Windtalkers 510 movie clip saipan, june 44 2002 hd. Alas, the filmmakers have buried it beneath battlefield cliches, while centering the story on a white character played by nicolas cage. In the brutal world war ii battle of saipan, sergeant joe enders academy award winnernicolas cage guardsand ultimately befriendsben. Follow the movie on facebook plot summary marine joe enders nicolas cage is assigned to protect ben yahzee adam beach a navajo code talker, the marines new secret weapon. Stream windtalkers online on 123movies and 123movieshub. Nov 27, 2016 fire birds 1990 nicolas cage, tommy lee jones, sean young movies. Nicolas cage and christian slater star with adam beach smoke signals in this. Watch online windtalkers 2002 free full movie with english subtitle. Details about windtalkers vhs video tape movie nicholas cage action sealed 2002. The film was little more than nonstop fullonbloody combat scenes. With nicolas cage, adam beach, peter stormare, noah emmerich.
Windtalkers is a 2002 american war film directed and produced by john woo, starring nicolas cage, adam beach, peter stormare, noah emmerich, mark. Rent windtalkers 2002 starring nicolas cage and adam beach on dvd and bluray. Overall, windtalkers is a war movie that is driven on a cliched story. Windtalkers is shapelessly gratifying, the kind of movie that invites you to pick apart its faults even as you have to admit that. Realistic, yet it takes the focus off the navajo codetalkers and places it on nicolas cage stalking rambolike through the field killing everyone in sight. Some people may like the film, while others may despise it. Cage has appeared in over 110 films throughout his career. The battleground is in the pacific in world war ii and the u. Windtalkers, however, sinks under too many cliches and only superficially touches upon the. Marine joe enders nicolas cage is assigned to protect ben yahzee adam beach a navajo code talker, the marines new secret weapon.
Windtalkers 2disc ultimate edition bluray 2002 best buy. As the nephew of filmmaker performerp85868francis ford coppolafrancisfordcoppola, cage altered his last name to avoid. Directed by john woo, windtalkers is loosely based on a real operation during world war ii. Nicolas cage and christian slater star with adam beach smoke signals in this explosive, patriotic wwii drama about a severely wounded soldier cage who takes on the assignment of safeguarding a windtalker beach, a navajo whose dead native language provides an unbreakable code for the military but whose life is jeopardized with every. Loosely based on a reallife operation during world war ii, this actionadventure from director john woo stars nicolas cage as joe enders, a marine traumatized by the loss of his entire platoon in. Feb 05, 2014 loosely based on a reallife operation during world war ii, this actionadventure from director john woo stars nicolas cage as joe enders, a marine traumatized by the loss of his entire platoon in. There is also a list of films he has produced and his appearances in television. Windtalkers 2002 stream and watch online moviefone. Windtalkers dvd, 2007, directors cut for sale online ebay. Windtalkers, les messagers du vent film 2001 allocine. Mark ruffalo in windtalkers 2002 nicolas cage and john woo in windtalkers 2002. Rare 2002 windtalkers vhs nicolas cage full battle picture factory sealed. Windtalkers john woo, nicolas cage, adam beach, peter.
Nicolas cage on pay the ghost and why horror movies help him relax news briefs. Watch windtalkers online stream full movie directv. Marines in world war ii are assigned to protect navajo marines, who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cypher. Windtalkers on showtime a wwii soldier safeguards a navajo whose language is an. Enders orders are to protect his code talker, but if yahzee should fall into enemy hands, hes to protect the code at all costs. The wind talkers story was the back drop but was not the focus of the film. Windtalkers trailer a marine sergeant nicolas cage is assigned to protect a navajo code talker adam beach in this epic world war ii. Memovies is the original 123movies, gostream, gomovies and 123movieshub site domain, you can check on wikipedia. Against the backdrop of the horrific battle of saipan, when capture is imminent, enders is forced to make a decision. Windtalkers dvd christian slater nicolas cage wind takers. Windtalkers 2002 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
He is racked with guilt and feeling as though his indecision during an ambush is what led to the loss of the entire platoon. Windtalkers is a world war ii film where two us marine sergeants nicolas cage and christian slater must protect two navajo marine code talkers in the battle of saipan. I liked many aspects of the film, but other aspects were just doomed to failure such as the story and authenticity. Jennifer lawrence and chris pratt to star in passengers. I have watched many war films, and the sheer body count in this one seems much higher than average. Thats a fascinating, littleknown story and might have made a good movie. On the plus side, cage, slater, and a solid supporting cast of character actors are all dependably good, and its interesting to see john woos distinctive action style put into a war film. I knew as much about the windtalkers at the end of the movie as i did at the start, because almost the whole film consists of us marines firing off weapons and killing the japanese.
Nicolas cage and adam beach give fine performances. The film was released in the united states on june 14, 2002. Released june 14th, 2002, windtalkers stars nicolas cage, adam beach, peter stormare, noah emmerich the r movie has a runtime of about 2 hr 14 min, and received a score of 51 out of 100 on. To our frustration, most of the movie was wasted on nicolas cage looking constipated. Windtalkers comes advertised as the saga of how navajo indians used their language to create an unbreakable code that helped win world war ii in the pacific. Windtalkers official trailer full movie nicolas cage movie. Loosely based on a reallife operation during world war ii, this actionadventure from director john woo stars nicolas cage as joe enders, a marine traumatized by the loss of his entire platoon in the solomon islands during an ambush he believes was deadlier than necessary due to his indecision. The filmography of american actor, director and producer, nicolas cage includes the year the film was or will be released, the name of his character, the director, and other related notes. Nicolas cage, adam beach, peter stormare, noah emmerich, mark ruffalo, brian van holt, martin henderson, roger willie, frances oconnor, christian slater. A marine nicolas cage protects a navajo code transmitter adam beach in world war ii.
See more ideas about adam beach, john woo and nicolas cage. Windtalkers is a 2002 american war film directed and produced by john woo, starring nicolas cage, adam beach, peter stormare, noah emmerich, mark ruffalo, and christian slater. Nicolas cage, only peripherally involved in the code language activities that are supposedly the subject of. Actor nicolas cage has always strived to make a name for himself based on his work, rather than on his lineage. Also the terrain looked like the shot the whole film in california. Loosely based on a reallife operation during world war ii, this actionadventure from director john woo stars nicolas cage as joe enders. Fire birds 1990 nicolas cage, tommy lee jones, sean young movies. Loosely based on a reallife operation during world war ii, this. Rent windtalkers 2002 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Windtalkers 2002 cast and crew marine joe enders nicolas cage is assigned to protect ben yahzee adam beach a navajo code talker, the marines new secret weapon. The film was little more than nonstop full onbloody combat scenes.
Nicolas cage was born nicolas kim coppola in long beach, california, the son of comparative. Joe enders played by nicolas cage is a marine coping with the complete loss of his platoon in the solomon islands. Faceoff castor troy 1997 leaving las vegas ben sanderson 1995 the rock stanley goodspeed 1996 next cris johnson 2007 grand isle walter 2019 primal frank walsh 2019. Windtalkers official trailer full movie nicolas cage movie 2002 hd youtube. Windtalkersles messagers du vent part 1 video dailymotion. The consensus of the group afterwards was that the bits focused on the codetalkers were good, if not always accurate, and the rest of the movie was a waste of time.
One is a navajo code talker and the other is the marine assigned to protect him and the code. Windtalkers follows suit of most postsaving private ryan war films and tries to make its point by dousing us with relentless violence. Windtalkers vhs video tape movie nicholas cage action sealed. But i will give the movie points in part due to nic cages powerful. Nov 14, 2017 windtalkers follows suit of most postsaving private ryan war films and tries to make its point by dousing us with relentless violence. Hulu announces over 100 new movies and tv shows for june.