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Eastwood Promises Governor He'll Respect War Dead
Apr 7, 2005, 12:04 GMT
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James Bradley and Ron Powers wrote the book the movie is based on |
The 74-year-old legend recently told Governor Shintaro Ishihara he will "absolutely not" trample on sacred war sites when he films his adaptation of best-selling book Flags Of Our Fathers: Heroes Of Iwo Jima later this year (05).
The book recounts the story of American Marines, late in WWII, plunged into the surf at Iwo Jima--and into history. Through a hail of machine-gun and mortar fire that left the beaches strewn with comrades, they battled to the island's highest peak. And after climbing through a landscape of hell itself, they raised a flag.
Eastwood is desperate to shoot his film on the sacred island of Iwo Jima, but despite Ishihara's approval, he is still waiting for Tokyo's metropolitan government to give him official permission.
You can read more about the novel in our database.
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