Shortly after the book's publication,Steven Spielberg acquired the option for the film rights viaDreamWorks Pictures. The film adaptationFlags of Our Fathers, which debuted in the U.S. on October 20, 2006, was directed byClint Eastwood and produced by Eastwood,Steven Spielberg, andRobert Lorenz, with a screenplay written byWilliam Broyles, Jr. andPaul Haggis.
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