Outstanding World War II film purporting to be the "true" story of the iconic and glorious flag raising on top of Mount Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima. It turns out that two of the US Marine flag raisers in the film (main character Corpsman John Bradley and Rene Gabon) were frauds. Unfortunately this truth came out 10 years after the film was made. It's interesting as depicted in the film the son of John Bradley says that his father (played by Ryan Phillipe) never wanted to talk about the flag raising and never discussed it with anyone. Well now we have a better idea why he didn't want to discuss it. Ironically the real reason why John Bradley his this fact for his entire life might make another good movie. The film also depicts Bradley as super modest and embarrassed by all the fame and fortune the flag raising brought him. But now we know it was actually guilt for being a fraud. All of this is not the fault of Clint Eastwood, the actors and writers of the film as they didn't know the truth. And in spite of this, they still made a great film that is a tribute to the brave Marines that sacrificed so much to protect our freedoms from an evil foreign enemy.
Review of Flags of Our Fathers
