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Overview

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Director:
John Woo
Writers (WGA):
John Rice (written by) &
Joe Batteer (written by)
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Release Date:
14 June 2002 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | History | Romance | War more
Tagline:
Honor Was Their Code. more
Plot:
Two U.S. Marines in WWII are assigned to protect Navajo Marines who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cypher. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Great action sequences but little emphasis on story more (429 total)

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Wind Talkers (USA) (alternative spelling)
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MPAA:
Rated R for pervasive graphic war violence, and for language. (also director's cut)
Runtime:
134 min | Argentina:132 min | USA:153 min (director's cut)
Country:
USA
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

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Trivia:
Naval Air Weapons Station, Point Mugu, was used to film the Camp Tarawa portion of the film, the Marines pre-battle embarkation point. more
Goofs:
Continuity: At the end of the film, a back-shot of Ben Yahzee's little boy shows a dog-tag chain around his collar, before Ben ever places the dog-tags around his neck. more
Quotes:
Ben Yahzee: Sergeant, I'm telling you I won't freeze up again.
Joe Enders: Because your buddy smeared ash on your forehead?
Ben Yahzee: That's right, because my buddy smeared ash on my forehead.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#22.65)" (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Little Jug more

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23 out of 36 people found the following comment useful.
Great action sequences but little emphasis on story, 24 November 2003
7/10
Author: rah25 from Canada

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)

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