Windtalkers

Windtalkers

2002

Joe Enders (Nicolas Cage) is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" -- one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers. Part of Cage's mission, however, is to kill windtalker Ben Yahzee (Roger Willie) if capture appears imminent -- always a possibility in director John Woo's high-powered action drama.

Honor Was Their Code.

JBscale
44
Mediocre

Film Detail

Genre
Military and War - History
Length
2 hrs. 33 mins.
US Theatrical Release
June 14, 2002
US Box Office
$40,914,068 (#2200 of 7074)
Global Office
$77,628,265 (#1946 of 3929)
Rating
R
Restricted
Language, Pervasive Graphic War Violence

Collection Detail

Release Method
DVD 3-Disc Special Director's Edition
Aquired Format
DVD Only
Aspect Ratio
WS 2.35:1
Audio
English: DD 5.1
Studio
MGM
Released
May 20, 2003
Acquired Date
January 6, 2011
Times Seen
2 Times
Last Watched
Watched without a recoreded date.

Actors

Nicolas Cage
Nicolas Cage
Adam Beach
Adam Beach
Peter Stormare
Peter Stormare
Noah Emmerich
Noah Emmerich
Mark Ruffalo
Mark Ruffalo
Brian Van Holt
Brian Van Holt
Martin Henderson
Martin Henderson
Roger Willie
Roger Willie
Frances O'Connor
Frances O'Connor
Christian Slater
Christian Slater
Jason Isaacs
Jason Isaacs
Billy Morts
Billy Morts
Cameron Thor
Cameron Thor
Kevin Cooney
Kevin Cooney
Holmes Osborne
Holmes Osborne
Keith Campbell
Keith Campbell
Clayton J. Barber
Clayton J. Barber
Scott Atkinson
Scott Atkinson

Directors

John Woo
John Woo

Producers

John Woo
John Woo
Alison R. Rosenzweig
Alison R. Rosenzweig
Tracie Graham-Rice
Tracie Graham-Rice
Terence Chang
Terence Chang

Writers

John Rice
John Rice
Joe Batteer
Joe Batteer

Special Features

Commentaries
  • actor and Navajo historian Roger Willie and real-life code talker Albert Smith
  • actors Nicolas Cage and Christian Slater
  • director John Woo and producer Terence Chang
Documentaries
  • American Heroes: A Tribute to Navajo Code Talkers
  • The Code Talkers: A Secret Code of Honor
Featurettes
  • Actors' Boot Camp
  • The Music of Windtalkers
Other
  • Battle sequence multi-view of four key action scenes
  • Personal on-camera introduction by John Woo
  • Scene Diaries
  • Audio Commentary
  • Featurettes

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User Reviews

Ratings

JB Users
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RT Rotten
32%
Tomatometer
164 votes
RT Stale
50%
Popcornmeter
2,177 votes
METASCORE
51
35 votes
IMDb RATING
6.1/10
74,932 votes

Additional Info

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