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Letters from Iwo Jima /

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 111292 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: Japanese Original language: Japanese Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publisher: Burbank, CA : Warner Home Video, 2007Edition: Two-disc special edition, widescreenDescription: 2 videodiscs (140 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 1419845268
  • 9781419845260
Uniform titles:
  • Letters from Iwo Jima (Motion picture)
Related works:
  • Motion picture adaptation of (work): Kuribayashi, Tadamichi, 1890 or 1891-1945. "Gyokusai Sōshikikan" no etegami
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 791.43/72 22
LOC classification:
  • D743.23 .L488477 2007
NLM classification:
  • 111292
Online resources:
Contents:
Disc 1. Movie -- disc 2. Special features.
Production credits:
  • Production designed by Henry Bumstead, James J. Murakami ; director of photography, Tom Stern ; edited by Joel Cox, Gary D. Roach ; co-producer, Tim Moore ; visual effects supervisor, Michael Owens ; costumes designed by Deborah Hopper ; music by Kyle Eastwood and Michael Stevens ; orchestrated and conducted by Lennie Niehaus.
  • Academy Awards, USA, 2007: Oscar - Best Achievement in Sound Editing (Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman).
  • Golden Globes, USA, 2007: Golden Globe - Best Foreign language Film.
Cast: Ken Watanabe, Kazunari Ninomiya, Tsuyoshi Ihara, Ryo Kase, Shidou Nakamura, Hiroshi Watanabe, Takumi Bando, Yuki Matsuzaki, Takashi Yamaguchi, Eijiro Ozaki.Summary: In 1945, the United States and Japanese armies met on Iwo Jima. Decades later, hundreds of letters are unearthed from that stark island's soil. The letters give faces and voices to the men who fought there, as well as the extraordinary general who led them. Leading the defense is Lt. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi. With little defense other than sheer will and the volcanic rock of the island itself, Gen. Kuribayashi's unprecedented tactics transform what was predicted to be a quick and bloody defeat into nearly 40 days of heroic and resourceful combat.
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Video Recording Carleton University, AVRC SP456 - Collections Room DVD 1655 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 16050128391

Based on the book "Picture letters from Commander in Chief" by Tadamichi Kuribayashi and book editor Tsuyoko Yoshido.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2006.

Special features: "Red sun, black sand: the making of Letters from Iwo Jima:" led by Clint Eastwood, an inside look at the creation of the film with many of the key players involved who brought this epic film together (21 min.); "The faces of war: the cast of Letters from Iwo Jima:" cast members introduce the characters they portray in the film (19 min.); "Images from the frontlines: the photography of Letters from Iwo Jima" (4 min.); 11/15/2006 world premiere at Budo-kan in Tokyo (16 min.); 11/16/2006 press conference at Grand Hyatt Tokyo (25 min.); theatrical trailer (3 min.)

Disc 1. Movie -- disc 2. Special features.

MPAA rating: R; for graphic war violence.

DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

Japanese dialogue with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Academy Awards, USA, 2007: Oscar - Best Achievement in Sound Editing (Alan Robert Murray, Bub Asman).

Golden Globes, USA, 2007: Golden Globe - Best Foreign language Film.

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