Windtalkers

Windtalkers
Directed by	John Woo
Written by	John Rice Joe Batteer
Produced by	John Woo
Starring	Nicholas Cage Christian Slater
Distributed by	MGM
Release date	2002
Running time	134 min.
Language	English

Template:Spoiler Windtalkers is a 2002 film directed by John Woo. Nicolas Cage and Christian Slater star as Marine sergeants assigned to protect two Navajo Marine code talkers in the battle of Saipan. These codetalkers were used because of their unique native language which the Japanese forces could not decipher. However, the Marines are ordered to kill the code talkers should they face capture by the enemy, and it isn't long before they are faced with this difficult decision.

Tagline: Honor was their Code.

Criticism

The film reportedly cost over $100 million, but made only $40,914,068 at the US box-office and only $70 million worldwide. The film's release was delayed multiple times and was heavily savaged by critics upon its final release for shamelessly recycling war movie clichés, focusing more on violence and Cage than on the Navajo code talkers, ham acting by Cage, and amateurish, camera-conscious performances by the code talkers (some of whom were played by Navajo-Americans with no prior acting experience).

Cast

• Nicholas Cage — Sgt. Joe Enders
• Adam Beach — Pvt. Ben Yahzee
• Christian Slater — Sgt. Pete Anderson
• Roger Willie — Pvt. Charlie Whitehorse
• Peter Stormare — Gunnery Sgt. Hjelmstad
• Noah Emmerich — Pvt. Chick
• Mark Ruffalo — Pvt. Pappas
• Brian Van Holt — Pvt. Harrigan
• Martin Henderson — Pvt. Nellie

Trivia

• Steve Termath was originally cast for the role of Private Nellie. The role, however, went to Martin Henderson when Termath took a brief hiatus from acting for actual military service, enlisting in the United States Army Reserve.Chuck Norris played God .
• Filming locations on Hawaii included Kualoa Ranch

External links

• Official site
• Windtalkers at IMDb