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Flags of Our Fathers is a World War II film detailing the lives of the six men made famous for the photograph of them raising the flag at Iwo Jima. It is produced by Steven Spielberg, directed by Clint Eastwood, and written by Paul Haggis... And the Oscar goes to...

In all seriousness, this film has to be considered an early favorite for a number of Oscars including Best Picture, directing, adapted screenplay, along with technical awards such as best sound, editing... And more. If we were to place money on which film will be the big winner February 25, 2007, this would be the film.

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Synopsis

From Academy Award-winning director Clint Eastwood (“Million Dollar Baby,” “Unforgiven”) comes the World Was II epic "Flags of Our Fathers,” produced by Eastwood, Academy Award winner Steven Spielberg (“Saving Private Ryan,” “Schindler’s List”), and Rob Lorenz (“Mystic River”). February 1945. Even as victory in Europe was finally within reach, the war in the Pacific raged on. One of the most crucial and bloodiest battles of the war was the struggle for the island of Iwo Jima, which culminated with what would become one of the most iconic images in history: five Marines and a Navy corpsman raising the American flag on Mount Suribachi. The inspiring photo capturing that moment became a symbol of victory to a nation that had grown weary of war and made instant heroes of the six American soldiers at the base of the flag, some of whom would die soon after, never knowing that they had been immortalized. But the surviving flag raisers had no interest in being held up as symbols and did not consider themselves heroes; they wanted only to stay on the front with their brothers in arms who were fighting and dying without fanfare or glory.

Cast

Ryan Phillippe		John Bradley
Jesse Bradford		Rene Gagnon
Adam Beach		Ira Hayes
John Benjamin Hickey		Keyes Beech
John Slattery		Bud Gerber
Barry Pepper		Mike Strank
Jamie Bell		Ralph Ignatowski
Paul Walker		Hank Hansen
Neal McDonough		Captain Severance
Robert Patrick		Colonel Chandler Johnson
David Patrick Kelly		Harry S.Truman
Melanie Lynskey		Pauline Harnois
Jon Polito		Borough President
David Rasche		Senator
Beth Grant		Mother Gagnon
Joseph Cross

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Weekend Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
10/20/2006	3		$10,245,190		1,876	$5,461	$10,245,190	3
10/27/2006	4		$6,346,856	-38.05%	2,190	$2,898	$19,923,069	10
11/3/2006	7		$4,419,657	-30.36%	2,375	$1,861	$26,550,769	17
11/10/2006	11		$2,811,575	-36.38%	1,963	$1,432	$30,950,950	24
11/17/2006	16		$819,575	-70.85%	1,049	$781	$32,670,358	31
11/24/2006	22		$309,265	-62.27%	362	$854	$33,306,143	38
12/1/2006	31		$95,257	-69.20%	204	$467	$33,479,810	45
12/8/2006	38		$53,757	-43.57%	142	$379	$33,574,332	52

Daily Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross	Days
10/20/2006	3		$3,529,984		1,876	$1,882	$3,529,984	1
10/21/2006	3		$4,010,196	+13.60%	1,876	$2,138	$7,540,180	2
10/22/2006	3		$2,705,010	-32.55%	1,876	$1,442	$10,245,190	3
10/23/2006	3		$889,652	-67.11%	1,876	$474	$11,134,842	4
10/24/2006	3		$876,663	-1.46%	1,876	$467	$12,011,505	5
10/25/2006	3		$798,918	-8.87%	1,876	$426	$12,810,423	6
10/26/2006	3		$763,230	-4.47%	1,876	$407	$13,576,213	7
10/27/2006	4		$1,880,335	+146.37%	2,190	$859	$15,456,548	8
10/28/2006	4		$2,847,407	+51.43%	2,190	$1,300	$18,303,955	9
10/29/2006	5		$1,619,114	-43.14%	2,190	$739	$19,923,069	10
10/30/2006	4		$483,315	-70.15%	2,190	$221	$20,406,384	11
10/31/2006	4		$610,907	+26.40%	2,190	$279	$21,017,291	12
11/1/2006	4		$555,490	-9.07%	2,190	$254	$21,572,781	13
11/2/2006	4		$558,331	+0.51%	2,190	$255	$22,131,112	14
11/3/2006	7		$1,318,679	+136.18%	2,375	$555	$23,449,791	15
11/4/2006	7		$2,013,168	+52.67%	2,375	$848	$25,462,959	16
11/5/2006	7		$1,087,810	-45.97%	2,375	$458	$26,550,769	17
11/6/2006	7		$366,338	-66.32%	2,375	$154	$26,917,107	18
11/7/2006	7		$426,531	+16.43%	2,375	$180	$27,343,638	19
11/8/2006	7		$383,509	-10.09%	2,375	$161	$27,727,147	20
11/9/2006	7		$412,228	+7.49%	2,375	$174	$28,139,375	21

Worldwide Weekly Chart Record

Date	Rank		Gross	% Change	Theaters	Per Theater	Total Gross
2006-10-26	6		$13,576,213		1,876	$7,237	$13,576,213
2006-11-02	2		$28,253,192	+108.11%	2,942	$9,603	$28,253,192
2006-11-09	10		$10,774,310	-61.87%	3,546	$3,038	$39,027,502
2006-11-16	13		$7,872,337	-26.93%	3,356	$2,346	$46,899,839
2006-11-23	20		$2,786,481	-64.60%	2,136	$1,305	$49,686,320
2007-01-11	40		$985,602	-64.63%	332	$2,969	$58,765,233

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