Sands of Iwo Jima
A great human story... makes a mighty motion picture!
Country
Production
Budget
$1 000 000
Box office
$7 800 000
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Camera operator
Reggie Lanning
Composer
Artist
Audition
Editing
Richard L. Van Enger
Whole Team (17)
Whole Team (17)
Short description
Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film featured three of the soldiers who raised the American national flag on Mount Suribachi on February 23, 1945: Rene Gagnon, Ira Hayes, and John Bradley. In addition, officers who fought in the Pacific Ocean participated in the filming: Harold Schrier, David Shaw, and Henry Crowe.
- The photograph of American soldiers raising the flag over Suribachi became iconic in the United States and was later used to create a monument to the Marine Corps at Arlington National Cemetery.
- American photographer Joe Rosenthal received the Pulitzer Prize for his famous photograph of the Marines raising the flag on the mountain.
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