Letters From Iwo Jima

• 'Letters From Iwo Jima' Is a Classic

REDLANDS - "Letters from Iwo Jima" has all the stylistic elements of a classic war film in the making. It is passionate, reflective, dark and gritty with a thematic content unique to the American war drama. No other film in Hollywood's history imbeds itself so deeply and successfully in the enemy's camp.

• Redlands Daily Facts
• January 25, 2007

• Entertainment Review Letters From Iwo Jima

A touching, heartfelt movie that outdoes Eastwood's previous work In a year when America is in the midst of a vicious, unpopular war, Letters From Iwo Jima stands out as an important movie, one that is as good as it is informative. While discrimination remains a major issue throughout the world, Clint Eastwood managed to create a movie that puts differences between cultures aside and proves that even enemies have a lot in common.

• Sun-Journal Lewiston, Me.
• March 07, 2007

• Real Letters From Iwo Jima

By SEBASTIAN MOFFETT The Wall Street Journal

• The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA
• May 23, 2007

• Flags of Our Fathers.

Letters from Iwo Jima - Movie review

• Cineaste
• Vol. 32 Nbr. 2, March 2007

• Man's Rare, Classic Car Brings a Sense of Style to Glendora

GLENDORA - "Letters From Iwo Jima," "Flags Of Our Fathers," "Changeling," "CSI" - a Glendora movie star has appeared in all of these and more, but even fans of each aren't likely to know the star's name. That's because classic cars don't typically get top billing.

• San Gabriel Valley Tribune
• June 08, 2011

• Springboro Grad Had Part in 'Letters From Iwo Jima'

Michael Lawson has a vested interest in today's 79th Academy Awards. The 2000 Springboro High School graduate has a role in Letters From Iwo Jima. Directed by Clint Eastwood, the World War II drama is nominated for four Academy Awards, including best picture.

• Dayton Daily News
• February 27, 2007

• Lo Nuevo En Dvdg

Si en Flags of Our Fathers el cineasta de Oakland retrató las vivencias de un grupo de soldados estadounidenses durante y después de la invasión -con resultados más o menos satisfactorios-, en Letters from Iwo Jima coloca la cámara en el otro lado, el de los perdedores, es decir, el Ejército japonés. El DVD, que incluye dos discos, presenta el excelente documental Red Sun, Black Sand: The Making of Letters from Iwo Jima sobre su filmación, un análisis de su reparto titulado The Faces of War: The Cast of Letters from Iwo Jima y varios reportajes sobre su estreno en Japón, donde se convirtió en un gran éxito de taquilla. Protagonizada por un sensacional Peter O'Toole (que por este filme perdió su séptima nominación al Oscar), la cinta sobrevive gracias a la labor de todos los intérpretes ...

• La Opinión; Los Angeles, Calif.
• August 19, 2009

• Tom Hennessy: The Forgotten Image-Maker of Iwo Jima

A few nights ago, we watched Clint Eastwood's stirring film "Letters from Iwo Jima. Seeing American and Japanese soldiers fight to the death, even in a re-creation, made think of a vial of black sand in our living room hutch. It was given to us by a veteran of that battle, and for a time we treasured it as a relic of history's most terrible war.

• Press Telegram
• September 18, 2010

• Warner Bros. Will Release Clint Eastwood's Letters From Iwo Jima on December 20, 2006.

BURBANK, Calif. -- Letters From Iwo Jima, Clint Eastwood's follow-up to his critically acclaimed World War II drama Flags of Our Fathers, will open do...

• Business Wire
• November 16, 2006

• Foreign Film Oscar: Behind the Scenes ; Internationalization Makes National Film Designations Tricky to Assign

Winning a Golden Globe award is often a predictor of Academy Award success. This year, however, that won't be true of at least one category: best foreign language film. Clint Eastwood took home that trophy Monday night for his Japanese-language "Letters From Iwo Jima." The American production won't even be on the shortlist when Oscar nominations are announced Tuesday: The academy requires foreign language films to be truly foreign.

• The Washington Times
• January 19, 2007