Directed by:
John WooCinematography:
Jeffrey L. KimballComposer:
James HornerCast:
Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo, Brian Van Holt, Martin Henderson, Roger Willie, Frances O'Connor, Christian Slater (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Honour Was Their Code. On December 8, 1941, the United States declared war on Japan. For the next several years, U.S. forces were fully engaged in battle throughout the Pacific, taking over islands one by one in a slow progression towards mainland Japan. During this brutal campaign, the Japanese were able to break coded military, dramatically slowing U.S. progress. In 1942, several hundred Navajo Americans were recruited as Marines and trained to use their language as code. Marine Joe Enders (Nicolas Cage) is assigned to protect Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach) - a Navajo code talker, the Marines' new secret weapon. Enders' orders are to protect his code talker, but if Yahzee should fall into enemy hands, he's to "protect the code at all costs". Against the backdrop of the horrific Battle of Saipan, when capture is imminent, Enders is forced to make a decision: if he can't protect his fellow Marine, can he bring himself to kill him to protect the code? The Navajo code was the only one never broken by the Japanese, and is considered to have been key in winning the war. (20th Century Fox AU)
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Windtalkers
Original MGM Motion Picture Soundtrack
Label: Intrada Records
Year: 2023
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 03:30:43
Notes: Limited edition.
1. | Navajo Dawn (Revised) – Film Version | James Horner | 04:23 |
2. | Solomons | James Horner | 04:13 |
3. | Hearing Test / Code Test | James Horner | 01:44 |
4. | A New Assignment #1 | James Horner | 01:12 |
5. | A New Assignment #2 | James Horner | 04:27 |
6. | Joe Looks At Birds (Revised) | James Horner | 01:00 |
7. | An Act Of Heroism #1 (With Synth) | James Horner | 02:36 |
8. | Saipan: Crazy Joe | James Horner | 02:33 |
9. | Saipan: Bazooka Ox | James Horner | 01:16 |
10. | Taking The Beachhead / Saipan: First Radio Call (Version #1) | James Horner | 04:36 |
11. | Taking The Beachhead / Saipan: First Radio Call (Version #2) | James Horner | 02:11 |
12. | Saipan: Satchel Charge | James Horner | 02:01 |
13. | The Night Before | James Horner | 03:32 |
14. | First Blood Ceremony | James Horner | 02:24 |
15. | Yahz Explains Ceremony To Joe | James Horner | 01:49 |
16. | Sharing Smokes | James Horner | 00:45 |
17. | Wounded Man (With Synth) | James Horner | 01:41 |
18. | Wounded Man – Version #2 | James Horner | 02:12 |
19. | Marine Assault – Part 1 | James Horner | 02:56 |
20. | Marine Assault – Part 2 | James Horner | 10:17 |
21. | Ghost Cemetery | James Horner | 05:20 |
22. | Entering Village | James Horner | 01:05 |
23. | Joe Draws In Flour | James Horner | 00:57 |
24. | Invitation To Navajo Country | James Horner | 00:49 |
25. | Village Attack | James Horner | 03:00 |
26. | An Act Of Heroism #2 | James Horner | 01:55 |
1. | Losses Mounting | James Horner | 05:00 |
2. | Drive To Minefield | James Horner | 01:44 |
3. | Ambush | James Horner | 01:24 |
4. | Friends In War / Death Of Hjelmstad | James Horner | 08:00 |
5. | Reveal Jap Guns | James Horner | 00:44 |
6. | Capture The Radio | James Horner | 02:14 |
7. | A Sacrifice Never Forgotten (Revised) | James Horner | 07:56 |
8. | Calling To The Wind (Revised) – Film Version | James Horner | 10:36 |
9. | THE EXTRAS: Navajo Dawn (Original) | James Horner | 07:46 |
10. | Joe Looks At Birds (Original) | James Horner | 01:00 |
11. | An Act Of Heroism #1 (Without Synth) | James Horner | 01:27 |
12. | Wounded Man (Without Synth) | James Horner | 01:41 |
13. | A Sacrifice Never Forgotten (Original) | James Horner | 07:47 |
14. | A Sacrifice Never Forgotten (Alternate) | James Horner | 07:38 |
15. | Calling To The Wind | James Horner | 07:57 |
1. | Navajo Dawn | James Horner | 07:54 |
2. | A New Assignment | James Horner | 04:38 |
3. | An Act Of Heroism | James Horner | 05:59 |
4. | Taking The Beachhead | James Horner | 06:17 |
5. | First Blood Ceremony | James Horner | 02:09 |
6. | The Night Before | James Horner | 03:32 |
7. | Marine Assault | James Horner | 05:40 |
8. | Losses Mounting | James Horner | 05:06 |
9. | Friends In War | James Horner | 07:56 |
10. | A Sacrifice Never Forgotten | James Horner | 07:11 |
11. | Calling To The Wind | James Horner | 10:33 |
Windtalkers
Music from the Motion Picture
Label: RCA Victor
Year: 2002
Country: USA
Format: CD
Length: 01:06:55
1. | Navajo Dawn | James Horner | 07:54 |
2. | A New Assignment | James Horner | 04:38 |
3. | An Act Of Heroism | James Horner | 05:59 |
4. | Taking The Beachhead | James Horner | 06:17 |
5. | 'First Blood' Ceremony | James Horner | 02:09 |
6. | The Night Before | James Horner | 03:32 |
7. | Marine Assault | James Horner | 05:40 |
8. | Losses Mounting | James Horner | 05:06 |
9. | Friends In War | James Horner | 07:56 |
10. | A Sacrifice Never Forgotten | James Horner | 07:11 |
11. | Calling To The Wind | James Horner | 10:33 |