Epic homecoming Jul 15, 2008
Though in his last few years there, his films started to become a little monotonous (Windtalkers, Paycheck), Woo was, however, still able to keep up the action with his trademark slow-motion sequences and Mexican stand-offs. During a press conference for Paycheck in Taipei in 2003, Woo mentioned that he wanted to make an epic movie in Asia to showcase more of Asian culture and heritage. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Turok Coming to Life? Jun 12, 2008
The Windtalkers actor said of Turok, "He's the first Native American superhero that I ever looked up to.". News. (IGN FilmForce)
'It all starts with respecting yourself ' Jun 10, 2008
and his acting credentials are impressive: star in Windtalkers and Flags of Our Fathers, regular on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit ... Shown at his home in West Hollywood on Monday, Adam Beach star of Windtalkers, Flags of Our Fathers and other films never went to a residential school, but his grandparents did ... One of his great regrets is that, even though he learned a smattering of Navajo to play private Ben Yahzee in Windtalkers, he cannot speak his own Anishinaabe language. (Globe and Mail -- National)
Spike TV Television Highlights - May 2008 Apr 16, 2008
-- MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND MOVIE MARATHON - Saturday, May 24 9:00 AM - Noon, ET/PT & 1:00 - 4:00 AM, ET/PT WINDTALKERS (HD: 2002, Action/Drama) Two U.S. Marines in WWII are assigned to protect Navajo Marines who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cypher. Starring Nicolas Cage, Adam Beech and Peter Stormare. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Merril L. Sandoval, Navajo Code Talker, dies at 82 Feb 12, 2008
In 2002, the movie Windtalkers chronicled the story of Navajo Code Talkers during World War II.. "What was said (in the film) was pretty close. I wouldn't say it's perfect, but it's pretty close to our code. There are a lot of things that are missing, but I guess that's the way they make movies. All in all, I think it was a pretty good movie for the public to see," Sandoval said in reference to the film in an Arizona Republic story in 2002. (AZCentral -- News)
Kalogridis to revamp 'Darksiders' Oct 8, 2007
Rosenzweig ("Windtalkers") is also producing "Transit" and "Sanctuary.". Kalogridis is repped by Endeavor. (Variety)
* Taiwan Quick Take Sep 22, 2007
AIT's American Culture Center will also hold an American Indian Film Series featuring four US movies with Native American themes, including Last of the Mohicans, Thunderheart, Pocahontas and Windtalkers. The film series is open to the general public and will take place every Friday at 6:30pm at the American Culture Center from next Friday through Oct. 19. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Terence Chang: A Hollywood producer turns back to Asia Aug 31, 2007
" Some of the hottest young male actors working today in the Chinese film industry play the main characters, the "brothers": Wu, a Hong Kong-based Chinese-American actor; Liu Ye, from the mainland; and Chang Chen and Tony Yang Yu-ning from Taiwan. The supporting cast and crew is also impressive. Sun Honglei, one of China's finest dramatic talents, delivers an inspired performance - and a memorable dance number - as a night club-owning crime boss. As his singer-girlfriend, the Taiwanese star Shu... (International Herald Tribune)
Windtalkers on Montlake? Aug 9, 2007
com: Windtalkers on Montlake ... Windtalkers on Montlake ... comDate: Aug 8, 2007 Remember the movie 'Windtalkers. (Dawgman.com)
Roache, Witt, Beach Like Their L & O's Jul 19, 2007
His movie credits include the 1998 indie hit, Smoke Signals and 1999's Mystery, Alaska, 2002's Windtalkers. Last year, he was heralded for his searing performance in 's Flag of Our Fathers. (E! Online)
Woo, Spector forging Ninja Gold, Stranglehold movie possible May 30, 2007
or windtalkers perhaps. man those movies sucked, MI2 wasnt even that great. (GameSpot)
Exclusive Interview: Adam Beach, Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee May 26, 2007
Adam Beach, perhaps best known for his notable roles in featured films like Flags of Our Fathers and Windtalkers, stars as Charles Eastman in HBO s new epic movie event, Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee. Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee, which premieres this Sunday, May 27th, explores the tragic impact that the United States westward expansion had on American Indian culture, and the economic, political and social pressures that motivated it. (BuddyTV)
HBO's 'Bury My Heart' exhumes a painful history May 25, 2007
Indeed, Wounded Knee is a who's who of Native American actors, featuring Adam Beach (Flags of Our Fathers, Windtalkers), August Schellenberg (The New World), Wes Studi (Dances With Wolves, Last of the Mohicans) and veteran character actor Gordon Tootoosis. Academy Award winner Anna Paquin also stars as the love interest of Charles Eastman (Beach), an assimilated Lakota Sioux educated at Dartmouth and Boston University Medical School. (USA Today)
His native roles are historic May 24, 2007
A Saulteaux Indian from Manitoba, Beach, 34, has earned worldwide recognition for his strong work in dozens of films, including the critically acclaimed "Smoke Signals" and John Woo's "Windtalkers." In HBO's historical epic, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee," telecast Sunday at 9 p.m., the actor again delivers a stirring performance. He plays Charles Eastman, a college-educated Sioux physician who struggles with his assimilation as the U.S. government continues a bloody campaign to settle Indian... (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Cowboys & Indians Magazine Previews HBO Epic 'Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee' Apr 4, 2007
Based on Dee Brown's award-winning history of American Indian life in the latter half of the 19th century, the HBO production features a star-making performance by actor Adam Beach -- the charismatic Native American actor whose credits include John Woo's Windtalkers and Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers -- as Charles Eastman, a Dartmouth-educated Sioux doctor who is torn between two cultures during events that lead to the notorious Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890. (Beach talks about Wounded... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Best on-screen battles: Your views Apr 4, 2007
From: Sean Delaney Date: 3 April 2007 Comment: Windtalkers ... "From: Andy Williams Date: 2 April 2007 Comment: Best scenes that you missedHow could you miss Agincourt from Henry V?What about the battle in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe? Much better than any of Peter Jackson's stuff, excepting the scene in LOTR where Sauron loses the Ring.I also have to say that Custer's last stand in Little Big Man was well done. Richard Mulligan was brilliant.We Were Soldiers.Worst scenes that you... (CNN -- Showbiz)
The rez: 'There's a lot of healing to be done' Apr 1, 2007
He also appeared in Windtalkers with Nicolas Cage, a film about the American code-communications specialists in the Second World War; Smoke Signals; Lost in the Barrens, with Graham Greene; the Canadian film Dance Me Outside and its spinoff series, The Rez. He also stars in an upcoming HBO film, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, about the tragic impact the opening of the American West had on American Indian culture, along with Canadian-born actress Anna Paquin (to be broadcast May 27). (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)
Rising Canadian star Adam Beach to join Law & Order: SVU Jan 26, 2007
After years of playing smaller roles on TV and in movies, Beach has in recent years been gaining prominence in Hollywood, winning praise forhis workin the feature films Smoke Signals, Windtalkers and, most recently, in Clint Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers. Beach is also set to appear in Law & Order creator Dick Wolf's upcoming HBO project Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. (CBC News)
Hollywood director seeks originality in RR: Online film festival will feature area students Jan 7, 2007
Meanwhile, his brother, Nicolas Cage, is known for being in front of the camera, starring in films such as "Windtalkers," "The Rock," and "Gone in Sixty Seconds.". But Christopher Coppola has always gone a different way. (Rio Rancho Observer, NM)
Christian Slater's divorce final Nov 29, 2006
He is known for his roles in films such as 'True Romance', 'Heathers', 'Very Bad Things', 'Windtalkers' and most recently 'Bobby. AFP. (iAfrica.com)
Flags of Our Fathers Nov 4, 2006
Adam Beach ( Windtalkers) is startlingly good as Ira Hayes, the battalion's only Native American, a saturnine character who can endure the racist condescension that goes with life in the military if it ensures him a place in the front line. And finally, there's the West Wing's Jesse Bradford as Rene Gagnon, a cocky 19-year-old who takes nothing seriously apart from his own good looks. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
From knights to pawns Oct 29, 2006
The film focuses mostly on three men: John "Doc" Bradley (Ryan Phillippe), Rene Gagnon (Jesse Bradford) and Ira Hayes (Adam Beach, from that other Pacific War movie, "Windtalkers.") All three were involved in the initial landings on Iwo Jima, a barren island defended by 12,000 soldiers of Japan's Imperial Army in underground caves and bunkers. Bradley, a medical corpsman, was undoubtedly heroic in the risks he took, but he would remain haunted by the fact a close friend was killed while he was... (The Japan Times)
The pain behind the glory Oct 28, 2006
A member of the Ojibwa Nation who last year ran for chief of the Dog Creek reservation in Canada's Manitoba province, Beach previously had a prominent role in another World War II drama, Windtalkers (2002). But he achieved critical acclaim as far back as 1998 in the road movie Smoke Signals, the first film entirely written, produced, directed and acted by Native Americans. (The Australian)
Eastwood directs masterpiece Oct 27, 2006
"Hyperbole, you say? I think not. Watching "Flags of Our Fathers" was akin to being present at the first unveiling of the Mona Lisa. That's how good it is. Eastwood has quite simply crafted a career-defining masterpiece.Based on the book by James Bradley and Ron Powers, "Flags of Our Fathers" tells the poignant true story of the six men who raised the flag on Mount Suribachi in the iconic photograph from Iwo Jima during World War II. Centering the narrative around the three survivors who were... (Foster's Daily Democrat)
Movie Focuses on Story Behind Famous WWII Photo Oct 22, 2006
" In the 2002 film "Windtalkers," Beach played one of the Navaho whose language proved to be an unbreakable code during World War II, and like that part, the actor says Ira Hayes was much more than just another role to him. "I was at a youth conference and I came upon a painting and it had the code-talkers and Ira and the flag and I thought 'oh my God. I represent those images. (Voice of America)
A Masterly Take On War, Heroes Oct 20, 2006
And Adam Beach of "Windtalkers" is Ira Hayes, a Pima Nation Native American stung by pervasive racism. Beach plays a character so troubled by what he went through and by survivor's guilt that his life after the parades - and even during them - was as wrenching as the battlefield. (CTNow.com)
Eastwood's wartime epic expecting big numbers at box office Oct 19, 2006
Also in the film is Ryan Phillipe (Crash), Adam Beach (Windtalkers), Jesse Bradford (William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet), Jamie Bell (King Kong), and Ben Walker (The Magician). Flags of our Fathers - US Opening Weekend Gross October 20-22: US$ in Millions -------------------------------------------------------------- Over 14 (-120) Under 14 (-120) About Sportsbook. (PR Newswire)
A high flying Flags of our Fathers Oct 19, 2006
But Adam Beach, who previously appeared in 2002s World War II-set Windtalkers, is the true soul of the movie, giving a powerful breakthrough performance as Ira Hayes, the Native American whose paralyzing guilt led to his alcohol-fueled downfall soon after the photo was taken. (And for the record, his story has been told before on film in 1961s The Outsider, starring, of all people, Tony Curtis. (MSNBC -- News)
Roller coaster of emotions (Jenny Mayo) Oct 19, 2006
He landed his first movie role in 1993's "Spirit Rider" and since then has snagged leads in such acclaimed films as "Smoke Signals" and "Windtalkers," establishing himself as one of the premiere North American Indian actors in the industry. Playing Ira Hayes, though, was different. (Washington Times)
Canadian success story Oct 19, 2006
Thursday October 19 2006. We test drive the latest tech toys in our new Friday Gadgets page. (Ottawa Sun)
The myth and the men Oct 15, 2006
Adam Beach A Native American actor who lives in Ottawa, Beach previously appeared as a Navajo code-breaker in John Woo's 2002 World War II drama ``Windtalkers," so he'd already steeped himself in that chapter of American history. The challenge, Beach says, came as he struggled with Eastwood to understand his character, Marine Ira Hayes.Haunted by the memories of friends who'd died in combat, Hayes drank and behaved erratically at the fund-raising events and was sent back to the war midway... (Boston Globe)
Young stars rally round Eastwood Oct 15, 2006
"When you work with him, you think, what's so great about this guy?" says Beach, a Native American who also played a Navajo code talker in Windtalkers. "And the greatness about him is just he is just a guy. He's as humble as you get. For a man who carries so much on his shoulders and has so much over the years . . . he's like the invisible man.". (AZCentral -- Entertainment)
Beach raises 'Flags' Oct 14, 2006
outside of the dozens of episodic TV appearances he's done, are probably "Smoke Signals," the breakthrough American Indian independent film directed by Chris Eyre in 1998; and "Windtalkers" (2002), the adventure about World War II Indian cryptologists, which starred Nicolas Cage. In each film Beach played, as he usually does, an American Indian character. (Newsday -- New York City)
'Wrong Guy' could inspire movie Aug 24, 2006
The incident involving Guy Goma is the basis for a film being planned by Alison Rosenzweig, who produced the 2002 Nicolas Cage film Windtalkers. "If they want to do a movie, I don't mind talking with them," Mr Goma, 38, told the Associated Press news agency. (BBC News -- Entertainment)
Movie File: Lindsay Lohan, Nick Cannon, Johnny Depp, Mark Wahlberg, Kristen Bell & More Aug 17, 2006
As of press time, other possible MGM musicals such as "Judgment at Nuremberg" and "Windtalkers" could not be confirmed. It's a bird. (VHI.com -- Music News)
more » Aug 7, 2006
He had his moment as a $20 million leading man in the 2002 war drama "Windtalkers," but it flopped. Later that year, he found artistic redemption for his dual portrayal of twin brothers in "Adaptation," receiving an Academy nod. (CTNow.com)
From TO trenches to wacky Moose TV Jul 5, 2006
Moose TV is acted by a galaxy of aboriginal stars including Adam Beach (Windtalkers and Clint Eastwood's upcoming Flags of Our Fathers); Nathaniel Arcand (Da Vinci's City Hall, Pathfinder); Jennifer Podemski (One Dead Indian, Degrassi: The Next Generation) and Michelle Latimer (This is Wonderland, Naked Josh). The show tells the story of George Keeshig (Beach) who returns to his hometown of Moose in northern Quebec after 10 hard years in Toronto. (Toronto Star)
Columbus athlete enjoys Hawaiian style football Jul 4, 2006
e saw the areas where the Tears of the Sun' and Windtalkers' were made, Bundy said. t was interesting to see these locations because I am a fan of military movies. (Columbus Colorado County Citizen, TX)
Love triangle draws Woo back to Hong Kong May 23, 2006
His return to Hong Kong may have been influenced by his faltering track record in the noughties, with such duds as Windtalkers, Hostage and Paycheck in recent years. In addition to Heaven's Gate, Woo plans to direct the historical epic Battle of Red Cliff in China starting in March 2007. (Guardian Unlimited -- Film)
Filmmaker takes cue from Sorvino, seeks funding from county May 23, 2006
n Windtalkers (2002) Machine room operator. n Artificial Intelligence: AI (2001) Machine room operator. (Scranton Times, PA)
Weekend Shopping Guide 5/5/06: Smeg Off May 7, 2006
94 SRP), which includes an interview with Fox and a new making-of documentary, and the director's cut of John Woo's Windtalkers (MGM/UA, Rated R, DVD-$19. 94 SRP) - featuring audio commentary from Woo cer Terence Chang, audio commentary from Nicholas Cage tian Slater, and audio commentary from Roger Willie and Navajo Code talker advisor Albert Smith. (IGN FilmForce)
Match Point takes its game to DVD Apr 25, 2006
The Patriot, Windtalkers, Casualties of WarAs Memorial Day approaches, the usual rush of military releases resumes with extended cuts of three war flicks ... Previously available in a three-disc set, John Woos directors cut of Windtalkers, adding 20 minutes to the Nicolas Cage drama of American Indian code-keepers during World War II, now is available in a single-DVD edition. (MSNBC -- Movies)
New attacks target Saudi sites- Statement Feb 26, 2006
speaking of native americans defending the usa, windtalkers was a great movie. (). (Aljazeera.com)
Actor seeks joint custody Feb 14, 2006
Slater starred in such films as Windtalkers, Broken Arrow, and Mobsters. lect. (News24)
