Flags of Our Fathers
Director: Clint Eastwood. Cast: Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, John Benjamin Hickey, John Slattery, Jamie Bell, Barry Pepper, Neal McDonough, Paul Walker, Joseph Cross, Robert Patrick, Gordon Clapp, Tom McCarthy, Stark Sands, Judith Ivey, Benjamin Walker, Melanie Lynskey, Beth Grant, Connie Ray, Ann Dowd, Mary Beth Peil, Harve Presnell, George Grizzard, Len Cariou, George Hearn, David Patrick Kelly, Jon Polito. Screenplay: William Broyles Jr. and Paul Haggis (based on the book by James Bradley and Ron Powers).

Not yet reviewed in full. B–

(in October 2006: C)

Academy Award Nominations:
Best Sound: Alan Robert Murray & Bub Asman
Best Sound Effects: John T. Reitz, David E. Campbell, Gregg Rudloff, and Walt Martin

Golden Globe Nominations:
Best Director: Clint Eastwood

Other Awards:
Satellite Awards: Best Director (tie); Best Cinematography (Tom Stern); Best Art Direction (Henry Bumstead, Jack G. Taylor Jr., and Richard C. Goddard)
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