what do you get when you cross an academy award win director whose movie tend to follow the life of individual and their consequence of the violence around them and an award win writer that deal with racism and the map of the human spirit and a producer that have a penchant for world war ii history who be a master of tell epic story on the widescreen canvas . well and you get clint eastwood and paul haggis and steven spielberg who have team up for the first time to bring to the screen the new wwii story of the six soldier who raise the american flag at iwo jima and become medium hero in the new film flag of our father . base on the true ( and relatively unknown ) story of six regular soldier that raise the flag atop the isle of iwo jima and whose picture of the effort become synonymous with an impend victory of the war and flag of our father will be one of the most talked about film of 2006. flag of our father follow the life of three survive member who raise the flag in 1945 atop mount suribachi and how the government use these three individual and the medium in an effort to spark interest in sell war bond to the american public . ryan phillippe and jesse bradford and adam beach play john doc bradley and rene gagnon and ira hayes respectively . these three individual be partly responsible for the second american flag raise on that grace newspaper and magazine cover all over the world . if you catch it and i do write the econd american flag raise . a fact that it seem not one of u in the packed pre screen know before the film close credit . six soldier on the 5th day of the island invasion plant the flag of infamy just second after the first flag be that be erect be take down . a the picture make it circle in every american medium outlet available and bradley and gagnon and hayes be quickly send pack back to the united state to be use in a cross country marketing campaign to drum up support for the troop spread out over europe and asia . not one of them believe they be true hero and the three be persuade to separate their reluctance from the necessity to boost morale with the american public and ask for fund to continue with the necessary production of tank and grenade and gun and armor . the film then switch between their tour of sport arena and speak engagement and flashback back to the horror of the taking of the island in full vivid detail . flag of our father be an important film and but unfortunately and not a stellar one . the battle scene be very well do and show the chaotic atmosphere and pace that follow a ground war and but it the relationship and the manipulation of public interest a use by the medium that the movie hit home . in a time where america be fight two separate war in afghanistan and iraq with veteran of vietnam still be parade on cnn every even news to discuss comparison and flag of our father be important in that it show how a single picture or event can change an entire opinion over an effort that will cost young men and woman their life . but where eastwood fail be in his attempt to drum up any emotional attachment to the three character . haggis do his crash best to have u tisk at the consistent barrage of racial epithet throw towards indian descent ira hayes and but eastwood fails to weave this sympathy and the sympathy for those leave behind on the beach into an emotional punch that will carry u to the voting poll in the award season . the big disappointment with flag of our father come with the expectation that the three major player in the production bring to the table . eastwood in particular have stem together three recent film the forgiven and mystic river and million dollar baby that each dealt with a person of person deal with the emotional weight of violence that they be witness . the heavy handedness of flag of our father should be right up his wheelhouse . add the brilliant writing experience and resume of haggis and the movie should have be celluloid gold . instead and we deal with wave veteran and moment of tenderness between the soldier and the family of the dead they fight beside and the emotional burden of the horror that surround them in combat without any tear tugging or tissue pull on behalf of the experience movie watcher . flag of our father be shoot back to back with letter from iwo jima which will show the japanese perspective of the battle and be schedule for release in february 2007. while watch flag of our father and there be a few scene that you can imagine be in the next year release and maybe that be where eastwood and the gang lose their focus . so why do flag of our father still get 3 ½ star even though the comment seem so negative . well and it be because what the film do right and it do extremely well . during the battle scene you be transport to iwo jima and the chaos of the situation can be felt in how you inch towards the edge of your seat . the act too be good than average and especially from phillippe who might find himself along side wife reese witherspoon a an award nominee come christmas . couple these plus with the importance of reveal a true and important story to the mass audience and the obvious comparison with american war effort at the time of print and and you have a film that will undoubtedly become one of eastwoods most talked about film . even if it wasn not one of his best .