With more than 100 dramatic movie and historical photos, the official tie-in to the film starring Nicolas Cage, based on real events about the Navajo Marine code talkers, who developed the only American code the Japanese never cracked--from MGM in June 2002. In the first movie made on the subject, director John Woo ( Mission: Impossible 2 , Face/Off ) reveals the invaluable actions of the Navajo code talkers during the war in the Pacific, heroes whose bravery earned them the Congressional Medal of Honor. The code talkers ...
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With more than 100 dramatic movie and historical photos, the official tie-in to the film starring Nicolas Cage, based on real events about the Navajo Marine code talkers, who developed the only American code the Japanese never cracked--from MGM in June 2002. In the first movie made on the subject, director John Woo ( Mission: Impossible 2 , Face/Off ) reveals the invaluable actions of the Navajo code talkers during the war in the Pacific, heroes whose bravery earned them the Congressional Medal of Honor. The code talkers transmitted radio messages using a secret, efficient, unbreakable code based on their native language. The film's gripping climax takes place during the Battle of Saipan, when the Marines, fighting off the Japanese, must risk their lives to safeguard the code. This full-color companion book tells the fascinating story behind the movie--from facts about the code's creation to historical background of the Navajo nation; from a glimpse into the rigorous code talker training program to production details about transforming a Hawaiian landscape into a Saipan battlefront. The pages are filled with captivating color images from the film and historic photographs from the U.S. Marines and the National Archives, as well personal reflections by Woo and Senator Jeff Bingaman, screenwriters, producers, and actors--plus samples and translations of the Navajo code. Approx. 100 color photos.
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Very Good. Dust jacket has light scratches and outer edges have minor scuffs. Book content is in like new condition. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. With dust jacket. 128 p. Contains: Illustrations. Pictorial Moviebook.
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Fine. No dust jacket. Ex-library. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 128 p. Contains: Illustrations. Newmarket Pictorial Moviebooks (Hardcover). Audience: General/trade. Newmarket Press, U.S., United States, 2007. Hardback. Book Condition: Fine. 279 x 233 mm. Ex-Lirbary with Library markings and pencil mark on copyright page, else the book is in excellent clean condition with vivid photos, Corners slighly bumped, minor edgewear. AB990. With more than 100 dramatic movie and historical photos, the official tie-in to the film starring Nicolas Cage, based on real events about the Navajo Marine code talkers, who developed the only American code the Japanese never cracked--from MGM in June 2002. In the first movie made on the subject, director John Woo (Mission: Impossible 2, Face/Off) reveals the invaluable actions of the Navajo code talkers during the war in the Pacific, heroes whose bravery earned them the Congressional Medal of Honor. The code talkers transmitted radio messages using a secret, efficient, unbreakable code based on their native language. The film's gripping climax takes place during the Battle of Saipan, when the Marines, fighting off the Japanese, must risk their lives to safeguard the code. This full-color companion book tells the fascinating story behind the movie--from facts about the code's creation to historical background of the Navajo nation; from a glimpse into the rigorous code talker training program to production details about transforming a Hawaiian landscape into a Saipan battlefront. The pages are filled with captivating color images from the film and historic photographs from the U.S. Marines and the National Archives, as well personal reflections by Woo and Senator Jeff Bingaman, screenwriters, producers, and actors--plus samples and translations of the Navajo code. Approx. 100 color photos.
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VG+/VG+ Foreword: John Woo. Signed by WOO on first page in silver ink. I can not authenticate. The Making Of The Film About Navajo Code Talkers Of World War II. Dust jacket has a small area of indentations on the back. Stated FIRST EDITION.
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Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1557045151. First edition. INSCRIBED & dated in year of publication by director John Woo to a member of the Hollywood foreign press on front end-paper. Fine in fine dust jacket. (128pp. ) (9 1/4" X 11") Heavily illustrated throughout.; Pictorial Moviebook; 9 1/4" X 11"; 128 pages.
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Fine. 1557045151. Specially INSCRIBED in English & Chinese & dated in year of publication by action/film director John Woo in silver ink on the black front endpaper. Cover letter from Adam Keen, Vice President of Special Projects Marketing at MGM to a voting member of the Hollywood Foreign Press laid-in. Close to fine in a fine dj. (Upper corner tips lightly tapped) An uncommon signature. (B)
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Fine. Fair DJ. Newmarket Press 2002 First Edition NL with 1 Olive green boards with black spine lettering. Bright glossy color illustrated pages. Only pieces of the dust jacket remain they include both flaps and the back of jacket and are neatly trimed and laid inside. In Plastic.
