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  • Code Red

    06/12/2002 3:25:33 AM PDT · by 2Trievers · 9 replies · 293+ views
    Hartford Courant ^ | June 12 2002 | GREG MORAGO
    Don't be fooled by the ads for director John Woo's new World War II movie, "Windtalkers." The star of the movie isn't Nicolas Cage or Christian Slater. Or the multi-million-dollar special effects employed for dramatic battle scenes. Or even the flag-waving, feel-good patriotism so coveted by post-9/11 American moviegoers. No, the star of "Windtalkers," which opens Friday, is an ancient language - gorgeously complex, maddeningly impenetrable to non-native speakers - without which America might not have won the war. It's Navajo. The language of the Navajo Indians was used during World War II by a select group of top-secret communications...