- Das_LamaJuly 4, 2025I actually liked this movie and its premise. My opinion is apparently in the minority based on other reviews. Navajo is apparently a very difficult language to learn. I met a native Navajo speaker and was told that even the slightest change or inflection can change the whole meaning of the word or sentence.
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Windtalkers was released on June 14, 2002.
Windtalkers was directed by John Woo.
Windtalkers has a runtime of 2h 33m.
Windtalkers was produced by Terence Chang, Tracie Graham-Rice, Alison R. Rosenzweig, John Woo.
Joe Enders is a gung-ho Marine assigned to protect a "windtalker" - one of several Navajo Indians who were used to relay messages during World War II because their spoken language was indecipherable to Japanese code breakers.
The key characters in Windtalkers are Sergeant Joe Enders (Nicolas Cage), Private Ben Yahzee (Adam Beach), Sergeant Eric Hjelmstad (Peter Stormare).
Windtalkers is rated R.
Windtalkers is a Drama, Action, War film.
Windtalkers has an audience rating of 5 out of 10.
Windtalkers had a budget of $115M.
Windtalkers has made $77.6M at the box office.