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Windtalkers
Sign in to saveWindtalkers is a 2002 American war film directed and co-produced by John Woo, starring Nicolas Cage and Adam Beach, with Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo, and Christian Slater in supporting roles. It is based on the real story of code talkers from the Navajo nation during World War II.
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6.3Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
Cast
- Nicolas Cage as Sergeant Joe Enders
- Adam Beach as Private Ben Yahzee
- Peter Stormare as Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad
- Noah Emmerich as Corporal Charles Rogers
- Mark Ruffalo as Pappas
- Brian Van Holt as Harrigan
Themes
- japan
- world war ii
- radio transmission
- marine corps
- us army
- native american
- code
- based on true story
- navajo
- pacific war
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Ratings
IMDb
6.1/10
76,630 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
33%
Metacritic
51/100
- Year
- 2002
- Runtime
- 134 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, War
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 3 wins & 6 nominations total
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Windtalkers
- Film.image
- Windtalkers movie.jpg
- Film.caption
- Theatrical release poster
- Film.director
- John Woo
- Film.music
- James Horner
- Film.cinematography
- Jeffrey L. Kimball
- Film.studio
- Metro-Goldwyn-MayerLion Rock Productions
- Film.distributor
- MGM Distribution Co.
- Film.runtime
- 134 minutes153 minutes (director's cut)
- Film.country
- United States
- Film.language
- English
- Film.budget
- $115 million
- Film.gross
- $76.7 million
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Official website
MGM Studios
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) is a leading entertainment company focused on the production and global distribution of film and TV content across all platforms., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) is a leading entertainment company focused on the production and global distribution of film and TV content across all platforms.
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 134
- FilmAffinity ID
- 957874
- Official website
- www.mgm.com/windtalkers
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- publication date
- 2002-06-28
- title
- Windtalkers
- capital cost
- 115000000
- box office
- 40914068
- review score
- 51/100
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Windtalkers is a 2002 American war film directed and co-produced by John Woo, starring Nicolas Cage and Adam Beach, with Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo, and Christian Slater in supporting roles. It is based on the real story of code talkers from the Navajo nation during World War II.
The film was theatrically released in the United States by MGM Distribution Co. on June 14, 2002, receiving mixed-to-negative reviews from critics and grossing just $76.7 million worldwide against a production budget of $115 million, making it a box-office bomb.