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Windtalkers is a 2002 film directed by John Woo. Nicolas Cage and Christian Slater star as Marine sergeants assigned to protect two Navajo Marine code talkers in the battle of Saipan. These codetalkers were used because of their unique native language which the Japanese forces could not decipher. However, the Marines are ordered to kill the code talkers should they face capture by the enemy, and it isn't long before they are faced with this difficult decision.
Tagline: Honor was their Code.
Criticism
The film reportedly cost over $100 million, but made only $40,914,068 at the US box-office and only $70 million worldwide. The film's release was delayed multiple times and was heavily savaged by critics upon its final release for shamelessly recycling war movie clichés, focusing more on violence and Cage than on the Navajo code talkers, ham acting by Cage, and amateurish, camera-conscious performances by the code talkers (some of whom were played by Navajo-Americans with no prior acting experience). More on [ Windtalkers ]
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A Story with Great Potential Ruined by Bad Execution - Photos and a review by Luc-Rock Paquin. [MovieCritic.ca]
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All-Reviews.com: Windtalkers - Reviews of the movie by various contributors.
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Charlotte Observer - Windtalkers - Lawrence Toppman discusses the movie about a pair of Navajo men in WWII.
Chicago Sun-Times - Windtalkers - Roger Ebert presents a film directed by John Woo.
Christian Science Monitor - 'Wind' Is Another War-Film Cliché - David Sterritt reviews 'Windtalkers,' claiming that what might have been a stirring history lesson becomes, a string of war-film cliches.
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Click2Flicks: Windtalkers - Information on the code talkers depicted in the movie, with links to photographs, maps and the official Marine Corps history of the Saipan battle.
EatOutGoOut.com - Windtalkers - Story background, pictures.
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EW.com: Windtalkers - Review of the film by Lisa Schwarzbaum. Includes user comments, photographs, and trailer.
Filmtracks: Windtalkers - Soundtrack review, audio clips, and ratings.
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listings, pictures, and other notes about the Windtalkers soundtrack by James Horner ]
HARO Online - Haro reviews the movie.
IMDb.com - Windtalkers - Plot outline, cast credits and reader comments.
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Los Angeles Weekly - Dog of War - Ella Taylor reviews John Woo's Windtalkers.
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MGM.com - Windtalkers - Official movie site includes photo gallery, message board, screen saver download, interactive code decoder.
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Miami Herald - Windtalkers - Rene Rodriguez critizizes the movie about Navajo soldiers recruited in World War II to develop a code, based on their sing-song language.
Movies for Guys: Windtalkers - Review of the film and ratings of its appeal to male audiences.
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New York Post - Windtalkers - Lou Lumenick reviews the movie about Navajo code talkers during World War II.
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New York Times - Windtalkers - Elvis Mitchell writes about the movie, duty, friendship and a Navajo dilemma.
Philadelphia Inquirer - Windtalkers - Carrie Rickey reviews the movie about a secret code amid clear and present carnage.
Popkorn Junkie: Windtalkers - Reviews of the film.
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ReelViews - Windtalkers - A Film Review by James Berardinelli.
Rotten Tomatoes - Windtalkers - Links to reviews and related articles, photos, trailer, and forum.
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Salon.com - Windtalkers - Stephanie Zacharek discusses John Woo's ultraviolent paean to the Navajo code talkers who fought with the Marines in World War II.
San Francisco Chronicle - Windtalkers - Mick LaSalle reviews the war drama directed by John Woo.
The Austin Chronicle - Windtalkers - Marc Savlov reviews the war drame directed by John Woo.
USAToday - 'Windtalkers' Intersperses Action With Contemplation - Mike Clark reviews how the main character battles mental demons again in John Woo's long-delayed movie.
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Variety.com - Windtalkers - Robert Koehler describes the movie as a powerful premise turned into a stubbornly flat, derivative war movie.
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Washington Post - Windtalkers - Desson Howe reviews the movie and states that it doesn't speak softly enough.
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