Starring: - Ryan Phillippe
- Jesse Bradford
- Adam Beach
Description:
Clint Eastwood's adaptation of the non-fiction book Flags of Our Fathers concerns the lives of the men in the famous picture of soldiers raising the American flag over Iwo Jima during that historic WWII battle. Battle scenes are intercut with footage of three of the soldiers - played by Ryan Phillipe, Jesse Bradford, and Adam Beach — who survived the battle going on a goodwill tour of the United States in order to sell war bonds. Many evening they are forced to reenact their famous pose, something each of them finds more and more difficult to do as they suffer from survivor's guilt. Eastwood frames the story by having one of the men's grown son (Tom McCarthy) interview his father's old comrades in order to find out more about what happened to his father. Eastwood followed this film with Letters from Iwo Jima, a second film about the battle of Iwo Jima, but told from the Japanese perspective. Flags of Our Fathers was produced by Eastwood and Steven Spielberg. As if delivering Oscar-winning films were not enough, Clint Eastwood is one of the few directors to also compose much of his movies' soundtracks; even more impressive is that he's able to work within distinct genres, from jazz to country to Hollywood-style neoclassical. With help from orchestrator Lennie Niehaus, Eastwood creates a compelling soundtrack to the WWII drama Flags of Our Fathers, combining Eastwood originals (including son Kyle’s contribution on "Knock Knock") with Philip Sousa marches; classical pieces by Mozart and Haydn; and period-defining pieces by the likes of Dinah Shore ("I'll Walk Alone"), Irving Berlin (a new recording of "Any Bonds Today?"), and Artie Shaw ("Summit Ridge Drive"). These are fairly minimal but it's nice to see them eschew the usual war-movie tropes--like the movie itself.
1. The Photograph
2. I'll Walk Alone - performed by Dinah Shore
3. Knock Knock - (Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens, Andrew McCormack, Graeme Flowers)
4. Wounded Marines
5. The Thunderer - (John Philip Sousa)
6. Armada Arrives
7. Goodbye Ira
8. Symphony In G Minor, 3rd Movement - (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
9. String Quartet Opus #6, 2nd Movement - (Joseph Haydn)
10. Inland Battle
11. Flag Raising
12. Any Bonds Today? -(Irving Berlin)
13. Summit Ridge Drive - performed by Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five
14. Vic'try Polka - (Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne)
15. The Medals
16. Platoon Swims
17. Washington Post March - (John Philip Sousa)
18. Flags Theme
19. End Titles Guitar
20. End Titles
Flags of Our Fathers
