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Flags of Our Fathers

Flags of Our Fathers

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 18, 2006

Runtime

2h 15m

Genres

War, Drama, History

User Score

69%

Original Title

Flags of Our Fathers

Production Companies

DreamWorks Pictures, Amblin Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Director

Clint Eastwood

Budget

$90,000,000

Revenue

$65,900,000

Description

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.