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Nabaza.net-The MarketPlace - Sands of Iwo Jima (Color Version)
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List Price: $9.98
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Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
Starring: John Wayne, John Agar, Adele Mara, Forrest Tucker, Wally Cassell
Directed By: Allan Dwan
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786300988477
Format: Color
ISBN: 6300988473
Label: Republic Pictures
Manufacturer: Republic Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Republic Pictures
Release Date: 1995-06-22
Running Time: 109
Studio: Republic Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1950-03-01
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Editorial Reviews:
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John Wayne's old studio home, Republic, made this 1949 drama about the heroic capture of an important island in the Pacific by marines in World War II. Director Allan Dwan (Brewster's Millions), a pioneering filmmaker from the silent days of cinema who easily crossed over into sound, handles the action sequences like a consummate pro, while Wayne works hard as the tough sergeant molding new recruits into fighters. John Agar plays a contentious surrogate son to Wayne, though the relationship is hardly the stuff of Red River. --Tom Keogh
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Summary: GREAT MOVIE
Comment: This is one of John Wayne's best war movies with 4 Academy Award Nominations including Best Actor. He is a tough Marine Sergeant with a tough job: to take men and make them Marines.
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Summary: The Best Film of the Pacific War
Comment: This film had the three surviving flag raisers: Pfc. Rene A. Gagnon, Pfc. Ira H. Hayes, PM3C John H. Bradley. This film was dedicated to the USMC, who aided in its production. The screenplay was written by Harry Brown, the author of "A Walk in the Sun", and has some of the actors from that earlier film. It begins after the Battle of Guadalcanal. The men are sent to New Zealand to rest, retrain, and get more replacements. Sgt. John M. Stryker is the squad leader. He will learn the men what isn't in the books; their lives will depend on this. Sgt. Stryker leads the men in their drills and exercises. One soldier, Conway, joined for the family tradition. Stryker drives his men hard, they need training. He also has a family problem. The men have liberty in Wellington.
Stryker advises Conway against a long-term commitment. Stryker uses a novel training technique for bayonet drill [comic relief?]. Then the men get sent to their target: Tarawa. Stryker warns them of a difficult combat, no matter what the Navy guns and fliers have done. Actual scenes from combat are used. There are realistic combat scenes. Lives are spent to destroy enemy machine gun nests and take their objective. A few men are pinned down and short of ammunition. One returns for bandoliers, but tarries for a cup of coffee. The delay costs lives. "What kept you?" The marines must hold their position in spite of reduced strength. Tarawa was secured after four days of battle. The survivors leave the island for retraining in Hawaii. When mistakes are made, men die needlessly.
Sgt. Stryker learns about civilian life in Honolulu. Civilians also have a hard life. The unit has been trained and tested in battle. They are shipped out to another Pacific island with three airfields. "War is trading lives for real estate." When the naval bombardment ends, the men move out to attack. They can advance only so far. A tank arrives to spread napalm. Rocket launchers are used as well. In the morning they advance on Mount Suribachi. They will raise a flag when they reach the top. Sgt. Stryker will not make it to the top. "Things just turned out that way." The famous flag raising is recreated, a symbol of the coming victory.
This film recreates history and provides lessons that are educational. I think the screenplay of Harry Brown and his advisors made this the best WW II film if not the most successful.
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Summary: A Realistic Portrayal of WWII Pacific Combat
Comment: Sergeant Stryker (John Wayne) must prepare his men for combat. He does! He subjects his men to rough bayonet drills and other forms of combat.
Many modern war movies are sanitized of the realities of war. Not this one! There are numerous scenes of soldiers suffering and dying. There is a scene where a Jewish soldier says his last prayers in Hebrew. There is no happy ending for Sergeant Stryker himself.
The viewer sees the progression of the US island-hopping campaign. The islands of Tarawa and Iwo Jima are seized from the Japanese. In each case, there first is the "softening" of Japanese positions by massive bombing by airplanes and shelling from battleships. Then comes the invasion by amphibious craft. The US soldiers are under constant fire. They must crawl from one hiding place to another in their advance against Japanese positions. The Japanese have a habit of jumping out of their hiding places in caves and attacking unsuspecting Americans from behind. The entrenched Japanese have to be driven out by bazookas and flame throwers. Some of the latter are hand-held, whereas others are tank-mounted. Old-fashioned field phones are used for communication.
This old movie includes actual combat footage!
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Summary: War is Hell
Comment: John Wayne is at his best as Sargeant Striker, the veteran Marine who must whip his young marines into a fighting unit. The tough wayne never lets up and is the leader to the end. One of the few films that Wayne dies in. A strong cast and story that takes you into the life of a WWII marine. This one made Wayne a star. Must see.
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Summary: TorpanInternational
Comment: John Wayne gave the portayal of that type of soldier from all over the world ,giving his full all against tyrany in WW2.All the cast potrayed human sides of characters with the same objective.The film is a credit to ,also ,the behind the scenes crew producing it.
It is one I could see many times again.10 out of 10 or 5 stars.
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