Windtalkers (2002)

Director:

John Woo

Writers (WGA):

John Rice (written by) &
Joe Batteer (written by)

Release Date:

14 June 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | War

Tagline:

Honor Was Their Code.

Plot:

Two U.S. Marines in WWII are assigned to protect Navajo Marines who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cypher.

Plot Keywords:

Box Office Flop | Browning Automatic Rifle | WWII | Cryptography | Native American

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations

Cast

Nicolas Cage	...	Sergeant Joe Enders
Adam Beach	...	Private Ben Yahzee
Peter Stormare	...	Gunnery Sergeant Hjelmstad
Noah Emmerich	...	Private Chick
Mark Ruffalo	...	Private Pappas
Brian Van Holt	...	Private Harrigan
Martin Henderson	...	Private Nellie
Roger Willie	...	Private Charlie Whitehorse
Frances O'Connor	...	Rita
Christian Slater	...	Sgt. Pete 'Ox' Anderson
Jason Isaacs	...	Major Mellitz
Billy Morts	...	Fortino (as William Morts)
Cameron Thor	...	Mertens
Kevin Cooney	...	Ear Doctor
Holmes Osborne	...	Colonel Hollings
Keith Campbell	...	Kittring
Clayton J. Barber	...	Hasby (as Clayton Barber)
Scott Atkinson	...	Camp Tarawa Staff Sergeant
Jeremy Davidson	...	Marine
Brian Maynard	...	Corpsman (as Brian F. Maynard)
Albert Smith	...	Navajo Man
James D. Dever	...	Field Hospital Colonel (as James Dever)
Vincent Whipple	...	Navajo Instructor
Jim Morse	...	Marine Recruit
Chris Devlin	...	Code Instructor Sergeant
Jeff Davis	...	Technical Sergeant
Glen Begay	...	Radio Codetalker
Ross Lasi Tanoai	...	Eddie the Bartender
Brian Kasai	...	Japanese Intelligence Officer
Hiroshi Mori	...	Japanese Radio Officer (as Hiroshi 'Rosh' Mori)
John Takeshi Ichikawa	...	Japanese Bunker Commander
Christopher T. Yamamoto	...	Japanese Bunker Gunner
Marc McClellan	...	Marine Artillery Commander
Steve Tanizaki	...	Japanese Artillery Officer
Malcolm Dohi	...	Battleship Codetalker
Darrel Guilbeau	...	Battleship Petty Officer
Aaron Yamagata	...	Tanapag Boy
Victoria Chen	...	Tanapag Mother
Jon Michael Souza	...	NCO
Carissa Jung	...	Tanapag Girl
Wataru Yoshida	...	Japanese Artillery Man
Junya Oishi	...	Japanese Artillery Sighter
Jiro Koga	...	Japanese Artillery Gunner
Lynn Kawailele Allen	...	Hula Dancer
Tina Leialoha Gube	...	Hula Dancer
Alewa T. Olotoa	...	Hula Dancer
Ilima Pumphrey	...	Hula Dancer
Lena Savaiinaea	...	Hula Dancer
Kaliko Scott	...	Hula Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Robert Aguilar Jr.	...	Private Povovich (uncredited)
James Carretta	...	Platoon Sergeant (uncredited)
Matthew Castano	...	Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
Timothy Di Pri	...	Politician (uncredited)
Christopher Gilbertson	...	Marine (uncredited)
David L. Hall	...	Soldier in Convoy (uncredited)
Christopher Illing	...	Marine (uncredited)
Keii Johnston	...	Marine (uncredited)
Ender Lee	...	Dying Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
Steve Lindsay	...	Discharged Platoon Sergeant (uncredited)
Michael Ng	...	Japanese Soldier (uncredited)
Nils Oliveto	...	U.S. Marine (uncredited)
Denney Pierce	...	Marine (uncredited)
John Rocha	...	Marine (uncredited)
Ren Urano	...	Japanese Radioman (uncredited)
Dixon White	...	Hospital Room Patient (uncredited)
Reese Williams	...	Platoon Sergeant (uncredited)
Jimmy Zerda	...	Camp Tarawa Marine (uncredited)

Directed by
John Woo

Writing credits (WGA)
John Rice		(written by) &
Joe Batteer		(written by)

Produced by
Arthur Anderson	....	co-producer
Terence Chang	....	producer
C.O. Erickson	....	executive producer
Tracie Graham-Rice	....	producer
Caroline Macaulay	....	co-producer
Alison R. Rosenzweig	....	producer
John J. Smith	....	line producer
Richard Stenta	....	line producer
Stephen Traxler	....	associate producer
John Woo	....	producer

Original Music by
James Horner

Cinematography by
Jeffrey L. Kimball		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Jeff Gullo
Steven Kemper
Tom Rolf

Casting by
Mindy Marin

Production Design by
Holger Gross

Art Direction by
Kevin Ishioka

Set Decoration by
Richard C. Goddard		(as Richard Goddard)

Makeup Department
Federico Cervantes	....	body makeup effects artist (as Fred Cervantes)
Janis Clark	....	key hair stylist
Joseph Coscia	....	hair stylist: Nicolas Cage
Mitchell J. Coughlin	....	special effects makeup supervisor (as Mitch Coughlin)
Carol F. Doran	....	wig maker (as Carol Doran)
William A. Farley	....	hair stylist: Nicolas Cage (as William Farley)
Rufus Hearn	....	hair technician: Kevin Yagher Productions
Jamie Kelman	....	special makeup effects artist
Mark Landon	....	assistant makeup artist
Steve LaPorte	....	makeup department head
Bill Myer	....	makeup artist
Maggie Myer	....	additional makeup artist
Robert Phillips	....	hair technician: Kevin Yagher Productions
Linda Rizzuto	....	hair stylist
Linda Leiter Sharp	....	hair stylist (as Linda Leiter-Sharp)
Rick Stratton	....	key makeup effects artist
Allen Weisinger	....	makeup artist: Nicolas Cage
Kevin Yagher	....	special makeup effects artist
Chantal Boom'la	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Karen Iboshi Preiser	....	makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
John J. Smith	....	production manager
Stephen Traxler	....	production supervisor (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Arthur Anderson	....	first assistant director
Jeff Bilger	....	additional second assistant director
Joan Cunningham	....	first assistant director: second unit
Joan Cunningham	....	second assistant director
Randol Perelman-Taylor	....	second second assistant director
Mark Rabinowitz	....	dga trainee
Brian Smrz	....	second unit director
Alison Troy	....	additional second assistant director

Art Department
Craig B. Ayers Sr.	....	head greens coordinator
Cliff Berns	....	stand-by painter
William Boyd	....	general construction foreman
Gary Deaton	....	construction coordinator
Michael R. Driscoll	....	property assistant (as Michael Driscoll)
Michael Hansen	....	assistant property master
George E. Hanson	....	paint foreman (as George Hanson)
A. Todd Holland	....	lead set designer
Luis G. Hoyos	....	set designer
Chris Langevin	....	property assistant
Janine McEuen	....	construction accountant
Don Miloyevich	....	property master
Kris Peck	....	property assistant
Glenn H. Roberts	....	set dresser (as Glenn Roberts)
John Schacht	....	lead man
Abigail Sheiner	....	art department coordinator: Los Angeles
Maya Shimoguchi	....	assistant art director
Lynette Wich	....	art department coordinator
Liloa Wong	....	on-set greensman
William Apperson	....	propmaker gangboss (uncredited)
James Arrigo	....	propmaker foreman (uncredited)
Ryan D. Compton	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Ethan Goodwin	....	art department assistant (uncredited)
Bill Hay	....	props (uncredited)
Robert Ikeda	....	set dresser (uncredited)
John S. Karas	....	welding foreman (uncredited)
Robert Kusler	....	tool man (uncredited)
Craig K. Lewis	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Edward Nua	....	propmaker foreman (uncredited)
Ron D. Peake	....	welder (uncredited)
Neil Saiger	....	propmaker foreman (uncredited)
Randy Severino	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Lee Alexander	....	additional sound mixer
Christopher Assells	....	sound effects editor: director's cut
Christopher Barnett	....	sound mix engineer
Burtis Bills	....	sound effects recordist
Bryan Bowen	....	sound designer
Bryan Bowen	....	sound effects editor
Jamie Christopherson	....	additional sound
David A. Cohen	....	dialogue editor
Zack Davis	....	adr supervisor
Dino Dimuro	....	sound effects editor: director's cut
Sean England	....	machine room operator
Victor Ray Ennis	....	co-supervising sound editor
Paul Flinchbaugh	....	digital assistant
David E. Fluhr	....	sound re-recording mixer
Nerses Gezalyan	....	foley mixer
Hector C. Gika	....	sound effects editor: director's cut
Thomas Giordano	....	cable person (as Tom Giordano)
Laura Graham	....	adr editor
Glynna Grimala	....	additional sound
Gabriel Guy	....	sound mix technician
Dan Hegeman	....	sound effects editor: director's cut
Michael Hertlein	....	dialogue editor
Dutch Hill	....	additional sound
Paul Jyrälä	....	sound editor
David Kudell	....	assistant sound editor
David Kudell	....	digital assistant
David Kudell	....	sound assistant: director's cut
Tony Lamberti	....	additional sound
Lee W. Lebaigue	....	digital assistant
James Moriana	....	foley artist (as James M. Moriana)
Mark Ormandy	....	sound effects recordist
Willard Overstreet	....	foley editor
Eliza Pollack Zebert	....	adr editor
Brandon Proctor	....	sound mix technician
Alan Rankin	....	co-supervising sound editor
Perry Robertson	....	sound effects editor
Steve Romanko	....	machine room operator
Ronald G. Roumas	....	sound re-recordist (as Ron Roumas)
Geoffrey G. Rubay	....	additional sound
Jurgen Scharpf	....	sound mix technician
Joel Shryack	....	boom operator
Daniel Sperry	....	stereo sound consultant: Dolby
Wylie Stateman	....	sound effects recordist
Mark P. Stoeckinger	....	sound supervisor
Bruce Tanis	....	sound designer
Bruce Tanis	....	sound effects editor
Randy Thom	....	supervising re-recording mixer
Jon Title	....	sound effects editor: director's cut
Jeffrey Wilhoit	....	foley artist
Jay Wilkinson	....	sound recordist
Wade Wilson	....	sound editor
Greg Zimmerman	....	foley recordist
Kat Craig	....	utility sound (uncredited)
Greg Curda	....	production sound mixer (uncredited)
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Richard Bryce Goodman	....	production sound mixer (uncredited)
Kimaree Long	....	adr editor (uncredited)
Kimaree Long	....	dialogue editor (uncredited)
Michael Miller	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
George Peterson Jr.	....	sound re-recordist (uncredited)
Chris Quilty	....	boom operator day player: second unit (uncredited)
Tami Treadwell	....	adr recordist (uncredited)
Tim Wolfe	....	boom operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Jan Aaris	....	special effects supervisor (as Jan H. Aaris)
Rick Cedillo	....	body fabrication: Kevin Yagher Productions
Federico Cervantes	....	mold/lab technician: Kevin Yagher Productions (as Fred Cervantes)
Phil Cory	....	special effects coordinator
Richard Cory	....	special effects foreman
Mitchell J. Coughlin	....	project supervisor: Kevin Yagher Productions (as Mitch Coughlin)
David Domeyer	....	special effects
Mike Edmonson	....	special effects foreman (as Mike Edmondson)
John Frazier	....	special effects supervisor
John Halfmann	....	mold/lab technician: Kevin Yagher Productions
Chris Hanson	....	painter: Kevin Yagher Productions
James Hogue	....	painter: Kevin Yagher Productions
Tim Jarvis	....	mold/lab technician: Kevin Yagher Productions
Jamie Kelman	....	mold/lab technician: Kevin Yagher Productions
Karen Mason	....	body fabrication: Kevin Yagher Productions
John McLeod	....	special effects set coordinator
David Miner	....	mechanical technician: Kevin Yagher Productions
James Patterson	....	production assistant: Kevin Yagher Productions
Steve Riley	....	special effects purchaser (as Steven Riley)
Lee Romaire	....	sculptor: Kevin Yagher Productions
Sharon M. Segal	....	special effects accountant (as Sharon Segal)
David Selvadurai	....	mold/lab technician: Kevin Yagher Productions
Bryan Sides	....	studio coordinator: Kevin Yagher Productions
David Simmons	....	special effects co-coordinator (as Dave Simmons)
Mark Sisson	....	mold/lab technician: Kevin Yagher Productions
Nevada Smith	....	mold/lab technician: Kevin Yagher Productions
Shownee Smith	....	mold/lab technician: Kevin Yagher Productions
Johnnie Spence	....	mechanical technician: Kevin Yagher Productions
Michael Wickerham	....	mold/lab technician: Kevin Yagher Productions
Bryan Yaconelli	....	special effects estimator
Mark C. Yagher	....	studio/contract advisor: Kevin Yagher Productions
H. Barclay Aaris	....	special effects (uncredited)
David Amborn	....	special effects foreman (uncredited)
Fred Apolito	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Taylor Ball	....	special effects assistant (uncredited)
Marc Banich	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
David J. Barker	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Gary D. Bierend	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Joel P. Blanchard	....	special effects crew (uncredited)
Roy K. Cancino	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Michael Clarke	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
William Dawson	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Kim Derry	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Joe Digaetano	....	pyrotechnician (uncredited)
Ante Dugandzic	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Greg C. Jensen	....	on set special effects (uncredited)
Chris Jones	....	special effects crew (uncredited)
Bruce Y. Kuroyama	....	special effects foreman (uncredited)
Bruce Y. Kuroyama	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Salvy Maleki	....	pyrotechnician (uncredited)
Ian C. McArthur	....	special effects crew (uncredited)
Barry McQueary	....	special effects foreman (uncredited)
Ken Mieding	....	special effects (uncredited)
Daniel P. Murphy	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Dominic V. Ruiz	....	special effects (uncredited)
James D. Schwalm	....	special effects foreman (uncredited)
J.D. Schwalm	....	special effects (uncredited)
Valek Sykes	....	special effects (uncredited)
Mario Vanillo	....	special effects technician (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
David Altenau	....	CG supervisor: Cinesite (as David T. Altenau)
Randall Bahnsen	....	motion tracking: Cinesite
Jeffrey Edward Baksinski	....	motion tracking supervisor: Cinesite
Lynn Basas	....	CG modeler/animator: Cinesite
Artaya Boonsoong	....	colorizer: Boy Wonder Visual Effects
Artaya Boonsoong	....	lead compositor/animator: Boy Wonder Visual Effects
Clark Campbell	....	visual effects editor
Kevin Clark	....	visual effects editor: Cinesite
Kevin Elam	....	visual effects producer
Glen Gustafson	....	digital imaging technician: Cinesite
Joni Jacobson	....	digital compositor
Darren Kiner	....	CG lighter: Cinesite
Bridgitte Krupke	....	visual effects coordinator: Cinesite (as Bridgitte Nance)
Vincent Lavares	....	digital asset manager: Cinesite (as Vince Lavares)
David Lingenfelser	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Kevin Lingenfelser	....	visual effects supervisor
Kama Moiha	....	digital compositor: Cinesite
Irving Moy	....	CG technical director: Cinesite
Cliff Mueller	....	CG animator: Cinesite
Michael Ramirez	....	motion tracker: Cinesite (as Michael A. Ramirez)
Brian Ripley	....	CG texture painter: Cinesite
David Satchwell	....	CG animator/lighter: Cinesite
Jerry Sells	....	composite supervisor: Cinesite
Anthony Serenil	....	motion tracker: Cinesite
Tony Sgueglia	....	data operator: Cinesite
Payam Shohadai	....	colorizer: BWVFX
Payam Shohadai	....	digital painter: BWVFX
Payam Shohadai	....	visual effects supervisor: BWVFX
Arthur Sutherland	....	motion tracker: Cinesite
Jonathan Alvord	....	Avid editor (uncredited)
Lloyd Lee Barnett	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
S. Kai Bovaird	....	practical model builder (uncredited)
Wally Chin	....	3D technical assistant (uncredited)
Robert Coquia Jr.	....	3D technical assistant (uncredited)
Brian Gardner	....	supervisor of technology (uncredited)
Fred Jimenez	....	2D technical assistant (uncredited)
Derek Ledbetter	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Chad Owen	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Dante Quintana	....	motion tracker (uncredited)
Jon Quon	....	technical assistant: Cinesite (uncredited)
Brian Smallwood	....	digital artist (uncredited)

Stunts
Tsuyoshi Abe	....	stunts
Charles K. Aleka	....	stunts
Kenny Alexander	....	stunts
Christopher 'Critter' Antonucci	....	stunts (as Chris Antonucci)
John Ashker	....	stunts
Gregory J. Barnett	....	stunts (as Greg Barnett)
David Barrett	....	stunts
Paul Beahm	....	stunts
Joey Box	....	stunts
John Branagan	....	stunts
Bob Brown	....	stunts (as Bobbie Brown)
Troy Brown	....	stunts
Richard Bucher	....	stunts
Bobby Burns	....	stunts
John Cade	....	stunts
Christopher Caso	....	stunts
Mark Chadwick	....	stunts
Doc D. Charbonneau	....	stunts (as Doc Charbonneau)
Eric Chen	....	stunts
Arnold Chon	....	stunts
Phil Culotta	....	stunts (as Phil Culatta)
Craig Davis	....	stunts
Tim A. Davison	....	stunts (as Tim Davison)
Steve DeRellian	....	stunts (as Stephan DeRelian)
Paul Eliopoulos	....	stunts
Hasa Endo	....	stunts
Jonathan Eusebio	....	stunts
Roel Failma	....	stunts
Dane Farwell	....	stunts
Eddie J. Fernandez	....	stunt double: Adam Beach (as Edward Fernandez)
Colin C.L. Fong	....	stunts (as Colin Fong)
Robert 'Rock' Galotti	....	stunts
Dale Gibson	....	stunts
Tim Gilbert	....	stunts
Tanner Gill	....	stunts
Al Goto	....	stunt coordinator
Shane Habberstad	....	stunts
Randy Hall	....	stunts
Dong Quan Ho	....	stunts
Steven Ho	....	stunts
Zach Hudson	....	stunts
Yoshio Iizuka	....	stunt performer
Brian Imada	....	stunts
Steven Ito	....	stunts
Terry Jackson	....	stunts
Keii Johnston	....	stunts
Brett A. Jones	....	stunts (as Brett Jones)
Kim Kahana Jr.	....	stunts
Jon W. Kishi	....	stunts
Hiro Koda	....	stunts
Kim Robert Koscki	....	stunts (as Kim Koscki)
John Koyama	....	stunts
Peter Lai	....	stunts
Dan Lemieux	....	stunts (as Dan Lehieux)
Will Leong	....	stunts
Clint Lilley	....	stunts
Michael Li	....	stunts
Juddson Keith Linn	....	stunts (as Juddson Linn)
Brock Little	....	stunts
Steve Martinez	....	stunts (as Steven Martinez)
Johnny Martin	....	stunts
Dustin Meier	....	stunts
Edward K. Mook	....	stunts
Hien Nguyen	....	stunts
Chris O'Hara	....	stunts
Carrick O'Quinn	....	stunts
Vladimir Orlov	....	stunts
Michael Owen	....	stunts (as Michael P. Owen)
Chad Parker	....	stunts
Denney Pierce	....	stunts
Casey Pieretti	....	stunts
Stuart Quan	....	stunts
Rex Reddick	....	stunts (as Rex J. Reddick)
Simon Rhee	....	stunts
Maro Uo Richmond	....	stunts (as Maro-uo Richmond)
Shawn Robinson	....	stunts
David Rowden	....	stunts
Mike Rufino	....	stunts
Jon Sakata	....	stunts
Spencer Sano	....	stunts (as Spencer Sand)
Myke Schwartz	....	stunts
Paul E. Short	....	stunts (as Paul Short)
Gunter Simon	....	stunts
Brian Simpson	....	stunts
Brian Smrz	....	stunt coordinator
Gregg Smrz	....	stunt coordinator
Erik Stabenau	....	stunts
Mark Stefanich	....	stunts
Jim Stephan	....	stunts
Philip Tan	....