THE CLINT EASTWOOD DIRECTOR'S COLLECTION
5 FILMS
BLU RAY
NEW & SEALED
Box set contains Five films
The Unforgiven
Mystic River
Gran Torino
Flags of our Fathers
Letters to Iwo Jima
Titles Comprise:
Gran Torino: Clint Eastwood returns to the big screen as Walt Kowalski, a cantankerous veteran of the Korean War, who catches his young Hmong neighbour attempting to steal his cherished 1972 Gran Torino, urging him to try and reform the boy of his burgeoning criminal ways.
Flags of Our Fathers: February 1945. Even as victory in Europe was
finally within reach, the war in the Pacific raged on. One of the most
crucial and bloodiest battles of the war was the struggle for the island
of Iwo Jima, which culminated with what would become one of the most
iconic images in history: five Marines and a Navy corpsman raising the
American flag on Mount Suribachi.
The inspiring photo capturing that moment became a symbol of victory to a
nation that had grown weary of war and made instant heroes of the six
American soldiers at the base of the flag, some of whom would die soon
after, never knowing that they had been immortalized. But the surviving
flag raisers had no interest in being held up as symbols and did not
consider themselves heroes
they wanted only to stay on the front
with their brothers in arms who were fighting and dying without fanfare
or glory.
'Flags of Our Fathers' is based on the bestselling book by James Bradley
with Ron Powers, which chronicled the battle of Iwo Jima and the fates
of the flag raisers and some of their brothers in Easy Company.
Letters from Iwo Jima: The island of Iwo Jima stands between the
American military force and the home islands of Japan. Therefore the
Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it from falling into
American hands and providing a launching point for an invasion of Japan.
General Tadamichi Kuribayashi is given command of the forces on the
island and sets out to prepare for the imminent attack. General
Kuribayashi, however, does not favor the rigid traditional approach
recommended by his subordinates, and resentment and resistance fester
among his staff. In the lower echelons, a young soldier, Saigo, a poor
baker in civilian life, strives with his friends to survive the harsh
regime of the Japanese army itself, all the while knowing that a fierce
battle looms. When the American invasion begins, both Kuribayashi and
Saigo find strength, honor, courage, and horrors beyond imagination.
Mystic River: Three childhood friends - Jimmy Markum (Sean Penn) Dave
Boyle (Tim Robbins) and Sean Devine (Kevin Bacon) - are thrust together
as adults when Jimmy's 19 year old daughter is murdered.
Clint Eastwood's powerhouse drama secured Best Actor and Best Supporting
Actor Oscars for Sean Penn and Tim Robbins respectively at the 2004
Academy Awards.
Unforgiven: an exciting modern classic that rode off with four 1992
Academy Awards. Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman play retired,
down-on-their-luck outlaws who pick up their guns one last time to
collect a bounty offered by the vengeful prostitutes of the remote
Wyoming town of Big Whiskey: Richard Harris is an ill-fated interloper, a
colourful killer-for-hire called English Bob. Gene Hackman is the sly
and brutal local sheriff whose brand of Law enforcement ranges from
unconventional to ruthless. Big trouble is coming to Big Whiskey...