Two U.S. Marines in World War II are assigned to protect the Navajo Marines who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cipher.Two U.S. Marines in World War II are assigned to protect the Navajo Marines who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cipher.Two U.S. Marines in World War II are assigned to protect the Navajo Marines who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cipher.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 6 nominations
Clayton J. Barber
- Hasby
- (as Clayton Barber)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaWeapons coordinator Robert "Rock" Galotti amassed over 500 vintage World War II-era firing weapons and 700 rubber replica weapons for the film from private collectors and prop houses. Also featured moving across battlefields are vintage Sherman tanks, their smaller Stuart brethren, and Japanese Hago tanks.
- GoofsThere is a 50-star US flag (instead of 48) at the Navajo enlistment ceremony.
- Quotes
Private Ben Yahzee: Radio Man:
[to Private Ben Yahzee]
Private Ben Yahzee: Remember Marine, ours is not to question why, ours is but to do or die. Semper Fi. Over
- Alternate versionsA few scenes and lines of dialouge were either altered or missing from the finished film. An early scene of Joe and a nurse in their car on the beach has them two talking about the world being a pretty place and joe says it's not. Another scene of Joe and Yazi talking. Joe asks "seen any combat?" Yazi answers "No, but i am looking forward to getting into some" There are a few other small lines of dialouge that was left out. These were most likely cut because of pacing.
Featured review
When watching the trailer of Windtalkers, one gets the impression that this film is about the Navajo indians and how their native language was used to create a code that could not be broken by the Japanese. However, it turns out that this film is really about a white army seargeant (Nicolas Cage) and how he eventually befriends the codetalker (Adam Beach) that he is responsible for protecting.
Director John Woo doesn't disappoint with the action sequences. All of them are breathtaking and highly detailed. However, all of this action tends to take away the emphasis on the story. No matter, the scenes that show the developing friendship between the two seargeants (Cage and Christian Slater) and the codetalkers (Beach and Roger Willie) gives Windtalkers its heart. (7/10)
Director John Woo doesn't disappoint with the action sequences. All of them are breathtaking and highly detailed. However, all of this action tends to take away the emphasis on the story. No matter, the scenes that show the developing friendship between the two seargeants (Cage and Christian Slater) and the codetalkers (Beach and Roger Willie) gives Windtalkers its heart. (7/10)
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- Also known as
- Windtalkers
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $115,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $40,914,068
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $14,520,412
- Jun 16, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $77,628,265
- Runtime2 hours 14 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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