Trivia / Windtalkers

• Box Office Bomb: From a Budget of 115 million dollars, the film only made back only 77.6 million.
• California Doubling: Hawaii as one of the Solomon Islands and Saipan.
• Dawson Casting: The marines in this movie are all in their late 20's and 30's unlike most marines in WW2 who would have been aged 18 to 23, possibly justified In-Universe because they needed experienced men for this mission.
• Follow the Leader: Was released in the wave of war films, particularly World War II centered ones, that followed upon the success of Saving Private Ryan.
• Word of Gay: Mark Ruffalo told The Advocate his character was gay.

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