Windtalkers DVD 2002 A fegyverek szava / Directed by John Woo / Starring: Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich

UPC 5996255709223

REGION 2 PAL DVD

MADE IN Hungary

AUDIO: English 5.1, German 5.1, Spanish 5.1

SUBTITLES: Hungarian, English, German, Spanish, Swedish, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Portuguese, Polish, Greek, Hebrew, Turkish, Croatian, Slovenian

Total Runtime: 129 minutes

English Summary:

During World War II, US Marine corporal Joseph F. "Joe" Enders returns to active duty with the aid of his pharmacist, Rita, having previously survived a gruesome battle on the Solomon Islands against the Imperial Japanese Army that killed his entire squad and left him almost deaf in his left ear. Enders' new assignment is to protect Navajo code talker Pvt. Ben Yahzee, and carries a promotion for Enders to Sergeant in a JASCO. Sgt. Pete "Ox" Henderson also receives a parallel assignment protecting Navajo code talker Pvt. Charlie Whitehorse.

Yahzee and Whitehorse, childhood friends from the Navajo tribe, are trained to send and receive coded messages that direct artillery fire. Enders and Henderson are instructed to kill their code talkers if capture is imminent so that the code cannot fall into enemy hands. As Enders and Henderson meet Yahzee and Whitehorse, it becomes apparent that the two experienced Marines are less than happy to be babysitting their Navajo codetalkers, and the Navajos must also endure racial harassment by some of the white Marines, notably Private Chick. During their missions, however, Henderson and Whitehorse discover a mutual love of music. Enders and Yahzee also discover that they have much in common, notably their Catholic upbringings.

The invasion of Saipan in the Mariana Islands becomes Yahzee's and Whitehorse's first combat experience. After the beachhead is secured, the Marines come under friendly fire from U.S. artillery. Yahzee's radio is destroyed and the convoy is unable to call off the bombardment. Yahzee suggests that he disguise himself as a Japanese soldier and slip behind enemy lines to commandeer a radio, with Enders as his prisoner. Yahzee is forced to kill for the first time before he can redirect U.S. artillery fire onto the Japanese position. For their bravery, Enders is awarded a Silver Star by the commanding officer, with Yahzee's role almost ignored until Enders points him out but still credits Enders.

Hungarian Summary:

A II. világháború elején a japán hírszerzés rendre feltörte a kódolt katonai rádióüzeneteket, jelentősen visszavetve az amerikai előrenyomulást - egészen 1942-ig, mikor is az amerikaiak zseniális taktikához folyamodtak. Kiképeztek több száz navajo indián származású tengerészgyalogost a katonai rádióüzenetek titkosítására. Az ő kódrendszerük volt az egyetlen, melyet a japánok nem tudtak megfejteni: a rejtjelezés ugyanis anyanyelvükön, a rendkívül bonyolult navajo nyelven folyt. A kód feltörhetetlensége döntően befolyásolta a háború végkimenetelét. A fegyverek szava a Szaipan-sziget ellen indított amerikai támadás eseményeit dolgozza fel. Joe Enders és Ox Anderson tengerészgyalogost két navajo indián kódbeszélő ("code talker"), Ben Yahzee és Charlie Whitehorse személyes védelmével bízzák meg. A parancs szerint szavatolniuk kell navajo társuk biztonságát, de ha az az ellenség kezére kerül, "a kódot kell védeniük, bármibe kerüljön is". Amint a katonák között szövődő baráti kötelékek mind szorosabbá válnak, lassanként ráébrednek, mit jelent, ha nem sikerül megvédeni a kódot ismerő indiánt. Vajon milyen árat kell fizetniük ezért?

Cast / Szereplők:

• Nicolas Cage as Sergeant Joe Enders
• Adam Beach as Private Ben Yahzee
• Peter Stormare as Gunnery Sergeant Richard Hjelmsted, Platoon Sergeant
• Noah Emmerich as Private First Class Charles "Chick" Clusters, a BAR gunner
• Mark Ruffalo as Corporal Milo Pappas, a rifleman
• Christian Slater as Sergeant Peter "Ox" Henderson
• Roger Willie as Private Charlie Whitehorse
• Brian Van Holt as Private Andrew Harrigan, the flamethrower man
• Martin Henderson as Private Thomas Nellie, a rifleman
• Frances O'Connor as Pharmacist's Mate 2nd Class Rita
• Jason Isaacs as Major Mellitz