Knowing that his father had been some sort of WW2 war hero writer James Bradley set out to discover the truth about him and the fellow marines who raised the flag over Iwo Jima for the now infamously 'fraudulent' photgraph. We follow this ironically socially heterogeneous group of men through the horrors of one of the most bloody battles of WW2, interspliced with the early return home of three of the 'heroes' to act as politically manipulated cheerleaders for further fundraising to continue the violence, and we note their varyingly embittered returns to civilian life. This violent, socially relevant (think Iraq) film will be annotated as one of the key anti-war movies of the decade. Highly recommended. Good on you Clint. Also check out the film's companion piece 'Letters From Iwo Jima'.