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.
War, Drama, History
DreamWorks SKG, Amblin Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros.
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, 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, Shakti Shannon as Bar Car Beauty #2, Scott Eastwood as Lundsford, Michael Cumpsty as Secretary Forrestal