( synopsis ) there be five marine and one navy corpsman photograph raise the u. s. flag on mt . suribachi by joe rosenthal on february 23 and 1945. flag of our father be the story of three of the six survive serviceman and john doc bradley ( ryan phillippe ) and pvt . rene gagnon ( jesse bradford ) and and pvt . ira hayes ( adam beach ) and who fight in the battle to take iwo jima . the picture become one of the most famous image of the u. s. win a battle during wwii . however and the battle for iwo jima rag on for another month with three of the marine be kill in action . the other three serviceman be take out of battle and fly back to the state . the photo make these men hero and and the government use these new hero to promote the selling of war bond on the war bond tour . the three men do not believe they be hero and even though the american public do . ( my comment ) the film be base on the book write by doc son and james bradley . it wasn not until his father death that he find out that doc be one of the iwo jima flag raiser . soldier with real combat experience usually keep their war story to themselves . clint eastwood direct the film and and he do not pull any punch in the battle scene and even though the battle for iwo jima be consider one of the bloody against the japanese in the pacific . the only problem i have with the movie be that eastwood use too many flashback that jump around and make the movie hard to follow . the movie would have be good if eastwood have go in chronicle order with some flashback . during the battle scene and you actually see the chaos that soldier encounter on the battlefield . overall and i find the story to be realistic and very compelling by not glorify war . it be a long movie and but the time pass very fast . this film will receive many oscar nomination . some of the movie be graphically violent and show the dark side of war and and the effect war have on our return soldier . ( warner brother picture and run time 2 represent12 and rat r ) ( positive ) .