 18, 2006

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.

Flags of Our Fathers

135 mins | Drama, War, History | Oct. 18, 2006

Flags of Our Fathers
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.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers DreamWorks Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
Original title Flags of Our Fathers
Directors Mable Lawson-McCrary, Peter Dress, Clint Eastwood
Writers Paul Haggis, William Broyles Jr.

Cast

Ryan Phillippe

as John 'Doc' Bradley

Adam Beach

as Corporal Ira Hayes

Jesse Bradford

as Corporal Rene Gagnon

John Benjamin Hickey

as Sergeant Keyes Beech

John Slattery

as Bud Gerber

Barry Pepper

as Sergeant Mike Strank

Jamie Bell

as Private Ralph Ignatowski

Paul Walker

as Sergeant Hank Hansen

Robert Patrick

as Colonel Chandler Johnson

Neal McDonough

as Captain Dave Severance

Melanie Lynskey

as Pauline Harnois Gagnon

Tom McCarthy

as James Bradley

Chris Bauer

as General Alexander Vandegrift

Gordon Clapp

as General Holland Smith

Judith Ivey

as Belle Block

Joseph Cross

as Private Franklin Sousley

Benjamin Walker

as Harlon Block

Alessandro Mastrobuono

as Corporal Chuck Lindberg

Stark Sands

as Gust

Ann Dowd

as Mrs. Strank

Beth Grant

as Mother Gagnon

Brian Kimmet

as Sergeant Boots Thomas

Jason Gray-Stanford

as Lieutenant Harold Schrier

David Rasche

as Senator

James Newman

as Local Politician

Beth Tapper

as Bar Car Beauty

Shannon Gayle

as Bar Car Beauty #2

Scott Eastwood

as Lundsford

Michael Cumpsty

as Secretary Forrestal

David Patrick Kelly

as President Harry S. Truman

Jon Polito

as Borough President

Erica Grant

as Secretary

Jayma Mays

as Nurse in Hawaii

Len Cariou

as Mr. Beech

David Clennon

as White House Official

Jeremiah Bitsui

as Young Indian

Sean Moran

as Waiter