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Flags of Our Fathers (film) Quotes

Flags of Our Fathers (film) is a TV show that appeared on TV in 1970 . Flags of Our Fathers ended its run in 1970.

It features Clint Eastwood, and Robert Lorenz; Steven Spielberg as producer, Clint Eastwood, Uncredited:, Kyle Eastwood, and Michael Stevens in charge of musical score, and Tom Stern (cinematographer) as head of cinematography.

Flags of Our Fathers (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States. Each episode of Flags of Our Fathers (film) is 132 minutes long. Flags of Our Fathers (film) is distributed by United States/Bahamas :.

The cast includes: Tom McCarthy as James Bradley, George Grizzard as John Bradley, Alessandro Mastrobuono as Lindberg, Adam Beach as Ira Hayes, John Slattery as Bud Gerber, John Benjamin Hickey as Keyes Beech, Ann Dowd as Mike Strank, Scott Eastwood as Lundsford, Jesse Bradford as Rene Gagnon, Judith Ivey as Belle Block, Neal McDonough as Captain Severance, Harve Presnell as Dave Severance, and George Grizzard as Soldiers.

Flags of Our Fathers (film) Quotes

Ann Dowd as Mike Strank

  • (Franklin Sousley) "So, where do you think they're sending us?"
  • (Ann Dowd) "I think it's the desert, Frankllin."
  • (Franklin Sousley) "Well, that makes no sense at all."
  • (Ann Dowd) "Well, it's just military psychology. They always train you for the desert on a volcano."
  • (Franklin Sousley) "Aw, now you're just havin' fun with me."
  • (Ann Dowd) "Harlon, take your men right. Watch for Bedouins."
  • (Harlon Block) "Yes, sir."
  • (Franklin Sousley) "Hey, what's a Bedouin?"
  • (Harlon Block) "It's a guy with a camel."
  • (Franklin Sousley) "Well, Jeez Louise, maybe we are going to the desert."
  • (Ann Dowd) "Any man that doesn't have his masturbation papers in order better get them signed by tomorrow night or he ain't going overseas."
  • (Gust) "I got mine already."
  • (Scott Eastwood) "Oh, yeah, I'm square."
  • (Franklin Sousley) "Wait, wait. Why am I just hearing about this?"
  • (Ann Dowd) "That's horses***, Franklin. I don't have to repeat everything twice for you."
  • (Franklin Sousley) "No, I didn't hear nothin' about no masturbating papers."
  • (Adam Beach) "Heard they were running short."
  • (Franklin Sousley) "You know, nobody tells me nothing. That's real nice, guys."
  • (Ann Dowd) "All right, get your ass over to the officer in charge of records. Maybe he's got some more left. Leave your smokes. I'll play for you."
  • (Franklin Sousley) "Thanks, Mike."
  • (Ann Dowd) "Listen, if he calls you an idiot, you take it like a man, okay? Just do not leave without signing them."
  • (Ann Dowd) "Look for a flash, shoot at it."

John Slattery as Bud Gerber

  • (John Slattery) "People on the street corners, they looked at this picture and they took hope. Don't ask me why, I think it's a crappy picture, myself. You can't even see your faces. But it said we can win this war, are winning this war, we just need you to dig a little deeper. They want to give us that money. No, they want to give it to you."
  • (John Slattery) "Hey, you know what? I don't give a s***. You're in the picture, you raised the flag, that's the story we're selling, boys."
  • (Adam Beach) "Are you deaf? Hank isn't in the picture. Harlon is in the picture."
  • (John Slattery) "Well, who the f*** is Harlon?"
  • (Adam Beach) "Harlon Block. That's whose mother who should be here if anyone's should be. You know, I think this whole damn thing is a farce, you ask me."
  • (John "Doc" Bradley) "You gotta be kidding."
  • (John Slattery) "Hey, it took a lot of talented folks a long time to make that thing. Just wait till tonight when it's lit properly and there's thousands of cheering people in the stands, it's gonna look a lot better. So, stadium lights come down, spotlight comes up, you get your cue, you charge up this thing with the flag, you plant it at the top. You smile, you wave, you know the drill."
  • (John "Doc" Bradley) "You want us to plant the flag on a pile of papier-mache."
  • (John Slattery) "Hey, that's showbiz. And try to stand how you stood the first time you planted it. Just, you know, pretend the other three guys are with you."
  • (Adam Beach) "The dead guys."
  • (John "Doc" Bradley) "Who are these "Gold Star Mothers?""
  • (John Slattery) "That's what we're calling the mothers of the dead flag-raisers. You present each mother with a flag, they say a few words, people will s*** money. It'll be so moving."

Judith Ivey as Belle Block

  • (Judith Ivey) "Oh my Lord, that's Harlon."
  • (Belle's Young Son) "Where?"
  • (Judith Ivey) "Right there. Planting that flag, that's your brother."
  • (Belle's Young Son) "Ma, all you can see is his behind."
  • (Judith Ivey) "And that's his. I powdered and diapered it, I know my son. That's him. Go get your father."
  • (Belle's Young Son) "Daddy, Ma's got a picture of Harlon's keister in the paper."

Neal McDonough as Captain Severance

  • (Neal McDonough) "This isn't just any island to them. This isn't Tarawa, Guam, Tinian, or Saipan. This is Japanese soil, sacred ground. Twelve thousand Japanese defenders in eight square miles, they will not leave politely, gentlemen. It's up to us to convince them."

Harve Presnell as Dave Severance

  • (Harve Presnell) "Nobody even noticed that second flag going up. Everybody saw that damn picture and made up their own story about it. But your dad and the others knew what they had done, and what they had not done. All your friends dying, it's hard enough to be called a hero for saving somebody's life. But for putting up a pole?"

Alessandro Mastrobuono as Lindberg

  • (Alessandro Mastrobuono) "Chief, I had very little to do with Sitting Bull's death, so maybe you could stop taking it out on me."
  • (Adam Beach) "Different tribe. The Pimas fought on the side of the white man."
  • (Gust) "See, now that's smart."
  • (Hank Hansen) "That is smart."
  • (Adam Beach) "Yeah. Worked real good for us."

Scott Eastwood as Lundsford

  • (Scott Eastwood) "You actually chose the Marines because they had the best uniforms?"
  • (Jesse Bradford) "No sense being a hero if you don't look like one."

Adam Beach as Ira Hayes

  • (Adam Beach) "Hank wasn't in the picture."
  • (John Slattery) "Sorry?"
  • (Adam Beach) "Hank didn't raise that flag. He raised the other one. The real flag."
  • (John Slattery) "The what? The real -- the real flag? There's a real flag?"
  • (John "Doc" Bradley) "Yeah, ours was the replacement flag. We put it up when they took the other one down."
  • (John Slattery) "Am I the only one getting a headache here? You know about this?"
  • (John Benjamin Hickey) "It was after it was already in the papers. The mothers had already been told by then."
  • (John Slattery) "Aw, that's it, that's beautiful. Yeah, that's beautiful. Yeah, why tell me? I'm only the guy that has to explain it to a hundred and fifty million Americans. Who is in the god**** picture? Are any of you guys in the god**** picture?"
  • (Adam Beach) "Yeah, we're in the god**** picture."
  • (John Slattery) "Six guys raising a flag over Iwo Jima. Victory is ours. You're three of them, right?"
  • (John "Doc" Bradley) "This was the fifth day, sir. The battle went on for thirty-five more."
  • (John Slattery) "Well, what'd you do, raise a god**** flag every time you stopped for lunch?"
  • (Adam Beach) "Can I hit this guy?"

George Grizzard as Soldiers

  • (George Grizzard) "Where is he? Oh god --"
  • (Tom McCarthy) "He's not here dad. He died."
  • (George Grizzard) "Who? Who died?"
  • (Tom McCarthy) "Iggy."
  • (George Grizzard) "Iggy. Christ, Iggy. I hadn't thought of him for years. How do you know about Iggy?"
  • (Tom McCarthy) "You were calling for him, when you collapsed."
  • (George Grizzard) "I wasn't looking for Iggy. I was looking for you. I wanted to -- I wanted to tell you I'm sorry I wasn't a better father, talk to you more, I just -- I'm sorry."
  • (Tom McCarthy) "Sorry? You were the best father a man could have."
  • (George Grizzard) "Did I ever tell you they took us swimming?"
  • (Tom McCarthy) "No, dad."
  • (George Grizzard) "After we planted the flag, we came down off the mountain and went swimming. It was the funniest thing. All this fighting, and we were jumping around in the water like kids. That's the way that I remember Iggy now."
  • (George Grizzard) "Corpsman. Corpsman. Corpsman. Corpsman. For God sakes, corpsman. Corpsman. Corpsman."

Tom McCarthy as James Bradley

  • (Tom McCarthy) "I finally came to the conclusion that he maybe he was right. Maybe there's no such thing as heroes. Maybe there are just people like my dad. I finally came to understand why they were so uncomfortable being called heroes. Heroes are something we create, something we need. It's a way for us to understand what's almost incomprehensible, how people could sacrifice so much for us, but for my dad and these men, the risks they took, the wounds they suffered, they did that for their buddies. They may have fought for their country but they died for their friends. For the man in front, for the man beside him, and if we wish to truly honor these men we should remember them the way they really were, the way my dad remembered them."

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