Windtalkers: The Making of the John Woo Film About the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II (Newmarket Pictorial Moviebook) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1557045151 ISBN 13: 9781557045157

Publisher: Newmarket Pr, 2002

Synopsis

With more than 100 dramatic movie and historical photos, the official tie-in to the film starring Nicolas Cage, based on real events about the Navajo Marine code talkers, who developed the only American code the Japanese never cracked—from MGM in June 2002. In the first movie made on the subject, director John Woo (Mission: Impossible 2, Face/Off) reveals the invaluable actions of the Navajo code talkers during the war in the Pacific, heroes whose bravery earned them the Congressional Medal of Honor. The code talkers transmitted radio messages using a secret, efficient, unbreakable code based on their native language. The film's gripping climax takes place during the Battle of Saipan, when the Marines, fighting off the Japanese, must risk their lives to safeguard the code. This full-color companion book tells the fascinating story behind the movie—from facts about the code's creation to historical background of the Navajo nation; from a glimpse into the rigorous code talker training program to production details about transforming a Hawaiian landscape into a Saipan battlefront. The pages are filled with captivating color images from the film and historic photographs from the U.S. Marines and the National Archives, as well personal reflections by Woo and Senator Jeff Bingaman, screenwriters, producers, and actors—plus samples and translations of the Navajo code. Approx. 100 color photos.

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Review

"It's the best new battle film since Black Hawk Down."

Synopsis

Windtalkers is the official companion book to the first film to be made about the invaluable actions of the Navajo Marine code talkers. WWII Marine Joe Enders (Nicholas Cage) is assigned to protect Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach), a Navajo code talker and the marines' new secret weapon against the Japanese. Enders' orders are to protect his code talker, but if he should fall into enemy hands, he's to "protect the code at all costs"...

Edition details

• Publisher: Newmarket Pr
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1557045151
• ISBN 13: 9781557045157
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 128
• Editor: Felix Antonia