Windtalkers is a movie novelization written by Max Allan Collins in 2001 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by John Woo in 2002. The movie features Nicolas Cage, Adam Beach, Peter Stormare, Noah Emmerich, Mark Ruffalo, Brian Van Holt, and others.
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Storyline
In the brutal World War II Battle of Saipan, Sergeant Joe Enders guards and ultimately befriends Ben Yahzee, a young Navajo trained in the one wartime code never broken by the enemy, the Navajo Code. But if Yahzee should fall into Japanese hands, how far will Enders go to save the military’s most powerful secret?
Movie vs Book
Year
2002
Minutes
134
Movie Rate
6.10
Source: IMDb
Year
2001
Pages
272
Book Rate
7.38
S: Goodreads
Book
Windtalkers
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“When you're adapting a book into a movie, you have to take certain creative liberties to bridge the gap between the two forms of media.”
JOSH HUTCHERSON (Actor)
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