Ira Hayes, a young Pima Indian, enlists in the Marine Corps. At boot camp, he is shunned and mocked by everyone, aside from a Marine named Sorenson, who he befriends. They happen to be two of the six marines captured in the famous photograph of Marines raising the U.S. flag on Suribachi during the battle of Iwo Jima, but Sorenson is killed soon after. Although he is hailed as a hero, Ira's life begins to spiral out of control after the war.
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The true story of Ira Hayes is uncompromisingly brought to life in this arresting movie. You will find no sugary sentiment here, no phony romantic interludes, no box office conclusion. A tragic story, well acted, based on an excellent script by Stewart Stern, which in turn was based on Bradford Huie's book, "The Hero of Iwo Jima". For once, Delbert Mann's direction is quite cinematic. Although, as we might expect from a trained in TV director, there are plenty of close-ups, Mann often goes out of his way to use extreme long-shots. And he has elicited a marvelous performance from Gregory Walcott as the tough boot sergeant. Other great production values lie in Joseph La Shelle's superlative photography and Marjorie Fowler's astute film editing.
the outsider was an excellent movie and a great example of how we gave fame to someone at the top and then just dumped them at the bottom to rot this is a movie so good it stirs emotions so well it makes you want to scream at our government wake up!!!!!!! you don't give something and then abruptly takes it away but then that is typical of what the us government has done to the American Indian for how many hundreds of years NOW ? yet alone the American public bravo to ira Hayes why didn't the pima indians holler out why didn't the American public wake up America!!!!! all veterans yes this is 21st century and vets have more rights now than ever from one Indian to another ira Hayes your memory shall never die nor shall your death be in vein bravo to tony curtis for a fantastic performance!!!!
A movie which speaks so much truth about the manner in which Heroes in the US are treated by the establishment.A man is utilised for his status and immediate appeal only to forgotten and downtrodden shortly after.The US has the ability ,like no where else, to allow heroes used for their immediacy to fall from grace so quickly while they move on to someone else. A performance by Curtis which is up there with all the other good movies he made about this time. Curtis had an appeal during this period for making good intelligent pictures before he reduced himself to almost a joke. A quality actor who for some reason became a virtual outcast by his contemporaries.Fame can do many things to people some not so good. The story of the Iwo Jima flag is legendary the spin and conivance that followed is such a blight on a society which we try to look up to but on many occasions feel sorry for.
I would love to see it. Just returned from the Doss, Texas reenactment/commemoration of the Battlle of Iwo Jima and Ira Hayes' name figures prominently in it's lore and legend. Tony Curtis should get an Oscar for his lifetime of work in the entertainment industry. His contributions have been huge and by all accounts his portrayal of Hayes is remarkable in its own right. Why has this movie been slighted all these years? And why is this movie so hard to find? Couldn't be because the director has had some troubles; Delbert Mann is Ray Harryhausen and Ray Bradbury's age and was active in directing well into his seventies.... Heck, he directed "Marty" for TV and for the 1955 Academy Award-winning movie; so where is the recognition this film so obviously deserves?
