Windtalkers is a 2002 American war film directed and co-produced by John Woo, starring Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo, and Christian Slater. It is based on the real story of Navajo code talkers during World War II. C. O. Erickson was the executive producer. The film was released in the United States on June 14, 2002, and received mixed reviews and proved to be financially unsuccessful, grossing just $77.6 million worldwide against a production budget of $115 million.

Plot

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During World War II, US Marine corporal Joseph F. Joe Enders returns to active duty after having survived a gruesome battle on the Solomon Islands against the Imperial Japanese Army that killed his entire squad and wounded his left ear. Enders and Sgt. Pete Ox Henderson receive new assignments to protect Navajo code talkers Pvt. Ben Yahzee and Pvt. Charlie Whitehorse in a JASCO.

Yahzee and Whitehorse, childhood friends from the Navajo tribe, are trained to send and receive coded messages that direct artillery fire. Enders and Henderson are instructed to kill their code talkers if capture is imminent so that the code cannot fall into enemy hands. Both Enders and Henderson are less than happy to be babysitting their Navajo codetalkers, and the Navajos also endure racial harassment by some of the white Marines, notably Private Chick. During their missions, however, Henderson and Whitehorse discover a mutual love of music. Enders and Yahzee also find that they have much in common, notably their Catholic upbringings.

The invasion of Saipan in the Mariana Islands becomes Yahzee s and Whitehorse s first combat experience. After the beachhead is secured, the Marines come under friendly fire from U.S. artillery. With Yahzee s radio destroyed and the convoy unable to call off the bombardment, Yahzee suggests disguising himself as a Japanese soldier and slip behind enemy lines to commandeer a radio, with Enders as his prisoner. Yahzee is forced to kill for the first time before he can redirect U.S. artillery fire onto the Japanese position. For their bravery, Enders is awarded a Silver Star by the commanding officer, with Yahzee s role almost ignored until Enders points him out.

That night, the Marines camp in the nearby village of Tanapag. As Yahzee is temporarily assigned back to the command post to translate a code, Enders becomes increasingly torn over killing Yahzee and following his orders, but his request to be relieved from duty is denied. The next morning, Japanese soldiers ambush the village. Henderson is killed and Whitehorse is about to be captured. Realizing that the Japanese will torture him for the code, Enders throws a grenade at Whitehorse, killing him and his captors. Yahzee returns to Tanapag and, seeing Whitehorse s body, screams at Enders to explain what happened. When Enders mutters that he killed Whitehorse, an outraged Yahzee aims his weapon at Enders but cannot bring himself to kill him. Enders later confesses that he hated having to kill Whitehorse and that, like Henderson, his mission was to protect the code above all else.

The Marines are sent on another mission and once again ambushed, this time near a deadly minefield on Mount Tapochau, during which many Marines are killed. Enders, Yahzee, Chick, and Cpl. Pappas (the last of the Marines) take cover on a ridge and see Japanese artillery fire from the top of the ridge attacking a Marine convoy below their position. Still enraged over Whitehorse s death, Yahzee charges the Japanese line, killing many Japanese soldiers. Yahzee and Enders are both shot as they call in an airstrike on the Japanese artillery. However, surrounded and knowing the Japanese will capture and torture him for the code as they almost did with Whitehorse, Yahzee begs Enders to kill him. Enders, determined that no one else will die that day, manages to carry Yahzee to safety. Friendly planes arrive and the Japanese position is successfully destroyed. Yahzee rejoices in their success though Enders, mortally wounded, dies.

Back in the U.S., Yahzee and his family sit atop Point Mesa in Monument Valley, Arizona, and, wearing the sacred necklaces and Navajo ceremonial dress, perform the Navajo ritual of paying their respects to Enders.

An epilogue states that the Navajo code was crucial to America s successes against Japan across the Pacific theater during the war and that like all other Native American codes, the Navajo code was never broken.

Cast

• Nicolas Cage as Sergeant Joe Enders
• Adam Beach as Private Ben Yahzee
• Peter Stormare as Gunnery Sergeant Richard Hjelmsted, Platoon Sergeant
• Noah Emmerich as Private First Class Charles Chick Clusters, a BAR gunner
• Mark Ruffalo as Corporal Milo Pappas, a rifleman
• Christian Slater as Sergeant Peter Ox Henderson
• Roger Willie as Private Charlie Whitehorse
• Brian Van Holt as Private Andrew Harrigan, the flamethrower man
• Martin Henderson as Private Thomas Nellie, a rifleman
• Frances O Connor as Pharmacist s Mate 2nd Class Rita
• Jason Isaacs as Major Mellitz

Production

Filming locations on Hawaii included Kualoa Ranch, the location where Lost and Jurassic Park were shot. To portray the Marines in the film the producers recruited extras that were volunteers from Schofield Barracks Army Base, Hickam Air Force Base, Pearl Harbor Naval Station, and Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station. Some of the actual Marines from 4th Force Recon Company were used in the film portraying their actual job. Some violence was trimmed in order to avoid an NC-17 rating. This violence trim was restored for the Director s cut released on DVD running 153 minutes. The film s release date was moved from November 9, 2001, to June 14, 2002.

For the F6F Hellcat fighters that appear in the beach-landing scenes on Saipan, the producers used computer-generated versions.

Reception

Box office

The film was a box office bomb, grossing only under $41 million at the US box-office and a total of $77.6 million worldwide, against a production budget of $115 million.

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 32% based on reviews from 168 critics. The site s consensus states: The action sequences are expertly staged. Windtalkers, however, sinks under too many clichés and only superficially touches upon the story of the code talkers. On Metacritic the film has a score of 51% based on reviews from 25 critics, indicating mixed or average reviews . Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B+ on scale of A to F.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, remarking that the filmmakers have buried it beneath battlefield cliches, while centering the story on a white character played by Nicolas Cage . Robert Koehler of Variety called it A powerful premise turned into a stubbornly flat, derivative war movie.

The film was criticized for featuring the Navajo characters only in supporting roles; they were not the primary focus of the film. The film was ranked number four on Careeraftermilitary.com s 10 Most Inaccurate Military Movies Ever Made which also included The Patriot, The Hurt Locker, U-571, The Green Berets, Pearl Harbor, Battle of the Bulge, Red Tails, Enemy at the Gates and Flyboys on its list of falsified war movie productions.

About the response, John Woo said: The main themes of Windtalkers are friendship and understanding. Unfortunately, the studio wanted a John Wayne movie, just a typical American hero film with explosions every few minutes. I had to make them understand that this wasn t a story about heroes. It s a story about a man and his own demons, trying to redeem himself from war. I made the movie that way, but some people in the studio didn t appreciate it and, in the end, I guess neither did the audience.

Accolades

Year	Award	Recipients	Category	Result
2003	Harry Award		Appreciation of History	Nominated
	World Stunt Awards	Brett A. Jones	Best Fire Stunt	Won
		Al Goto & David Wald	Best Fire Stunt	Nominated
		Spencer Sano	Best High Work	Nominated

Windtalkers is a 2002 American war film directed and co-produced by John Woo, starring Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo, and Christian Slater. It is based on the real story of Navajo code talkers during World War II. C. O. Erickson was the executive producer. The film was released in the United States on June 14, 2002, and received mixed reviews and proved to be financially unsuccessful, grossing just $77.6 million worldwide against a production budget of $115 million.

Plot

This section s plot summary may be too long or excessively detailed. Please help improve it by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. (March 2021) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)

During World War II, US Marine corporal Joseph F. Joe Enders returns to active duty after having survived a gruesome battle on the Solomon Islands against the Imperial Japanese Army that killed his entire squad and wounded his left ear. Enders and Sgt. Pete Ox Henderson receive new assignments to protect Navajo code talkers Pvt. Ben Yahzee and Pvt. Charlie Whitehorse in a JASCO.

Yahzee and Whitehorse, childhood friends from the Navajo tribe, are trained to send and receive coded messages that direct artillery fire. Enders and Henderson are instructed to kill their code talkers if capture is imminent so that the code cannot fall into enemy hands. Both Enders and Henderson are less than happy to be babysitting their Navajo codetalkers, and the Navajos also endure racial harassment by some of the white Marines, notably Private Chick. During their missions, however, Henderson and Whitehorse discover a mutual love of music. Enders and Yahzee also find that they have much in common, notably their Catholic upbringings.

The invasion of Saipan in the Mariana Islands becomes Yahzee s and Whitehorse s first combat experience. After the beachhead is secured, the Marines come under friendly fire from U.S. artillery. With Yahzee s radio destroyed and the convoy unable to call off the bombardment, Yahzee suggests disguising himself as a Japanese soldier and slip behind enemy lines to commandeer a radio, with Enders as his prisoner. Yahzee is forced to kill for the first time before he can redirect U.S. artillery fire onto the Japanese position. For their bravery, Enders is awarded a Silver Star by the commanding officer, with Yahzee s role almost ignored until Enders points him out.

That night, the Marines camp in the nearby village of Tanapag. As Yahzee is temporarily assigned back to the command post to translate a code, Enders becomes increasingly torn over killing Yahzee and following his orders, but his request to be relieved from duty is denied. The next morning, Japanese soldiers ambush the village. Henderson is killed and Whitehorse is about to be captured. Realizing that the Japanese will torture him for the code, Enders throws a grenade at Whitehorse, killing him and his captors. Yahzee returns to Tanapag and, seeing Whitehorse s body, screams at Enders to explain what happened. When Enders mutters that he killed Whitehorse, an outraged Yahzee aims his weapon at Enders but cannot bring himself to kill him. Enders later confesses that he hated having to kill Whitehorse and that, like Henderson, his mission was to protect the code above all else.

The Marines are sent on another mission and once again ambushed, this time near a deadly minefield on Mount Tapochau, during which many Marines are killed. Enders, Yahzee, Chick, and Cpl. Pappas (the last of the Marines) take cover on a ridge and see Japanese artillery fire from the top of the ridge attacking a Marine convoy below their position. Still enraged over Whitehorse s death, Yahzee charges the Japanese line, killing many Japanese soldiers. Yahzee and Enders are both shot as they call in an airstrike on the Japanese artillery. However, surrounded and knowing the Japanese will capture and torture him for the code as they almost did with Whitehorse, Yahzee begs Enders to kill him. Enders, determined that no one else will die that day, manages to carry Yahzee to safety. Friendly planes arrive and the Japanese position is successfully destroyed. Yahzee rejoices in their success though Enders, mortally wounded, dies.

Back in the U.S., Yahzee and his family sit atop Point Mesa in Monument Valley, Arizona, and, wearing the sacred necklaces and Navajo ceremonial dress, perform the Navajo ritual of paying their respects to Enders.

An epilogue states that the Navajo code was crucial to America s successes against Japan across the Pacific theater during the war and that like all other Native American codes, the Navajo code was never broken.

Cast

• Nicolas Cage as Sergeant Joe Enders
• Adam Beach as Private Ben Yahzee
• Peter Stormare as Gunnery Sergeant Richard Hjelmsted, Platoon Sergeant
• Noah Emmerich as Private First Class Charles Chick Clusters, a BAR gunner
• Mark Ruffalo as Corporal Milo Pappas, a rifleman
• Christian Slater as Sergeant Peter Ox Henderson
• Roger Willie as Private Charlie Whitehorse
• Brian Van Holt as Private Andrew Harrigan, the flamethrower man
• Martin Henderson as Private Thomas Nellie, a rifleman
• Frances O Connor as Pharmacist s Mate 2nd Class Rita
• Jason Isaacs as Major Mellitz

Production

Filming locations on Hawaii included Kualoa Ranch, the location where Lost and Jurassic Park were shot. To portray the Marines in the film the producers recruited extras that were volunteers from Schofield Barracks Army Base, Hickam Air Force Base, Pearl Harbor Naval Station, and Kaneohe Marine Corps Air Station. Some of the actual Marines from 4th Force Recon Company were used in the film portraying their actual job. Some violence was trimmed in order to avoid an NC-17 rating. This violence trim was restored for the Director s cut released on DVD running 153 minutes. The film s release date was moved from November 9, 2001, to June 14, 2002.

For the F6F Hellcat fighters that appear in the beach-landing scenes on Saipan, the producers used computer-generated versions.

Reception

Box office

The film was a box office bomb, grossing only under $41 million at the US box-office and a total of $77.6 million worldwide, against a production budget of $115 million.

Critical response

On Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 32% based on reviews from 168 critics. The site s consensus states: The action sequences are expertly staged. Windtalkers, however, sinks under too many clichés and only superficially touches upon the story of the code talkers. On Metacritic the film has a score of 51% based on reviews from 25 critics, indicating mixed or average reviews . Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B+ on scale of A to F.

Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 2 out of 4 stars, remarking that the filmmakers have buried it beneath battlefield cliches, while centering the story on a white character played by Nicolas Cage . Robert Koehler of Variety called it A powerful premise turned into a stubbornly flat, derivative war movie.

The film was criticized for featuring the Navajo characters only in supporting roles; they were not the primary focus of the film. The film was ranked number four on Careeraftermilitary.com s 10 Most Inaccurate Military Movies Ever Made which also included The Patriot, The Hurt Locker, U-571, The Green Berets, Pearl Harbor, Battle of the Bulge, Red Tails, Enemy at the Gates and Flyboys on its list of falsified war movie productions.

About the response, John Woo said: The main themes of Windtalkers are friendship and understanding. Unfortunately, the studio wanted a John Wayne movie, just a typical American hero film with explosions every few minutes. I had to make them understand that this wasn t a story about heroes. It s a story about a man and his own demons, trying to redeem himself from war. I made the movie that way, but some people in the studio didn t appreciate it and, in the end, I guess neither did the audience.

Accolades

Year	Award	Recipients	Category	Result
2003	Harry Award		Appreciation of History	Nominated
	World Stunt Awards	Brett A. Jones	Best Fire Stunt	Won
		Al Goto & David Wald	Best Fire Stunt	Nominated
		Spencer Sano	Best High Work	Nominated

Year	2002
ReleaseDate	2002-06-14
RuntimeMins	134
RuntimeStr	2h 14min
Plot	Two U.S. Marines in World War II are assigned to protect Navajo Marines, who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cypher.
Awards	Awards, 3 wins & 4 nominations
Directors	John Woo
Writers	John Rice, Joe Batteer
Stars	Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare
Produced by	Arthur Anderson,Terence Chang,C.O. Erickson,Tracie Graham-Rice,Caroline Macaulay,Alison R. Rosenzweig,John J. Smith,Richard Stenta,Stephen Traxler,John Woo
Music by	James Horner
Cinematography by	Jeffrey L. Kimball
Film Editing by	Jeff Gullo,Steven Kemper,Tom Rolf
Casting By	Mindy Marin
Production Design by	Holger Gross
Art Direction by	Kevin Ishioka
Set Decoration by	Richard C. Goddard
Makeup Department	Federico Cervantes,Janis Clark,Joseph Coscia,Mitchell J. Coughlin,Carol F. Doran,William A. Farley,Rufus Hearn,Jamie Kelman,Mark Landon,Steve LaPorte,Bill Myer,Maggie Myer,Robert Phillips,Linda Rizzuto,Linda Leiter Sharp,Rick Stratton,Allen Weisinger,Kevin Yagher,Chantal Boom la,Tania Kahale,Karen Iboshi Preiser
Production Management	John J. Smith,Stephen Traxler
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Arthur Anderson,Jeff Bilger,Joan Cunningham,Randol Perelman-Taylor,Mark Rabinowitz,Brian Smrz,Alison Troy,Robert Aguilar Jr.
Art Department	Craig B. Ayers Sr.,Cliff Berns,William Boyd,Gary Deaton,Michael R. Driscoll,Giacomo G. Ghiazza,Michael Hansen,George E. Hanson,A. Todd Holland,Luis G. Hoyos,Chris Langevin,Jamie Maheu,Don Miloyevich,Janine McEuen Newell,Kris Peck,Glenn H. Roberts,John Schacht,Abigail Sheiner,Maya Shimoguchi,Lynette Wich,Liloa Wong,William Apperson,James Arrigo,Mike Bundlie,Ryan D. Compton,Ethan Goodwin,Gary Harper,Bill Hay,Robert Ikeda,John S. Karas,Robert Kusler,Craig K. Lewis,Tony Miller,Edward Nua,Ron D. Peake,Neil Saiger,Randy Severino,Hraefn Wulfson
Sound Department	Lee Alexander,Christopher Assells,Burtis Bills,Bryan Bowen,Jamie Christopherson,David A. Cohen,Zack Davis,Dino Dimuro,Sean England,Victor Ray Ennis,Paul Flinchbaugh,David E. Fluhr,Nerses Gezalyan,Hector C. Gika,Thomas Giordano,Laura Graham,Glynna Grimala,Gabriel Guy,Dan Hegeman,Michael Hertlein,Dutch Hill,Paul Jyrälä,David Kudell,Tony Lamberti,Lee W. Lebaigue,James Moriana,Mark Ormandy,Willard Overstreet,Eliza Pollack Zebert,Brandon Proctor,Alan Rankin,Perry Robertson,Steve Romanko,Ronald G. Roumas,Geoffrey G. Rubay,Jurgen Scharpf,Joel Shryack,Daniel Sperry,Wylie Stateman,Mark P. Stoeckinger,Bruce Tanis,Randy Thom,Jon Title,Jeffrey Wilhoit,Jay Wilkinson,Wade Wilson,Greg Zimmerman,Christopher Barnett,Gerald Beg,Bruce Bell,Greg Curda,Peter Gleaves,Eric J. Goldstein,Richard Bryce Goodman,Kimaree Long,Robert Lowe,Kate Lumpkin,Michael Miller,George Peterson Jr.,Chris Quilty,Kent Sparling,Randy Thom,Tami Treadwell,Tim Wolfe
Special Effects by	Jan Aaris,Rick Cedillo,Federico Cervantes,Phil Cory,Richard Cory,Mitchell J. Coughlin,David Domeyer,Mike Edmonson,John Frazier,John Halfmann,Chris Hanson,Keith Haynes,James Hogue,Tim Jarvis,Jamie Kelman,Karen Mason,John McLeod,David Miner Jr.,James Patterson,Steve Riley,Lee Romaire,Sharon M. Segal,David Selvadurai,Bryan Sides,David Simmons,Mark Sisson,Nevada Smith,Shownee Smith,Jonathan Spence,Michael Wickerham,Bryan Yaconelli,Chris Yagher,H. Barclay Aaris,David Amborn,Fred Apolito,Taylor Ball,Marc Banich,David J. Barker,Gary D. Bierend,Joel P. Blanchard,Steve Bunyea,Roy K. Cancino,Michael Clarke,William Dawson,Kim Derry,Joe Digaetano,Ante Dugandzic,John Fleming,Edward Gettis,Bruce D. Hayes,Richard L. Hill,Greg C. Jensen Sr.,Chris Jones,Bruce Y. Kuroyama,Salvy Maleki,Ian C. McArthur,Barry McQueary,Ken Mieding,Martin Montoya,Daniel P. Murphy,Doug Passarelli,Dominic V. Ruiz,J.D. Schwalm,Valek Sykes,Mario Vanillo,Bryan Wohlers,Daniel Yates,Ross Young,Douglas D. Ziegler
Visual Effects by	David Altenau,Randall Bahnsen,Jeffrey Edward Baksinski,Lynn Basas,Artaya Boonsoong,Clark Campbell,Kevin Clark,Kevin Elam,Joni Jacobson,Darren Kiner,Bridgitte Krupke,Vincent Lavares,David Lingenfelser,Kevin Lingenfelser,Kama Moiha,Irving Moy,Cliff Mueller,Michael Ramirez,Brian Ripley,David Satchwell,Jerry Sells,Anthony Serenil,Tony Sgueglia,Payam Shohadai,Arthur Sutherland,Jonathan Alvord,Lloyd Lee Barnett,S. Kai Bovaird,Wally Chin,Robert Coquia Jr.,Brian Gardner,Fred Jimenez,Derek Ledbetter,Chad Owen,Dante Quintana,Jon Quon,Brian Smallwood,Randy Starr
Stunts	Tsuyoshi Abe,Charles K. Aleka,Kenny Alexander,Christopher Critter Antonucci,John Ashker,Gregory J. Barnett,David Barrett,Paul Beahm,Joey Box,John Branagan,Bob Brown,Troy Brown,Richard Bucher,Bobby Burns,John Cade,Christopher Caso,Mark Chadwick,Doc D. Charbonneau,Eric Chen,Arnold Chon,Phil Culotta,Darrell Davis,Tim A. Davison,Steve DeRelian,Paul Eliopoulos,Hasa Endo,Jonathan Eusebio,Roel Failma,Dane Farwell,Eddie J. Fernandez,Colin C.L. Fong,Robert Rock Galotti,Dale Gibson,Tim Gilbert,Tanner Gill,Al Goto,Shane Habberstad,Randy Hall,Dong Quan Ho,Steven Ho,Zach Hudson,Yoshio Iizuka,Brian Imada,Steven Ito,Terry Jackson,Keii Johnston,Brett A. Jones,Kim Kahana Jr.,Jon W. Kishi,Hiro Koda,Kim Robert Koscki,John Koyama,Peter Lai,Dan Lemieux,Will Leong,Michael Li,Clint Lilley,Juddson Keith Linn,Brock Little,Johnny Martin,Steve Martinez,Dustin Meier,Edward K. Mook,Hien Nguyen,Chris O Hara,Carrick O Quinn,Vladimir Orlov,Michael Owen,Chad Parker,Denney Pierce,Casey Pieretti,Stuart Quan,Rex Reddick,Simon Rhee,Bro Richmond,Shawn Robinson,David Rowden,Mike Rufino,Jon Sakata,Spencer Sano,Myke Schwartz,Paul E. Short,Bobby Silva,Gunter Simon,Brian Simpson,Brian Smrz,Gregg Smrz,Erik Stabenau,Mark Stefanich,Jim Stephan,Philip Tan,Frank Torres,Gary Toy,Michael Trisler,Jon Valera,Jose Vasquez,Lee Waddell,David Wald,Scott Waugh,Alex Wen,Lee Whittaker,Brian J. Williams,Thomas Williams,Danny Wong,Scott Workman,Eddie Yansick,Marcus Young,Ron Yuan,Job Alonso,Joey Box,Christian J. Fletcher,Randall Huber,Cazimir Milostan,William Morts,Tang Nguyen,Todd Peterson,Eddie Yansick
Camera and Electrical Department	Ray D. Chase,Jian Cong,Dan Delgado,Thomas Gibson,Glen Gustafson,Gregory Irwin,John Jorah Koster,Shawn Landis,Greg Langham,Gregory Lundsgaard,Jeff Mart,Vincent Mata,Frank Mathews,Brian McPherson,Mark Meyers,Bill Mitchell,Eric Mutz,Leo J. Napolitano,Ken Nishino,J. Michael Popovich,Jim Rose,Thomas J. Ruffner,Jerry Sandager,Dennis Seawright,Brian Smrz,Michael St. Hilaire,Don Steinberg,John Trunk,Mark Van Loon,Stephen Vaughan,Zoran Veselic,Dale White,Lynda Wu,John Bonnin,Shane Brott,Richard Brooks Burton,Douglas Busby,Kenny Carceller,Michael Cassidy,James Spud Danicic,Bruce Del Castillo,Ralph Del Castillo,Todd Durboraw,Sean Fairburn,Robert Heine,Alan Jacoby,Jeb Johenning,Mark Kalaugher,Kris Krosskove,Glen Magers,John McEveety,Daniel Nichols,Douglas Olivares,Greg Patterson,Jeffrey T. Sweet,Loren Yaconelli
Casting Department	Amanda Harding,Tammy L. Smith,Dixie Webster,Xanthia Decaux,Caitlin McKenna
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Nick Scarano,Debbie Travis,Susan Zaguirre,Lisa Buchignani,Daniel Dirks,Patrick O Driscoll,Maureen O Heron,Damien Quinn,Richard Schoen,Nancy Smytka,Jack Taggart,Cathie Valdovino
Editorial Department	Ray Boniker,Gary Burritt,Tony Chiu,Michael Healey,Dennis McNeill,Janet Ogletree,John Quinn,Mike Sowa
Location Management	Stephen Fischer,Kenneth E. Fix,Thomas J. Healy IV,Ginger Peterson,Daniel Wainrib,Thomas J. Healy IV,Tiffany Noel Kinder
Music Department	Philip Ayling,Dick Bernstein,Steven Bernstein,Bob Bornstein,Sandy DeCrescent,Jim Henrikson,James Horner,Carl Johnson,Randy Kerber,David Marquette,Barbara McDermott,Julyce Monbleaux,Joe E. Rand,J.A.C. Redford,Simon Rhodes,Cassandra Richburg,Philip Tallman,Cathy Duncan,James Thatcher
Script and Continuity Department	Cate Hardman
Transportation Department	Ed Arter,Tina M. Arter-Duquette,Henry Bautista,Carlos Bernal,John Dixon,Beau D. Reed Sr.,Leroy Reed,Linda Wojcieski,Steve Zerweck,Hedy Phil Balani,David R. Blakely,Roger Bojarski Jr.,Troy Flynn,Mike Miliotti,Laurence John Reynolds,George A. Sack,Michael Vieira,David Wang
Additional Crew	Geoff Abadee,Joene Acord,Donovan Ahuna,Robert Allen,Kiana Awong,Rory J. Aylward,Richard Begay,Gavin J. Behrman,Lamonte Bell,Nalani Blane,Luciano Blotta,Gilbert Brown,Stephen Bures,Chris Carrington,Casey B. Collins,Noah Cooksey,James D. Dever,Devon Dibble,Brook Fain,David Falicki,Jim Favazzo,Vincent Joseph Flaherty,Cliff Fleming,Ashley Fondrevay,Melissa Fowler,Michael Gibbons,Michael D. Gillis,Joyce Green,Bill Guiette,Craig Hosking,Robert Hosking,Melissa House,Janette Kim,Scott Kirkley,Marco Kyris,Jana Lundy,Gary MacPherson,Brian Maynard,Jon McBride,Walter M. McCormick,Tom Metz III,Matthew W. Morgan,Danny Mormino,Alyse Neundorf,Lai Yee Ng,Lee Nicholl,Frank Pelluchon,Rick Pohlers,Brice Potthoff Jr.,Bronwyn Preston,Taffy Schweickhardt,Sharon M. Segal,Frederick Shear,Debra Silverman,Steven E. Simon,Todd Skaggs,Albert Smith,Mark C. Smith,Michael D. Starks,Anthea Strangis,Philip M. Strub,Marilyn Tasso,Elpe Villard,Laurence Walsh,Jennifer Webb,Todd Weinger,Amy Wilkins,Tom Williams,Arlette Yaconelli,Mark Yeager,Robert Aguilar Jr.,Manuel Baca,Jackie Bissley,Chris Castaldi,Nya Daigo,Dan DeFilippo,Valance Eisleben,Steve Fahl,Robert Rock Galotti,Donte Gentile,Christopher Gilbertson,Ariel Gold,Scott Hatcher,John Humber,Monica Kenyon,Dar Larizadeh,Gary A. Martin,Rob McCabe,David Midthunder,Tony Natoli,Todd Peterson,Diesel Pfingsten,Carol Phiniotis,Marvin Schroeder,Tony Swatton,Reese Williams,Louis Zamora
Genres	Action, Drama, War
Companies	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Lion Rock Productions
Countries	USA
Languages	English, Navajo, Japanese
ContentRating	R
ImDbRating	6.1
ImDbRatingVotes	69619
MetacriticRating	51
Keywords	navajo indian,year 1944,saipan,military,japanese army
Year	2002
ReleaseDate	2002-06-14
RuntimeMins	134
RuntimeStr	2h 14min
Plot	Two U.S. Marines in World War II are assigned to protect Navajo Marines, who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cypher.
Awards	Awards, 3 wins & 4 nominations
Directors	John Woo
Writers	John Rice, Joe Batteer
Stars	Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare
Produced by	Arthur Anderson,Terence Chang,C.O. Erickson,Tracie Graham-Rice,Caroline Macaulay,Alison R. Rosenzweig,John J. Smith,Richard Stenta,Stephen Traxler,John Woo
Music by	James Horner
Cinematography by	Jeffrey L. Kimball
Film Editing by	Jeff Gullo,Steven Kemper,Tom Rolf
Casting By	Mindy Marin
Production Design by	Holger Gross
Art Direction by	Kevin Ishioka
Set Decoration by	Richard C. Goddard
Makeup Department	Federico Cervantes,Janis Clark,Joseph Coscia,Mitchell J. Coughlin,Carol F. Doran,William A. Farley,Rufus Hearn,Jamie Kelman,Mark Landon,Steve LaPorte,Bill Myer,Maggie Myer,Robert Phillips,Linda Rizzuto,Linda Leiter Sharp,Rick Stratton,Allen Weisinger,Kevin Yagher,Chantal Boom la,Tania Kahale,Karen Iboshi Preiser
Production Management	John J. Smith,Stephen Traxler
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director	Arthur Anderson,Jeff Bilger,Joan Cunningham,Randol Perelman-Taylor,Mark Rabinowitz,Brian Smrz,Alison Troy,Robert Aguilar Jr.
Art Department	Craig B. Ayers Sr.,Cliff Berns,William Boyd,Gary Deaton,Michael R. Driscoll,Giacomo G. Ghiazza,Michael Hansen,George E. Hanson,A. Todd Holland,Luis G. Hoyos,Chris Langevin,Jamie Maheu,Don Miloyevich,Janine McEuen Newell,Kris Peck,Glenn H. Roberts,John Schacht,Abigail Sheiner,Maya Shimoguchi,Lynette Wich,Liloa Wong,William Apperson,James Arrigo,Mike Bundlie,Ryan D. Compton,Ethan Goodwin,Gary Harper,Bill Hay,Robert Ikeda,John S. Karas,Robert Kusler,Craig K. Lewis,Tony Miller,Edward Nua,Ron D. Peake,Neil Saiger,Randy Severino,Hraefn Wulfson
Sound Department	Lee Alexander,Christopher Assells,Burtis Bills,Bryan Bowen,Jamie Christopherson,David A. Cohen,Zack Davis,Dino Dimuro,Sean England,Victor Ray Ennis,Paul Flinchbaugh,David E. Fluhr,Nerses Gezalyan,Hector C. Gika,Thomas Giordano,Laura Graham,Glynna Grimala,Gabriel Guy,Dan Hegeman,Michael Hertlein,Dutch Hill,Paul Jyrälä,David Kudell,Tony Lamberti,Lee W. Lebaigue,James Moriana,Mark Ormandy,Willard Overstreet,Eliza Pollack Zebert,Brandon Proctor,Alan Rankin,Perry Robertson,Steve Romanko,Ronald G. Roumas,Geoffrey G. Rubay,Jurgen Scharpf,Joel Shryack,Daniel Sperry,Wylie Stateman,Mark P. Stoeckinger,Bruce Tanis,Randy Thom,Jon Title,Jeffrey Wilhoit,Jay Wilkinson,Wade Wilson,Greg Zimmerman,Christopher Barnett,Gerald Beg,Bruce Bell,Greg Curda,Peter Gleaves,Eric J. Goldstein,Richard Bryce Goodman,Kimaree Long,Robert Lowe,Kate Lumpkin,Michael Miller,George Peterson Jr.,Chris Quilty,Kent Sparling,Randy Thom,Tami Treadwell,Tim Wolfe
Special Effects by	Jan Aaris,Rick Cedillo,Federico Cervantes,Phil Cory,Richard Cory,Mitchell J. Coughlin,David Domeyer,Mike Edmonson,John Frazier,John Halfmann,Chris Hanson,Keith Haynes,James Hogue,Tim Jarvis,Jamie Kelman,Karen Mason,John McLeod,David Miner Jr.,James Patterson,Steve Riley,Lee Romaire,Sharon M. Segal,David Selvadurai,Bryan Sides,David Simmons,Mark Sisson,Nevada Smith,Shownee Smith,Jonathan Spence,Michael Wickerham,Bryan Yaconelli,Chris Yagher,H. Barclay Aaris,David Amborn,Fred Apolito,Taylor Ball,Marc Banich,David J. Barker,Gary D. Bierend,Joel P. Blanchard,Steve Bunyea,Roy K. Cancino,Michael Clarke,William Dawson,Kim Derry,Joe Digaetano,Ante Dugandzic,John Fleming,Edward Gettis,Bruce D. Hayes,Richard L. Hill,Greg C. Jensen Sr.,Chris Jones,Bruce Y. Kuroyama,Salvy Maleki,Ian C. McArthur,Barry McQueary,Ken Mieding,Martin Montoya,Daniel P. Murphy,Doug Passarelli,Dominic V. Ruiz,J.D. Schwalm,Valek Sykes,Mario Vanillo,Bryan Wohlers,Daniel Yates,Ross Young,Douglas D. Ziegler
Visual Effects by	David Altenau,Randall Bahnsen,Jeffrey Edward Baksinski,Lynn Basas,Artaya Boonsoong,Clark Campbell,Kevin Clark,Kevin Elam,Joni Jacobson,Darren Kiner,Bridgitte Krupke,Vincent Lavares,David Lingenfelser,Kevin Lingenfelser,Kama Moiha,Irving Moy,Cliff Mueller,Michael Ramirez,Brian Ripley,David Satchwell,Jerry Sells,Anthony Serenil,Tony Sgueglia,Payam Shohadai,Arthur Sutherland,Jonathan Alvord,Lloyd Lee Barnett,S. Kai Bovaird,Wally Chin,Robert Coquia Jr.,Brian Gardner,Fred Jimenez,Derek Ledbetter,Chad Owen,Dante Quintana,Jon Quon,Brian Smallwood,Randy Starr
Stunts	Tsuyoshi Abe,Charles K. Aleka,Kenny Alexander,Christopher Critter Antonucci,John Ashker,Gregory J. Barnett,David Barrett,Paul Beahm,Joey Box,John Branagan,Bob Brown,Troy Brown,Richard Bucher,Bobby Burns,John Cade,Christopher Caso,Mark Chadwick,Doc D. Charbonneau,Eric Chen,Arnold Chon,Phil Culotta,Darrell Davis,Tim A. Davison,Steve DeRelian,Paul Eliopoulos,Hasa Endo,Jonathan Eusebio,Roel Failma,Dane Farwell,Eddie J. Fernandez,Colin C.L. Fong,Robert Rock Galotti,Dale Gibson,Tim Gilbert,Tanner Gill,Al Goto,Shane Habberstad,Randy Hall,Dong Quan Ho,Steven Ho,Zach Hudson,Yoshio Iizuka,Brian Imada,Steven Ito,Terry Jackson,Keii Johnston,Brett A. Jones,Kim Kahana Jr.,Jon W. Kishi,Hiro Koda,Kim Robert Koscki,John Koyama,Peter Lai,Dan Lemieux,Will Leong,Michael Li,Clint Lilley,Juddson Keith Linn,Brock Little,Johnny Martin,Steve Martinez,Dustin Meier,Edward K. Mook,Hien Nguyen,Chris O Hara,Carrick O Quinn,Vladimir Orlov,Michael Owen,Chad Parker,Denney Pierce,Casey Pieretti,Stuart Quan,Rex Reddick,Simon Rhee,Bro Richmond,Shawn Robinson,David Rowden,Mike Rufino,Jon Sakata,Spencer Sano,Myke Schwartz,Paul E. Short,Bobby Silva,Gunter Simon,Brian Simpson,Brian Smrz,Gregg Smrz,Erik Stabenau,Mark Stefanich,Jim Stephan,Philip Tan,Frank Torres,Gary Toy,Michael Trisler,Jon Valera,Jose Vasquez,Lee Waddell,David Wald,Scott Waugh,Alex Wen,Lee Whittaker,Brian J. Williams,Thomas Williams,Danny Wong,Scott Workman,Eddie Yansick,Marcus Young,Ron Yuan,Job Alonso,Joey Box,Christian J. Fletcher,Randall Huber,Cazimir Milostan,William Morts,Tang Nguyen,Todd Peterson,Eddie Yansick
Camera and Electrical Department	Ray D. Chase,Jian Cong,Dan Delgado,Thomas Gibson,Glen Gustafson,Gregory Irwin,John Jorah Koster,Shawn Landis,Greg Langham,Gregory Lundsgaard,Jeff Mart,Vincent Mata,Frank Mathews,Brian McPherson,Mark Meyers,Bill Mitchell,Eric Mutz,Leo J. Napolitano,Ken Nishino,J. Michael Popovich,Jim Rose,Thomas J. Ruffner,Jerry Sandager,Dennis Seawright,Brian Smrz,Michael St. Hilaire,Don Steinberg,John Trunk,Mark Van Loon,Stephen Vaughan,Zoran Veselic,Dale White,Lynda Wu,John Bonnin,Shane Brott,Richard Brooks Burton,Douglas Busby,Kenny Carceller,Michael Cassidy,James Spud Danicic,Bruce Del Castillo,Ralph Del Castillo,Todd Durboraw,Sean Fairburn,Robert Heine,Alan Jacoby,Jeb Johenning,Mark Kalaugher,Kris Krosskove,Glen Magers,John McEveety,Daniel Nichols,Douglas Olivares,Greg Patterson,Jeffrey T. Sweet,Loren Yaconelli
Casting Department	Amanda Harding,Tammy L. Smith,Dixie Webster,Xanthia Decaux,Caitlin McKenna
Costume and Wardrobe Department	Nick Scarano,Debbie Travis,Susan Zaguirre,Lisa Buchignani,Daniel Dirks,Patrick O Driscoll,Maureen O Heron,Damien Quinn,Richard Schoen,Nancy Smytka,Jack Taggart,Cathie Valdovino
Editorial Department	Ray Boniker,Gary Burritt,Tony Chiu,Michael Healey,Dennis McNeill,Janet Ogletree,John Quinn,Mike Sowa
Location Management	Stephen Fischer,Kenneth E. Fix,Thomas J. Healy IV,Ginger Peterson,Daniel Wainrib,Thomas J. Healy IV,Tiffany Noel Kinder
Music Department	Philip Ayling,Dick Bernstein,Steven Bernstein,Bob Bornstein,Sandy DeCrescent,Jim Henrikson,James Horner,Carl Johnson,Randy Kerber,David Marquette,Barbara McDermott,Julyce Monbleaux,Joe E. Rand,J.A.C. Redford,Simon Rhodes,Cassandra Richburg,Philip Tallman,Cathy Duncan,James Thatcher
Script and Continuity Department	Cate Hardman
Transportation Department	Ed Arter,Tina M. Arter-Duquette,Henry Bautista,Carlos Bernal,John Dixon,Beau D. Reed Sr.,Leroy Reed,Linda Wojcieski,Steve Zerweck,Hedy Phil Balani,David R. Blakely,Roger Bojarski Jr.,Troy Flynn,Mike Miliotti,Laurence John Reynolds,George A. Sack,Michael Vieira,David Wang
Additional Crew	Geoff Abadee,Joene Acord,Donovan Ahuna,Robert Allen,Kiana Awong,Rory J. Aylward,Richard Begay,Gavin J. Behrman,Lamonte Bell,Nalani Blane,Luciano Blotta,Gilbert Brown,Stephen Bures,Chris Carrington,Casey B. Collins,Noah Cooksey,James D. Dever,Devon Dibble,Brook Fain,David Falicki,Jim Favazzo,Vincent Joseph Flaherty,Cliff Fleming,Ashley Fondrevay,Melissa Fowler,Michael Gibbons,Michael D. Gillis,Joyce Green,Bill Guiette,Craig Hosking,Robert Hosking,Melissa House,Janette Kim,Scott Kirkley,Marco Kyris,Jana Lundy,Gary MacPherson,Brian Maynard,Jon McBride,Walter M. McCormick,Tom Metz III,Matthew W. Morgan,Danny Mormino,Alyse Neundorf,Lai Yee Ng,Lee Nicholl,Frank Pelluchon,Rick Pohlers,Brice Potthoff Jr.,Bronwyn Preston,Taffy Schweickhardt,Sharon M. Segal,Frederick Shear,Debra Silverman,Steven E. Simon,Todd Skaggs,Albert Smith,Mark C. Smith,Michael D. Starks,Anthea Strangis,Philip M. Strub,Marilyn Tasso,Elpe Villard,Laurence Walsh,Jennifer Webb,Todd Weinger,Amy Wilkins,Tom Williams,Arlette Yaconelli,Mark Yeager,Robert Aguilar Jr.,Manuel Baca,Jackie Bissley,Chris Castaldi,Nya Daigo,Dan DeFilippo,Valance Eisleben,Steve Fahl,Robert Rock Galotti,Donte Gentile,Christopher Gilbertson,Ariel Gold,Scott Hatcher,John Humber,Monica Kenyon,Dar Larizadeh,Gary A. Martin,Rob McCabe,David Midthunder,Tony Natoli,Todd Peterson,Diesel Pfingsten,Carol Phiniotis,Marvin Schroeder,Tony Swatton,Reese Williams,Louis Zamora
Genres	Action, Drama, War
Companies	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Lion Rock Productions
Countries	USA
Languages	English, Navajo, Japanese
ContentRating	R
ImDbRating	6.1
ImDbRatingVotes	69619
MetacriticRating	51
Keywords	navajo indian,year 1944,saipan,military,japanese army