Windtalkers
March 26, 2015Windtalkers
Call Number: DVD001267
by Eric Ambler; William MacQuitty; Roy Baker; Kenneth More; Honor Blackman; Michael Goodliffe; William Alwyn; Walter Lord; Rank Organisation.; Criterion Collection (Firm)
Format: DVD
Language: English
Publisher: Santa Monica, CA : Distributed by MGM Home Entertainment, [2003]
Notes: Title from container.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.
Special features: Disc 1: Personal on-camera introduction by John Woo; 3 feature-length audio commentary tracks: “Behind the scenes” with filmmakers John Woo and Terence Chang, “In the trenches” with actors Nicholas Cage and Christian Slater, “Navajo insights” with actor Roger Willie and Navajo consultant Albert Smith; original theatrical trailers ; Disc 2: Historical documentary “The Code Talkers: a secret code of honor”; WWII tribute piece “American heroes: a tribute to Navajo Code Talkers”; “The music of Windtalkers” featurette ; Disc 3: Battle sequence multi-view of four key action scenes; four fly-on-the-set scene diaries; “Actors’ boot camp” featurette; behind-the-scenes photo gallery; John Woo biography pages.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2002.
Special features: Disc 1: Personal on-camera introduction by John Woo; 3 feature-length audio commentary tracks: “Behind the scenes” with filmmakers John Woo and Terence Chang, “In the trenches” with actors Nicholas Cage and Christian Slater, “Navajo insights” with actor Roger Willie and Navajo consultant Albert Smith; original theatrical trailers ; Disc 2: Historical documentary “The Code Talkers: a secret code of honor”; WWII tribute piece “American heroes: a tribute to Navajo Code Talkers”; “The music of Windtalkers” featurette ; Disc 3: Battle sequence multi-view of four key action scenes; four fly-on-the-set scene diaries; “Actors’ boot camp” featurette; behind-the-scenes photo gallery; John Woo biography pages.
Summary: A battle-weary Marine is assigned to guard – and ultimately befriends – a young Navajo soldier who has been trained to be a code talker. This code, the Navajo code, and the men who knew the code, were to be guarded as they went into action. It was the unspoken duty of the Marine to kill the Navajo soldier before he could be taken prisoner of war by the Japanese. This is the one wartime code that was never broken by the enemy.
OCLC #: 52073037
Added: March 26, 2015
This item is part of the Ralph H. Wolfe Collection
