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

Windtalkers The Making of the John Woo Film about the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Hardcover. 4to. Newmarket Press, New York. 2002. 128 pgs. Illustrated with 100 color photographs. Signed by John Woo on the FFEP. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has light shelf-wear present to the DJ extremities. Bound in cloth boards with titles present to the spine. Boards have light shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. 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 crackedfrom 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 moviefrom 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 actorsplus samples and translations of the Navajo code. EB; Pictorial Moviebook; 11.0 X 9.2 X 0.6 inches; 128 pages; Signed by Author. Artikel-Nr. 63664

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