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Product Description ------------------- Clint Eastwood's early-21st-century output has endeared him to Academy Awards voters and makes another bid for their attention with this tale of the -raising at Iwo Jima. Eastwood cuts back and forth between the battle that led to the the being firmly ed in enemy soil, and the tour undertaken by three of the -ing marines in the aftermath of World War II. Director Clint Eastwood Star Jamie Bell, Ryan Philippe, Robert Patrick Special Features: Widescreen. .com ---- Thematically ambitious and emotionally complex, Clint Eastwood's s of Our hers is an epic with much to say about war and the nature of heroism in America. Based on the non-fiction bestseller ( /s-Our-hers-James-Bradley/dp/0553589083 ) by James Bradley (with Ron Powers), and adapted by Million Dollar Baby screenwriter Paul Haggis (Jarhead screenwriter William Broyles Jr. wrote an earlier draft that was abandoned when Eastwood signed on to direct), this isn't so much a conventional war movie as it is a thought-provoking meditation on our collective need for heroes, even at the expense of those we deem heroic. In telling the story of the six men (five Marines, one Navy medic) who raised the American of victory on the battle-ravaged Japanese island of Iwo Jima on February 23rd, 1945, Eastwood takes us deep into the horror of war (in painstakingly authentic Iwo Jima battle scenes) while emphasizing how three of the surviving -raisers (played by Adam Beach, Ryan Phillippe, and Jesse Bradford) became reluctant celebrities – and resentful pawns in a wartime publicity campaign – after their -raising was immortalized by Associated Press photographer Joe Rosenthal in the most famous photograph in history. As the surviving -raisers reluctantly play their public roles as "the heroes of Iwo Jima" during an exhausting (but clearly necessary) wartime bond rally tour, s of Our hers evolves into a pointed study of battlefield valor and misplaced idolatry, incorporating subtle comment on the bogus nature of celebrity, the trauma of battle, and the true meaning of heroism in wartime. Wisely avoiding any direct parallels to contemporary history, Eastwood allows us to draw our own conclusions about the Iwo Jima -raisers and how their postwar histories (both noble and tragic) simultaneously illustrate the hazards of exploited celebrity and society's genuine need for admirable role models during times of national crisis. s of Our hers defies the expectations of those seeking a more straightforward war-action drama, but it's richly satisfying, impeccably crafted film that manages to be genuinely patriotic (in celebrating the camaraderie of soldiers in battle) while dramatizing the ultimate futility of war. Eastwood's follow-up film, Letters from Iwo Jima, examines the Iwo Jima conflict from the Japanese perspective. --Jeff Shannon Beyond s of Our hers Other World War II DVDs ( /gp/browse.html/ref=d_ap_shers_1/?node=909812 ) Essential DVDs by Director Clint Eastwood ( /gp/feature.html/ref=d_ap_shers_2/?docId=312575 ) s of Our hers by James Bradley ( /gp/product/055338029X/ref=d_ap_shers_3 ) Stills from s of Our hers (click for larger image) ( https://images-na.ssl-images-.com/images/G/01/dvd/us/sofourhers/s4-hi.jpg ) ( https://images-na.ssl-images-.com/images/G/01/dvd/us/sofourhers/s5-hi.jpg ) ( https://images-na.ssl-images-.com/images/G/01/dvd/us/sofourhers/s3-hi.jpg ) ( https://images-na.ssl-images-.com/images/G/01/dvd/us/sofourhers/s1-hi.jpg ) ( https://images-na.ssl-images-.com/images/G/01/dvd/us/sofourhers/s2-hi.jpg ) ( https://images-na.ssl-images-.com/images/G/01/dvd/us/sofourhers/s6-hi.jpg )