Eastwood & Spielberg Team on Battle of Iwo Jima Film
Sat Jul 10, 2004 12:36 am
Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg are teaming up to bring the story of the Battle of Iwo Jima to the big screen, reports Variety. Eastwood will direct an adaptation of "Flags of Our Fathers: Heroes of Iwo Jima" for DreamWorks, the studio co-founded by Spielberg. The trade describes the battle and writer as follows:
The battle, which took place in winter 1945, was a turning point in the Pacific theater. In one month, 22,000 Japanese and 26,000 Americans died, and the battle produced one of World War II's most enduring images: a photograph of six soldiers raising an American flag on the flank of Mount Suribachi, the island's commanding high point.
One of the six was Navy corpsman John Bradley. Bradley never mentioned his experiences to his family, and it was only after his death in 1994 that his son James discovered his father's heroism. James Bradley wrote the "Flags of Our Fathers" book, which was published in 2000, with Ron Powers.
Eastwood and Spielberg previously collaborated on 1995's The Bridges of Madison County, which Eastwood directed and Spielberg produced. The script for Flags of Our Fathers will be written by Paul Haggis, who is co-writing with Eastwood The Million Dollar Baby, which Eastwood is directing with Hilary Swank starring.
http://comingsoon.net/news.php?id=5481
The battle, which took place in winter 1945, was a turning point in the Pacific theater. In one month, 22,000 Japanese and 26,000 Americans died, and the battle produced one of World War II's most enduring images: a photograph of six soldiers raising an American flag on the flank of Mount Suribachi, the island's commanding high point.
One of the six was Navy corpsman John Bradley. Bradley never mentioned his experiences to his family, and it was only after his death in 1994 that his son James discovered his father's heroism. James Bradley wrote the "Flags of Our Fathers" book, which was published in 2000, with Ron Powers.
Eastwood and Spielberg previously collaborated on 1995's The Bridges of Madison County, which Eastwood directed and Spielberg produced. The script for Flags of Our Fathers will be written by Paul Haggis, who is co-writing with Eastwood The Million Dollar Baby, which Eastwood is directing with Hilary Swank starring.
http://comingsoon.net/news.php?id=5481
Sat Jul 10, 2004 7:55 am
Let's hope they don't fug it up like they did Windtalkers, now that was a helluva load of crap... Spielberg is at the helm so I have faith in him, after all, he brought us Saving Private Ryan..
Sat Jul 10, 2004 8:52 am
Originally posted by Agent-Commando
Let's hope they don't fug it up like they did Windtalkers, now that was a helluva load of crap... Spielberg is at the helm so I have faith in him, after all, he brought us Saving Private Ryan..
and band of brothers
Sat Jul 10, 2004 9:39 am
Saving Private Ryan is overrated. Very sappy, cliche after cliche. The only thing it had down is spades was the visual look of WWII battle.
Flags of our Fathers is a good book. I do not see another 'Windtalkers,' since Eastwood is a great director and John Woo is a crappy director who lives off of stupid stunts that coudl never happen in real life and horrible camera tricks(cheesy slow downs).
Flags of our Fathers is a good book. I do not see another 'Windtalkers,' since Eastwood is a great director and John Woo is a crappy director who lives off of stupid stunts that coudl never happen in real life and horrible camera tricks(cheesy slow downs).
Tue Jul 13, 2004 7:59 pm
Hopefully they make it true to life. My grandfather landed on Iwo and has told me a lot of stories about his experience there.
Tue Jul 13, 2004 8:08 pm
Hey didn't hightimber start a thread about this?:D
I think with Eastwood involved it should be pretty realistic. He knows how to inject the real gritty feel into a film. And Spielberg is smart enough and like enough to help him do it.
Don't forget besides SPR Spielberg also made Schindlers List.
I think with Eastwood involved it should be pretty realistic. He knows how to inject the real gritty feel into a film. And Spielberg is smart enough and like enough to help him do it.
Don't forget besides SPR Spielberg also made Schindlers List.
Tue Jul 13, 2004 9:56 pm
Originally posted by Colonel Ingus
Hey didn't hightimber start a thread about this?:D
Yep, I think this deserves a
