Lone Survivor: The Incredible True Story of Navy SEALs Under Siege

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a b McNary, Dave (December 23, 2013). "Mark Wahlberg's 'Lone Survivor' Faced Skepticism on Financing Side". Variety . Retrieved December 26, 2013. a b c R.M. Schneiderman (May 11, 2016). "Marcus Luttrell's Savior, Mohammad Gulab, Claims 'Lone Survivor' Got It Wrong". Newsweek . Retrieved January 18, 2018. To provide authenticity, Luttrell moved into Berg's home for one month while Berg was writing the script. He acted as a consultant, detailing to Berg his eyewitness account of the events that unfolded during Operation Red Wings. [3] Berg later embedded with a Navy SEAL team—becoming the first civilian to do so—and lived with them for a month in Iraq while he continued writing the screenplay. [27] [28] In re-enacting the injuries and deaths of the fallen Navy SEAL servicemen, Berg relied on Luttrell's eyewitness accounts from the book, as well as autopsy reports of the deceased and after-action reports. [29] The United States Navy provided incident reports related to the mission, [25] as well as archival military training footage, which is shown during the film's opening credits sequence. [27] :1 Still photographs shown during the opening credits sequence were taken from Richard D. Schoenberg's war photography book The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday: Making Navy SEALs. [3] During filming, there were some dialogue changes in comparison to Berg's script, as the filmmaker occasionally encouraged the actors to improvise their lines. [28] Filming [ edit ] Principal photography [ edit ] Marcus voice was well represented. Some reviewers have criticized Kevin Collins' "fake Texas accent". I am from Oklahoma and I thought he did a great job! You probably wouldn't want an authentic Texas accent; Boomhauer is from Texas but I wouldn't want him narrating this story, I tell ya hwat!

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DIFFERENT READER!!!!!! Without the fake over-exaggerated accent. I can BARELY listen. I've heard amazing things about this book, which is the only reason I even trying to push through this nightmare reader. Barber, James (December 19, 2013). "Director Peter Berg Talks 'Lone Survivor' ". Military.com. Military Advantage . Retrieved December 31, 2013. Lone Survivor (2013) – Daily Box Office Results – Box Office Mojo". Box Office Mojo . Retrieved April 27, 2014.

In Baghdad we were up against an enemy we often could not see and were obliged to get out there and find. And when we found him, we scarcely knew who he was - al Qaeda or Taliban, Shiite or Sunni, Iraqi or foreign, a freedom fighter for Saddam or an insurgent fighting for some kind of a different god from our own, a god who somehow sanctioned murder of innocent civilians, a god who'd effectively booted the Ten Commandments over the touchline and out of play. Lone Survivor' tops 'Frozen' at weekend box office". Fox News. Associated Press. January 12, 2014 . Retrieved March 24, 2013. Several reviewers criticized Lone Survivor for focusing more on its action scenes than on characterization. In his review for The Star-Ledger, Stephen Whitty wrote, "This is the sort of bare-bones story that well served plenty of World War II movies once, and it would work here, if Berg had the sense to develop these men as characters, first. But we don't really get to know any of them, or what they might bring personally to this life-or-death emergency." [98] Rafer Guzman of Newsday wrote, "The movie seems more concerned with military-style action than with telling us who these fallen heroes really were." [99]

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I wanted to see the movie version of this book after hearing the author on the radio state that the movie was very true to the story except for one unnecessary scene of him stabbing one of his capturers which never happened. Idelson, Karen (December 13, 2013). "Oscar Sound Contenders: To be inside the characters heads, or outside?". Variety . Retrieved January 7, 2014.Critics' Choice Movie Awards 2014: The winners list | Inside Movies | EW.com". Entertainment Weekly. January 16, 2014 . Retrieved January 16, 2014. This was where bin Laden's fighters found a home training base. Let's face it, al Qaeda means "the base," and in return for the Saudi fanatic bin Laden's money, the Taliban made it all possible. Right now these very same guys, the remnants of the Taliban and the last few tribal warriors of al Qaeda, were preparing to start over, trying to fight their way through the mountain passes, intent on setting up new training camps and military headquarters and, eventually, their own government in place of the democratically elected one. Yes, because it tells a great story of what happened during Operation Red Wings. However, there is a LOT of Navy recruiting going on during the book. I understand Marcus is proud, and rightfully so. But I can not help but wonder if during the editing by the Navy if it was recommended to amp up the bravado.

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a b c d e f g Michael Cummings; Eric Cummings (January 10, 2014). "How Accurate Is Lone Survivor?". Slate . Retrieved January 11, 2014. What makes this story so special is the bond and the camaraderie between the guys, but also the state of where we are in the world today. The act of heroism by Gulab and his fellow villagers moved me the most. I found it so inspiring, and it gave me so much hope for the world.Official Citation, Navy.mil, June 28, 2005, archived from the original on January 13, 2009 , retrieved 2011-06-13 Uthman, Dan (August 31, 2013). "What Alabama did the night before beating Virginia Tech | For The Win". USA Today Sports . Retrieved January 17, 2014. It's a SEAL thing, our unspoken invincibility, the silent code of the elite warriors of the U.S. Armed Forces. Big, fast, highly trained guys, armed to the teeth, expert in unarmed combat, so stealthy no one ever hears us coming. SEALs are masters of strategy, professional marksmen with rifles, artists with machine guns, and, if necessary, pretty handy with knives. In general terms, we believe there are very few of the world's problems we could not solve with high explosive or a well-aimed bullet.

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Cohen, David S. (January 14, 2014). "Cinema Audio Society Noms Zig Where Others Zag". Variety . Retrieved March 16, 2014.a b c d e f g h i j k l Blair, Iain (December 20, 2013). "Last Man Standing | HDVideoPro.com". HD Video Pro. Werner Publishing Corp . Retrieved December 29, 2013.