Windtalkers [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures presents a Lion Rock production, a John Woo film ; producers, John Woo, Terence Chang, Tracie Graham, Alison Rosenzweig ; writers, John Rice, Joe Batteer ; director, John Woo.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2002. Nicholas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo, Brian Van Holt, Martin Henderson, Roger Willie, Frances O'Connor, Christian Slater. 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 "Windtalkers" consultant Albert Smith"; original theatrical trailer. Disc 2: historical documentary "The code talkers - a secret code of honor"; WWII tribute piece "American heroes: a tribute to Navajo code talkers". Disc 3: battle sequence multi-view of four key action scenes; four fly-on-the-set scene diaries; "Actor's 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.
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