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
- All cast & crew
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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
Just a brief review. I expected more of this film, and I fault Woo's direction for not giving us more. There is such a story to tell about the Windtalkers, and he hardly told anything. The action was convincing enough but I wondered about some of the characterizations. Actually this was just an ordinary action film under the guise of telling the story of the Windtalkers. I guess I was just expecting more of a story, and a little less of the noisy action.
Details
- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- 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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