Description: The Outsider is a 1961 biopic film about Ira Hayes, a Native American who fought in World War II in the United States Marine Corps and was one of the Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima. The film stars Tony Curtis as Hayes. It was directed by Delbert Mann. REAR COVER The 17-year-old Ira Hamilton Hayes has never been off the Pima reservation in Arizona when he enlists in the United States Marine Corps to serve his country in World War II. Hayes is shunned by fellow soldiers or mocked as "Chief" by them except for one, Jim Sorenson. By chance they are two of the five U.S. servicemen who memorably hoist the American flag on Mt. Suribachi during the violent battle at lwo Jima, after which Sorenson is killed by enemy fire. A morose and traumatized Hayes returns home, where he is proclaimed a hero and recruited to help sell war bonds to the public. As his depression mounts, Hayes, feeling unworthy of the attention and publicity, takes refuge in whiskey. His continued drunkenness becomes a public scandal. Hayes simply wishes to be left alone, but a tribal chief implores him to go to Washington, D.C., on his people's behalf to seek political support for an irrigation bill. Not until he visits an Iwo Jima memorial in Arlington, Virginia does he sober up and pull himself together. Hayes returns to the reservation, but is deeply disappointed when the tribal council no longer seems to want anything to do with him. He begins drinking again and goes off into the hills, where he dies of exposure to the elements ten years after the lwo Jima battle. He is 32.
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Video Format: PAL
Case Type: Tall/DVD Case
Rating: PG
Director: Delbert Mann
Cinematic Movement: Arthouse/Independent, Cult
MPN: Multi Region Player Required To Play Outside Aust & NZ
Studio: Universal Studios
Edition: Standard Edition
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Type: Movie
Format: DVD
Region Code: DVD: 4 (AU, NZ, Latin America...)
Language: English
Release Year: December 1961
Producer: Sy Bartlett
Actor: Edmund Hashim, Bruce Bennett, Wayne Heffley, Tony Curtis, Stanley Adams, James Franciscus, Mary Patton, Vivian Nathan, Pete Homer, Jeffrey Silver, James Beck, Paul Comi, Ralph Moody, Gregory Walcott, Forrest Compton
Features: Widescreen, Black & White
Genre: Marine/war
Run Time: 108 Mins
Movie/TV Title: The Outsider | Hollywood Gold
Season: Hollywood Gold Series, Based on The Hero of Iwo Jima by William Bradford Huie
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
