Windtalkers
2002 · Movie · 2h 14m · R
WarAction
"Honor Was Their Code."
Overview
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.
Ratings
IMDb
6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes
33%
Metacritic
51/100
Key crew
- John RiceScreenplay
- John WooDirector
- Joe BatteerScreenplay
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Nicolas CageSergeant Joe Enders
- Adam BeachPrivate Ben Yahzee
- Peter StormareSergeant Eric Hjelmstad
- Noah EmmerichCorporal Charles Rogers
- Mark RuffaloPappas
- Brian Van HoltHarrigan
- Martin HendersonPrivate Nellie
- Roger WillieCharlie Whitehorse
- Frances O'ConnorRita Swelton
- Christian SlaterSergeant Peter Henderson
- Jason IsaacsMajor Mellitz
- William MortsFortino
Stills
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Themes
japanworld war iiradio transmissionmarine corpsus armynative americancodebased on true storynavajopacific warwar hero