Windtalkers
Two U.S. Marines in World War II are assigned to protect the Navajo Marines who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cipher.
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 2h 14m
- Released
- 2002
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 2002
Storyline
Two U.S. Marines in World War II are assigned to protect the Navajo Marines who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cipher.
Top credits
Nicolas Cage ā Joe Enders
Adam Beach ā Ben Yahzee
Peter Stormare ā Hjelmstad
Noah Emmerich ā Chick
Did you know
ā¢ Weapons coordinator Robert "Rock" Galotti amassed over 500 vintage World War II-era firing weapons and 700 rubber replica weapons for the film from private collectors and prop houses. Also featured moving across battlefields are vintage Sherman tanks, their smaller Stuart brethren, and Japanese Hago tanks.
ā¢ Roger Willie was originally hired as a Navajo dialect coach. His screen tests were so good, he ended up cast opposite Christian Slater.
ā¢ To add authenticity, MGM bought some genuine World War II-vintage radios from Samuel M. Hevener, a collector from Ohio.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $40,914,068
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $14,520,412 (2002-06-16)
User reviews
Memorable And Interesting Despite Its Flaws
Ridiculous
Heavily underrated
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
- Color
- Color
