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skunker
12-13-2005, 04:42 PM
Check it out! From www.flagsofourfathers.net

http://flagsofourfathers.net/gallery/albums/official-photos/fl016.jpg
Createdeemcee
12-14-2005, 01:37 PM
Wow! When is this due for release in movie theaters???
toad
12-14-2005, 02:14 PM
"Sometime in the Fall 2006 for the USA"
Damnhot
12-14-2005, 02:35 PM
Being a Marine, this has got to be one of the best by far greatest photos taken representing what the Marine Corps does. Thanks Clint.
Semper Fi
SGT K
Alphonse
12-14-2005, 03:28 PM
I've heard of this movie.


Incredibly realistic photo.
GothicSnake
12-14-2005, 04:56 PM
Nice! Just heightens my anticipation for this flick...
TallGuy
12-14-2005, 04:56 PM
Great picture :)
thunderw
12-14-2005, 04:59 PM
Amazing, looks just like the original, even the flag.

http://www.mtlakes.org/hs/acad/tech/webclass01/Mods7_8/RothenbergJessica/ww2/Iwo%20Jima%20Flag%20Raising.jpg
Gus
12-16-2005, 08:15 PM
My guess is that CGI was used to match up the flags.
TheBlackHand
12-17-2005, 12:32 AM
Wow, that film looks impressive. Real Sherman's and even an actual Japanese tank. A few of the Marine actors are a bit overweight but the uniforms look good. I notice one guy is wearing his jungle med kit wrong. No big deal though.

I do wonder about this comment from screenwriter Paul Haggis though:


Clint's and my politics couldn't be more different and our views on the war couldn't be more different . . .

Different on WW2? How? I can't imagine. Different as in we were wrong or what?

Anyway, nice photo. I now have new wallpaper.
Gus
12-17-2005, 12:39 AM
Yeah, but do you remember how promising "Windtalkers" looked? (I know, I'm a Scrooge p-) )
TallGuy
12-17-2005, 12:43 AM
Wow, that film looks impressive. Real Sherman's and even an actual Japanese tank. A few of the Marine actors are a bit overweight but the uniforms look good. I notice one guy is wearing his jungle med kit wrong. No big deal though.

Yeah, I saw the Shermans and Jap tanks at work, it was kind of cool seeing those Shermans drive past me on their way to the beach. :)
I read on another forum that most of the overweight extras are U.S. servicemen from the base here in Iceland.
Herrmannek
12-17-2005, 05:26 AM
Yeah, but do you remember how promising "Windtalkers" looked? (I know, I'm a Scrooge p-) )
Clint Eastwood is a class for himself.. I hope he will not dissapoint me, because it would be fall from a high sky...