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Sands of Iwo Jima
1950 · Film · 100 min
Directed by Allan Dwan
Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.
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> The triumph of the movie, as described at the time, was making people care about a story they already knew the ending to.
One could, I think, argue the same about any movie about a historical event. I think that it would seem strange, for example, to say that that was the main achievement of Sands of Iwo Jima.