The trailer that we’ve all been waiting for is now available online at Military.com. You can view the trailer here. You’ll need Windows Media Player to run it. After viewing, join us in our forum to discuss it. We’d love to hear your thoughts!
Just got word from Paramount that the first trailer for “Flags of Our Fathers” will appear before HOLLYWOODLAND. Again, this is not the “combo” trailer that was recently released a few weeks back. This is an all-new trailer that features scenes only from “Flags”. Current buzz is saying it’s a remarkable trailer.
Adam Beach (Ira Hayes) has landed a lead role in an upcoming HBO Original Movie “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,” which chronicles how American Indians were displaced as the U.S. expanded West during the latter half of the 19th Century.
Since we’re all getting ready for the new “Flags” trailer launch (Friday), I’d like to welcome all of you to come and join us in our “Pacific War” forum. We are a friendly bunch and we promise we wont bite! You’ll get to rub elbows, er, virtual elbows, with many people who have the same interests you do. Heck, you’ll get to chat with fellow crew members from the film, video game creators from games such as Call of Duty, war film buffs, crazies and even Iwo Jima war veterans. What other forum can boast such a diverse (and cool) group of people?
Come on in and join us! We’ll leave the door open for ya. Click here.
Variety posted a nice article about the question of how to market two films with a release date so close together. The article also mentions the fact that Eastwood came up with doing “Letters from Iwo Jima” while filming “Flags of Our Fathers”.
For our friends in Japan, “Letters from Iwo Jima”, Eastwood’s companion piece that shows the Japanese viewpoint from the Battle of Iwo Jima, will open in Japan on Dec. 9, 2006. However, the American version (Flags of Our Fathers) will open on October 21, 2006 at the 19th annual Tokyo Film Festival. See our FAQ page for more information on release date.
A few additional behind-the-scenes photos were added to our photo gallery. The pictures show a 1949 Railway Train that was used in “Flags” as well as a nice photo of Rene Gagnon played by Jesse Bradford. Check out our gallery to see them.
Paramount has informed me that the official trailer for “Flags of Our Fathers” will appear exclusively on Military.com starting September 8 and until Monday 11. You can also catch the trailer at the cinema on September 8, but I am not sure which film it would be attached to. I do not know why Paramount chose to release the trailer the week after Labor Day weekend, a time when crowds are at season’s peak.
Since the movie is due to come out in about a month and a half, I figured we’d start getting ready to talk about it. One of the problems I’ve had in the past was keeping this site updated. The type of website we had at the time was a burden to update and therefore we needed a system that could make it easier for us to post news updates, trailer links, etc.
