Letters from Iwo Jima
"Flags of Our Fathers" cost $55 million, although it was originally budgeted at $80 million. "Variety" subsequently downgraded the price tag to $55 million. Although the film is taken from the American viewpoint of the battle, it was filmed almost entirely in Iceland and Southern California, with a few scenes shot in Chicago. Shooting ended early 2006, before production for "Letters from Iwo Jima" began in March 2006.