Clint Eastwood's FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS

Clint ain't no cowboy anymore. It's been fourteen years since he's made a true Western, and that was UNFORGIVEN, which won him Best Picture and Best Director, so it's understandable that he hasn't tried to top himself. His next movie, which opens October 21st, is FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS. It tells the story of the raising of the American flag at Iowa Jima toward the end of WWII. FLAGS is being directed by Eastwood, produced by Steven Spielberg, and written by Paul Haggis, who has written the past two Best Picture winners, CRASH and MILLION DOLLAR BABY (He inexplicably won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for CRASH, by the way).

Anyway, the new one-sheet is out for FLAGS, and it's pretty decent. Nothing mind-blowing, but a simple little poster, in the vein of Oliver Stone's WORLD TRADE CENTER. Interestingly enough, the trailer for FLAGS will be released with WORLD TRADE CENTER, which opens Wednesday, August 9th.