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Windtalkers
Title
Windtalkers [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents a Lion Rock production, a John Woo film ; producers, John Woo, Terence Chang, Tracie Graham, Alison Rosenzweig ; writers, John Rice, Joe Batteer ; director, John Woo.
ISBN
0792855698
Edition
Director's ed. ; Widescreen version (2.35:1)
Published
[United States] : MGM Home Entertainment, [2002], c2002.
Physical Description
3 videodiscs (153 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Special features: Disc 1: personal on-camera introduction by John Woo; 3 feature-length audio commentary tracks: "Behind the scenes with filmmakers John Woo and Terence Chang", "In the trenches with actors Nicholas Cage and Christian Slater", "Navajo insights with actor Roger Willie and "Windtalkers" consultant Albert Smith"; original theatrical trailer. Disc 2: historical documentary "The code talkers - a secret code of honor"; WWII tribute piece "American heroes: a tribute to Navajo code talkers". Disc 3: battle sequence multi-view of four key action scenes; four fly-on-the-set scene diaries; "Actor's boot camp" featurette; behind-the-scenes photo gallery; John Woo biography pages.
Director of photography, Jeffrey Kimball ; editors, Steven Kemper ... [et al.] ; music composed & conducted by James Horner ; production designer, Holger Gross.
English or French dialogue; French, Portuguese or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Summary
A battle-weary Marine is assigned to guard - and ultimately befriends - a young Navajo soldier who has been trained to be a code talker. This Navajo code, the one wartime code never broken by the enemy, and the men who knew the code, were to be guarded as they went into action. It was the unspoken duty of the Marine to kill the Navajo soldier before he could be taken prisoner of war by the Japanese.
Variant and related titles
Wind talkers
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; French
Added to Catalog
June 02, 2003
Credits
Director of photography, Jeffrey Kimball ; editors, Steven Kemper ... [et al.] ; music composed & conducted by James Horner ; production designer, Holger Gross.
Cast
Nicholas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo, Brian Van Holt, Martin Henderson, Roger Willie, Frances O'Connor, Christian Slater.
System details note
DVD, 5.1 stereo., surround sound, Region 1 encoding.
Audience
MPAA rating: R; for pervasive graphic war violence and for language.
Subjects
Also listed under
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
Lion Rock (Firm)
MGM Home Entertainment Inc.
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