‘Flags of Our Fathers’: Clint Eastwood Pulls Back the Curtain

The real story behind the Iwo Jima photo and subsequent statue is revealed.

Director Clint Eastwood tells the true backstory of the iconic photo of raising the American flag at Iwo Jima in 1945. Paramount Pictures

R | 2h 15m | Drama, War, History | 2006

Every picture tells a story. Consider the one that everyone thought was behind the timeless photograph of six U.S. Marines raising the American flag on the Japanese island of Iwo Jima in 1945. It’s now considered in some circles to be one of the Great War tall tales of all time.