A mature Clint Eastwood directs this affecting adaptation of James Bradley and   Ron Power's myth-busting book about the raising of the American flag at the      battle of Iwo Jima. The color-drained film follows three of the six soldiers     immortalized in the flag-hoisting photo, going back and forth among multiple   timeframes: the terrifyingly-recreated battle of Iwo Jima, the war bond tour   back home, and present day. Compared to WWII movies like Pearl Harbor,   Flags of Our Fathers is a powerful gut punch to the tidy concept of        heroism. Starring Ryan Phillippe, Jesse Bradford, Adam Beach, Jaime Bell, Paul Walker, and Robert Patrick. Screenplay by Paul Haggis and William Broyles Jr.  Filmed back-to-back with Letters from Iwo Jima, telling the same story   from the Japanese perspective.                                                   Clint Eastwood---USA---2006---132 mins.