Windtalkers (2002)
Joe Enders 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.
Director:
John Woo
Writers:
John Rice, Joe Batteer.
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Nicolas Cage as Sergeant Joe Enders |
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Adam Beach as Private Ben Yahzee |
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Peter Stormare as Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad |
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Noah Emmerich as Corporal Charles Rogers |
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Mark Ruffalo as Pappas |
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Brian Van Holt as Harrigan |
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Martin Henderson as Private Nellie |
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Roger Willie as Charlie Whitehorse |
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Frances O'Connor as Rita Swelton |
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Christian Slater as Sergeant Peter Henderson |
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Jason Isaacs as Major Mellitz |
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William Morts as Fortino |
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Cameron Thor as Mertens |
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Kevin Cooney as Ear Doctor |
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Holmes Osborne as Colonel Hollings |
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Keith Campbell as Kittring |
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Clayton J. Barber as Hasby |
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Scott Atkinson as Camp Tarawa Staff Sergeant |
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Jeremy Davidson as Marine |
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Brian Maynard as Corpsman |
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James D. Dever as Field Hospital Colonel |
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Jim Morse as Marine Recruit |
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Chris Devlin as Code Instructor Sergeant |
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JF Davis as Technical Sergeant |
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Brian Kasai as Japanese Intelligence Officer |
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Hiroshi Mori as Japanese Radio Operator |
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Darrel Guilbeau as Battleship Petty Officer |
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Aaron Yamagata as Tanapag Boy |
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Victoria Chen as Tanapag Mother |
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Jon Michael Souza as NCO |
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Carissa Jung as Tanapag Girl |
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Wataru Yoshida as Japanese Artillery Man |
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Junya Oishi as Japanese Artillery Sighter |
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Jiro Koga as Japanese Artillery Gunner |
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Lynn Kawailele Allen as Hula Dancer |
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Tina Leialoha Gube as Hula Dancer |
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Alewa T. Olotoa as Hula Dancer |
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Ilima Pumphrey as Hula Dancer |
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Lena Savaiinaea as Hula Dancer |
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Kaliko Scott as Hula Dancer |
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John Steven Rocha as Marine |
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Robert Aguilar Jr. as Private Povovich (uncredited) |
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Job Alonso as U.S. Marine (uncredited) |
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Louis Per Bruno as Private Corelli (uncredited) |
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Jim Carretta as Platoon Sergeant (uncredited) |
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Matty Castano as Japanese Soldier (uncredited) |
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Timothy Di Pri as Politician (uncredited) |
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Christopher Gilbertson as Marine (uncredited) |
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Shannon Holzer as Marine (uncredited) |
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Yoshio Iizuka as Japanese Officer (uncredited) |
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Aaron Ikeda as Japanese Soldier (uncredited) |
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Christopher Illing as Marine (uncredited) |
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Keii Johnston as Marine (uncredited) |
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Steve Lindsay as Discharged Platoon Sergeant (uncredited) |
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Cazimir Milostan as Marine Machine Gunner (uncredited) |
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Michael Ng as Japanese Soldier (uncredited) |
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Nils Oliveto as U.S. Marine (uncredited) |
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Paul Parker as Injured soldier (uncredited) |
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Denney Pierce as Marine (uncredited) |
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Simon Rhee as Japanese Soldier (uncredited) |
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Charles Sans as Private Jennings (uncredited) |
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Bobby Silva as Private Ricks (uncredited) |
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Douglas Dean Taylor as Marine Beau (uncredited) |
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John Thomas as Core Group Marine (uncredited) |
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Ren Urano as Japanese Radioman (uncredited) |
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Dixon White as Hospital Room Patient (uncredited) |
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Malcolm Dohi as Battleship Codetalker |
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Steve Tanizaki as Japanese Artillery Officer |
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Marc McClellan as Marine Artillery Commander |
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Christopher T. Yamamoto as Japanese Bunker Gunner |
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John Takeshi Ichikawa as Japanese Bunker Commander |
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Ross Lasi Tanoai as Eddie the Bartender |
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Glen Begay as Radio Codetalker |
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Vincent Whipple as Navajo Instructor |
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Albert Smith as Navajo Man |
| Directing | John Woo | Director |
| Writing | John Rice | Screenplay |
| Writing | Joe Batteer | Screenplay |
| Production | Terence Chang | Producer |
| Production | C.O. Erickson | Executive Producer |
| Production | Tracie Graham-Rice | Producer |
| Production | Alison R. Rosenzweig | Producer |
| Production | John Woo | Producer |
| Camera | Jeffrey L. Kimball | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Jeff Gullo | Editor |
| Editing | Steven Kemper | Editor |
| Editing | Tom Rolf | Editor |
| Production | Mindy Marin | Casting |
| Art | Holger Gross | Production Design |
| Art | Kevin Ishioka | Art Direction |
| Art | Richard C. Goddard | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Steve LaPorte | Makeup Department Head |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nick Scarano | Costume Supervisor |
| Crew | Dane Farwell | Stunts |
| Crew | Paul E. Short | Stunts |
| Crew | Bobby Burns | Stunts |
| Crew | Eddie Yansick | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Cliff Fleming | Pilot |
| Production | John J. Smith | Production Manager |
| Directing | Arthur Anderson | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Joan Cunningham | Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kevin Yagher | Makeup Effects Designer |
| Production | Steve Traxler | Associate Producer |
| Sound | Mark P. Stoeckinger | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Camera | Ken Nishino | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Dale White | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Lynda Wu | Camera Loader |
| Camera | Michael St. Hilaire | "B" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Dennis Seawright | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Vincent Mata | Second Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Jeff Mart | "C" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Zoran Veselić | First Assistant "C" Camera |
| Camera | Don Steinberg | Second Assistant "C" Camera |
| Camera | Leo J. Napolitano | "D" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Gregory Irwin | First Assistant "D" Camera |
| Camera | Shawn Landis | Second Assistant "D" Camera |
| Production | Gary MacPherson | Production Coordinator |
| Lighting | Dan Delgado | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Frank Mathews | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Camera | J. Michael Popovich | Key Grip |
| Camera | Thomas J. Ruffner | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Mark Meyers | Dolly Grip |
| Directing | Randol Perelman-Taylor | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | Zack Davis | ADR Supervisor |
| Sound | Alan Rankin | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Victor Ray Ennis | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Bryan Bowen | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Bruce Tanis | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Eliza Pollack Zebert | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Laura Graham | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Michael Hertlein | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | David A. Cohen | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Willard Overstreet | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Paul Jyrälä | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Perry Robertson | Sound Editor |
| Sound | Nerses Gezalyan | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Greg Zimmerman | Foley Recordist |
| Sound | James Moriana | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Jeffrey Wilhoit | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Richard Bryce Goodman | Production Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Joel Shryack | Boom Operator |
| Crew | Tommy Giordano | Cableman |
| Sound | Jim Henrikson | Supervising Music Editor |
| Art | Michael Hansen | Assistant Property Master |
| Art | John Schacht | Leadman |
| Editing | Gary Burritt | Negative Cutter |
| Editing | Dennis McNeill | Color Timer |
| Sound | Daniel Sperry | Dolby Consultant |
| Sound | James Horner | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Philip Tallman | Music Editor |
| Sound | Dick Bernstein | Music Editor |
| Sound | Joe E. Rand | Music Editor |
| Sound | David E. Fluhr | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Randy Thom | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Cate Hardman | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Stephen Vaughan | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Gregory Lundsgaard | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Gregory Lundsgaard | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Mark Van Loon | Steadicam Operator |
| Art | Lynette Wich | Art Department Coordinator |
| Crew | Al Goto | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Gregg Smrz | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Brian Smrz | Stunt Coordinator |
| Editing | Ray Boniker | First Assistant Editor |
| Crew | Tim Gilbert | Stunts |
| Crew | Chris O'Hara | Stunts |
| Costume & Make-Up | Linda Rizzuto | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Linda Leiter Sharp | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Joseph Coscia | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | William A. Farley | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janis Clark | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rick Stratton | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bill Myer | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Allen Weisinger | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Carol F. Doran | Wigmaker |
| Art | Gary Deaton | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Don Miloyevich | Property Master |
| Art | Abigail Sheiner | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | A. Todd Holland | Set Designer |
| Art | Luis G. Hoyos | Set Designer |
| Crew | David Altenau | CG Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Bridgitte Krupke | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Clark Campbell | Visual Effects Editor |
| Crew | Kevin Clark | Visual Effects Editor |
| Visual Effects | Kevin Elam | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Kevin Lingenfelser | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Troy Brown | Stunts |
| Crew | Bob Brown | Stunts |
| Crew | Denney Pierce | Stunts |
| Crew | Gregory J. Barnett | Stunts |
| Directing | Brian Smrz | Second Unit Director |
| Crew | Joey Box | Stunt Double |
| Crew | Phil Culotta | Stunts |
| Crew | Clint Lilley | Stunts |
| Crew | Simon Rhee | Stunts |
| Crew | Jon Valera | Stunts |
| Crew | Jose Vasquez | Stunts |