Letters from Iwo Jima
DVD - 2007
In 1945, the United States and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima. Decades later, hundreds of letters are unearthed from that stark island's soil. The letters give faces and voices to the men who fought there, as well as the extraordinary general who led them. Leading the defense is Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi. With little defense other than sheer will and the volcanic rock of the island itself, Gen. Kuribayashi's unprecedented tactics transform what was predicted to be a quick and bloody defeat into nearly 40 days of heroic and resourceful combat.
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- Subjects
- Genres
- Feature films
War films
Historical films
Fiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired - Published
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Burbank, CA :
Warner Home Video
[2007]
- Language
- Japanese
English
French
Spanish - Other Authors
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- Edition
- Two-disc special edition
- Item Description
- Based on the book "Picture letters from Commander in Chief" by Tadamichi Kuribayashi and book editor Tsuyoko Yoshido.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006.
Special features: "Red sun, black sand: the making of Letters from Iwo Jima:" led by Clint Eastwood, an inside look at the creation of the film with many of the key players involved who brought this epic film together (21 min.); "The faces of war: the cast of Letters from Iwo Jima:" cast members introduce the characters they portray in the film (19 min.); "Images from the frontlines: the photography of Letters from Iwo Jima" (4 min.); 11/15/2006 world premiere at Budo-kan in Tokyo (16 min.); 11/16/2006 press conference at Grand Hyatt Tokyo (25 min.); theatrical trailer (3 min.). - Physical Description
- 2 videodiscs (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
- Audience
- MPAA rating: R; for graphic war violence.
- Awards
- Academy Awards, USA, 2007: Oscar - Best Achievement in Sound Editing (Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman).
Golden Globes, USA, 2007: Golden Globe - Best Foreign language Film. - Production Credits
- Production designed by Henry Bumstead, James J. Murakami ; director of photography, Tom Stern ; edited by Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach ; co-producer, Tim Moore ; visual effects supervisor, Michael Owens ; costumes designed by Deborah Hopper ; music by Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens ; orchestrated and conducted by Lennie Niehaus.
- ISBN
- 9781419845260
- Disc 1. Movie
- disc 2. Special features.