Flags of Our Fathers

Flags of Our Fathers (2006)

A single shot can end the war.

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.

Date of release
2006-10-19
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (2098)
Runtime
2h 15m
Genres
War, Drama, History
Director
Clint Eastwood

Casting

  • Ryan Phillippe — John 'Doc' Bradley
  • Jesse Bradford — Rene Gagnon
  • Adam Beach — Ira Hayes
  • John Benjamin Hickey — Keyes Beech
  • John Slattery — Bud Gerber
  • Barry Pepper — Mike Strank
  • Jamie Bell — Ralph "Iggy" Ignatowski
  • Paul Walker — Hank Hansen
  • Robert Patrick — Colonel Chandler Johnson
  • Neal McDonough — Captain Severance
  • Melanie Lynskey — Pauline Harnois
  • Tom McCarthy — James Bradley

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