Windtalkers | |
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Directed By | John Woo |
Written By | Joe Batteer, John Rice |
Cast | Nicolas Cage, Peter Stormare, Adam Beach, Christian Slater |
Produced By | Tracie Graham-Rice, Terence Chang, Alison Rosenzweig, John Woo |
Cinematography By | Jeffrey L. Kimball |
Film Editing By | Steven Kemper, Tom Rolf, Jeff Gullo |
Music By | James Horner |
Studio | Lion Rock Productions |
Distributed By | MGM |
Country | United States, Hong Kong |
Language | English |
Release Date | June 14, 2002 |
Runtime | 134 Minutes |
Rating | R |
Budget | $115,000,000 |
Gross | $77,600,000 |
Windtalkers is a 2002 American war film directed by John Woo, written by Joe Batteer and John Rice, and starring Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo, and Christian Slater. The film was released in the United States on June 14, 2002.
Overview[]
The American soldiers recruited Navajos during the World War II in order to communicate in a code language. Joe Enders, a U.S. Marine, is assigned to protect Ben Yahzee, a Navajo marine.
Plot[]
Cast[]
- Nicolas Cage as Joe Enders
- Adam Beach as Ben Yahzee
- Peter Stormare as Richard Hjelmsted
- Noah Emmerich as Charles "Chick" Clusters
- Mark Ruffalo as Milo Pappas
- Christian Slater as Peter "Ox" Anderson
- Roger Willie as Charlie Whitehorse
- Brian Van Holt as Andrew Harrigan
- Martin Henderson as Thomas Nellie
- Frances O'Connor as Rita
- Jason Isaacs as Major Mellitz
- Roger Willie as Charlie Whitehorse