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• Windtalkers is an action film starring Nicolas Cage and Christian Slater. Cage and Slater portray Marines assigned to protect Navajo Indians who were used to make military transmissions during World War II.

• Fast Facts

  1. Release date: June 14, 2002
  2. Director: John Woo
  3. Screenwriters: John Rice, Joe Batteer
  4. Producers: John Woo, Terence Chang, Tracie Graham-Rice, Alison Rosenzweig
  5. Distributor: MGM
  6. MPAA rating: R for pervasive graphic war violence, and for language
  7. Run time: 134 minutes
  8. Country: U.S.
  9. Language: English, Navajo, Japanese
  10. Production budget: $115 millionBoxofficemojo: Budget

• Code Talkers

  Approximately 400 Navajo Indians were employed by the U.S.military in World War II. Instead of traditional Morse code, the Navajos used their native dialect to transmit military communications by radio. This method was faster than Morse code, and was also secure, as their language was understood by only a handful of people outside of the Navajo nation.Navajo Code Talkers Association: Who Are the Code Talkers?.

• Cast Information

  • Nicolas Cage: Sgt. Joe Enders
  • Adam Beach: Pvt. Ben Yahzee
  • Peter Stormare: Gy. Sgt. Hjelmstad
  • Noah Emmerich: Pvt. Chick
  • Mark Ruffalo: Pvt. Pappas
  • Brian Van Holt: Pvt. Harrigan
  • Martin Henderson: Pvt. Nellie
  • Roger Willie: Pvt. Charlie Whitehorse
  • Christian Slater: Sgt. Pete "Ox" Anderson

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  MGM | Japanese | Nicolas Cage | Adam Beach | Mark Ruffalo | Martin Henderson | Christian Slater

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