Eastwood’s companion picture “Letters from Iwo Jima” has just been declared the winner for ‘Best Picture’ by the National Board of Review on Wednesday, December 6. This is the first major award of the Oscar season. “Letters” is the story of the bloody battle for control of the Japanese island during World War Two, told from the perspective of Japanese soldiers. It will be released in U.S. theaters on December 20.

The second trailer for “Letters from Iwo Jima” (the companion film for “Flags”) has just been released. You can view the trailer here. Also, if you have not done so, you can catch the very first trailer here. Post your comments about this in our forum!

The companion to “Flags of Our Fathers” will be a Japanese version titled “Letters from Iwo Jima” and will be released in Japan on Dec. 9, 2006. You can view 8 new pictures of this film by going to FILMBYEN.NET. If you have not yet seen the trailer please click this link.

Flags of Our Fathers opened today. What did you think about the film? Post your thoughts in our forum.

We are just a few days away from the launch of Flags of Our Fathers! Check your local movie listings to get showtimes and cinema locations. You can do this here.

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Just a quick reminder that HBO will be showing a “behind-the-scenes” look at “Flags” today at 9:30pm EST. If you’re in a different timezone, or, won’t be able to catch it today, you can view the entire schedule of this showing here. Let us know what you thought of the show and feel free to post your opinion in our popular forum!

We’ve uploaded some more photos from the film. You can view them here.

Now that we are two weeks away from the film’s release in the USA, you can expect to see new clips and featurettes about “Flags of Our Fathers” on the Internet. IESB.net, an online movie reporting source, has made available eight new flip clips from the film, including two behind-the-scenes features. To see them, click here.

CBS News recently did a nice little segment about the film. It shows director Clint Eastwood talking about Iwo Jima and an incredible landing invasion sequence from the film. Also, interviews with veterans from the war are included. Worth a look. View the clip here.

Youtube has posted the first 1minute film clip. This one shows the main characters (Hayes, Bradley, Gagnon) discussing the first flag that was posted on Iwo Jima during the war. Interesting clip. See it here.