Windtalkers (2002)
"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.
- Genres
- War, Drama, Action, History
- Release Date
- 2002/06/14
- Runtime
- 134 min
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- Production Companies
- Lion Rock Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Production Countries
- United States of America
- Budget
- $ 115,000,000
- Poster
Movie Details
Cast
- Nicolas Cage (Sergeant Joe Enders)
- Adam Beach (Private Ben Yahzee)
- Peter Stormare (Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad)
- Noah Emmerich (Corporal Charles Rogers)
- Mark Ruffalo (Pappas)
- Brian Van Holt (Harrigan)
- Martin Henderson (Private Nellie)
- Roger Willie (Charlie Whitehorse)
- Frances O'Connor (Rita Swelton)
- Christian Slater (Sergeant Peter Henderson)
- Jason Isaacs (Major Mellitz)
- William Morts (Fortino)
- Cameron Thor (Mertens)
- Kevin Cooney (Ear Doctor)
- Holmes Osborne (Colonel Hollings)
- Keith Campbell (Kittring)
- Clayton J. Barber (Hasby)
- Scott Atkinson (Camp Tarawa Staff Sergeant)
- Jeremy Davidson (Marine)
- Brian Maynard (Corpsman)
- James D. Dever (Field Hospital Colonel)
- Jim Morse (Marine Recruit)
- Chris Devlin (Code Instructor Sergeant)
- JF Davis (Technical Sergeant)
- Brian Kasai (Japanese Intelligence Officer)
- Hiroshi Mori (Japanese Radio Operator)
- Darrel Guilbeau (Battleship Petty Officer)
- Aaron Yamagata (Tanapag Boy)
- Victoria Chen (Tanapag Mother)
- Jon Michael Souza (NCO)
- Carissa Jung (Tanapag Girl)
- Wataru Yoshida (Japanese Artillery Man)
- Junya Oishi (Japanese Artillery Sighter)
- Jiro Koga (Japanese Artillery Gunner)
- Lynn Kawailele Allen (Hula Dancer)
- Tina Leialoha Gube (Hula Dancer)
- Alewa T. Olotoa (Hula Dancer)
- Ilima Pumphrey (Hula Dancer)
- Lena Savaiinaea (Hula Dancer)
- Kaliko Scott (Hula Dancer)
- John Steven Rocha (Marine)
- Robert Aguilar Jr. (Private Povovich (uncredited))
- Job Alonso (U.S. Marine (uncredited))
- Louis Per Bruno (Private Corelli (uncredited))
- Jim Carretta (Platoon Sergeant (uncredited))
- Matty Castano (Japanese Soldier (uncredited))
- Timothy Di Pri (Politician (uncredited))
- Christopher Gilbertson (Marine (uncredited))
- Shannon Holzer (Marine (uncredited))
- Yoshio Iizuka (Japanese Officer (uncredited))
- Aaron Ikeda (Japanese Soldier (uncredited))
- Christopher Illing (Marine (uncredited))
- Keii Johnston (Marine (uncredited))
- Steve Lindsay (Discharged Platoon Sergeant (uncredited))
- Cazimir Milostan (Marine Machine Gunner (uncredited))
- Michael Ng (Japanese Soldier (uncredited))
- Nils Oliveto (U.S. Marine (uncredited))
- Paul Parker (Injured soldier (uncredited))
- Denney Pierce (Marine (uncredited))
- Simon Rhee (Japanese Soldier (uncredited))
- Charles Sans (Private Jennings (uncredited))
- Bobby Silva (Private Ricks (uncredited))
- Douglas Dean Taylor (Marine Beau (uncredited))
- John Thomas (Core Group Marine (uncredited))
- Ren Urano (Japanese Radioman (uncredited))
- Dixon White (Hospital Room Patient (uncredited))
- Malcolm Dohi (Battleship Codetalker)
- Steve Tanizaki (Japanese Artillery Officer)
- Marc McClellan (Marine Artillery Commander)
- Christopher T. Yamamoto (Japanese Bunker Gunner)
- John Takeshi Ichikawa (Japanese Bunker Commander)
- Ross Lasi Tanoai (Eddie the Bartender)
- Glen Begay (Radio Codetalker)
- Vincent Whipple (Navajo Instructor)
- Albert Smith (Navajo Man)
Crew
- John Woo (Director, Producer)
- John Rice (Screenplay)
- Joe Batteer (Screenplay)
- Terence Chang (Producer)
- C.O. Erickson (Executive Producer)
- Tracie Graham-Rice (Producer)
- Alison R. Rosenzweig (Producer)
- Jeffrey L. Kimball (Director of Photography)
- Jeff Gullo (Editor)
- Steven Kemper (Editor)
- Tom Rolf (Editor)
- Mindy Marin (Casting)
- Holger Gross (Production Design)
- Kevin Ishioka (Art Direction)
- Richard C. Goddard (Set Decoration)
- Steve LaPorte (Makeup Department Head)
- Nick Scarano (Costume Supervisor)
- Dane Farwell (Stunts)
- Paul E. Short (Stunts)
- Bobby Burns (Stunts)
- Eddie Yansick (Stunt Coordinator)
- Cliff Fleming (Pilot)
- John J. Smith (Production Manager)
- Arthur Anderson (First Assistant Director)
- Joan Cunningham (Second Assistant Director)
- Kevin Yagher (Makeup Effects Designer)
- Steve Traxler (Associate Producer)
- Mark P. Stoeckinger (Supervising Sound Editor)
- Ken Nishino (First Assistant Camera)
- Dale White (Second Assistant Camera)
- Lynda Wu (Camera Loader)
- Michael St. Hilaire ("B" Camera Operator)
- Dennis Seawright (First Assistant "B" Camera)
- Vincent Mata (Second Assistant "B" Camera)
- Jeff Mart ("C" Camera Operator)
- Zoran Veselić (First Assistant "C" Camera)
- Don Steinberg (Second Assistant "C" Camera)
- Leo J. Napolitano ("D" Camera Operator)
- Gregory Irwin (First Assistant "D" Camera)
- Shawn Landis (Second Assistant "D" Camera)
- Gary MacPherson (Production Coordinator)
- Dan Delgado (Chief Lighting Technician)
- Frank Mathews (Assistant Chief Lighting Technician)
- J. Michael Popovich (Key Grip)
- Thomas J. Ruffner (Dolly Grip)
- Mark Meyers (Dolly Grip)
- Randol Perelman-Taylor (Second Second Assistant Director)
- Zack Davis (ADR Supervisor)
- Alan Rankin (Supervising Sound Editor)
- Victor Ray Ennis (Supervising Sound Editor)
- Bryan Bowen (Sound Designer)
- Bruce Tanis (Sound Designer)
- Eliza Pollack Zebert (ADR Editor)
- Laura Graham (ADR Editor)
- Michael Hertlein (Dialogue Editor)
- David A. Cohen (Dialogue Editor)
- Willard Overstreet (Foley Editor)
- Paul Jyrälä (Sound Editor)
- Perry Robertson (Sound Editor)
- Nerses Gezalyan (Foley Mixer)
- Greg Zimmerman (Foley Recordist)
- James Moriana (Foley Artist)
- Jeffrey Wilhoit (Foley Artist)
- Richard Bryce Goodman (Production Sound Mixer)
- Joel Shryack (Boom Operator)
- Tommy Giordano (Cableman)
- Jim Henrikson (Supervising Music Editor)
- Michael Hansen (Assistant Property Master)
- John Schacht (Leadman)
- Gary Burritt (Negative Cutter)
- Dennis McNeill (Color Timer)
- Daniel Sperry (Dolby Consultant)
- James Horner (Original Music Composer)
- Philip Tallman (Music Editor)
- Dick Bernstein (Music Editor)
- Joe E. Rand (Music Editor)
- David E. Fluhr (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
- Randy Thom (Sound Re-Recording Mixer)
- Cate Hardman (Script Supervisor)
- Stephen Vaughan (Still Photographer)
- Gregory Lundsgaard (Steadicam Operator, Camera Operator)
- Mark Van Loon (Steadicam Operator)
- Lynette Wich (Art Department Coordinator)
- Al Goto (Stunt Coordinator)
- Gregg Smrz (Stunt Coordinator)
- Brian Smrz (Stunt Coordinator, Second Unit Director)
- Ray Boniker (First Assistant Editor)
- Tim Gilbert (Stunts)
- Chris O'Hara (Stunts)
- Linda Rizzuto (Hairstylist)
- Linda Leiter Sharp (Hairstylist)
- Joseph Coscia (Hairstylist)
- William A. Farley (Hairstylist)
- Janis Clark (Key Hair Stylist)
- Rick Stratton (Key Makeup Artist)
- Bill Myer (Makeup Artist)
- Allen Weisinger (Makeup Artist)
- Carol F. Doran (Wigmaker)
- Gary Deaton (Construction Coordinator)
- Don Miloyevich (Property Master)
- Abigail Sheiner (Art Department Coordinator)
- A. Todd Holland (Set Designer)
- Luis G. Hoyos (Set Designer)
- David Altenau (CG Supervisor)
- Bridgitte Krupke (Visual Effects Coordinator)
- Clark Campbell (Visual Effects Editor)
- Kevin Clark (Visual Effects Editor)
- Kevin Elam (Visual Effects Producer)
- Kevin Lingenfelser (Visual Effects Supervisor)
- Troy Brown (Stunts)
- Bob Brown (Stunts)
- Denney Pierce (Stunts)
- Gregory J. Barnett (Stunts)
- Joey Box (Stunt Double)
- Phil Culotta (Stunts)
- Clint Lilley (Stunts)
- Simon Rhee (Stunts)
- Jon Valera (Stunts)