Word: wars
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...However, the threat of a Court Martial hangs over their heads, and this element of self-interest in their pact with the refugees gives the movie added moral dimension, as we realize that this adventure is not as separate from real, post-war life as it may appear...
...said he was "fortunate enough to be in this position when the Cold War ended and the [Berlin] Wall came down...
...college, and it seemed a huge opportunity to deal with a subject that had never really been dealt with, comedically or dramatically. As I researched it, I found a lot of facts that hadn't been--that I wasn't aware of. The original script took place during the war, and mine takes place after the war, which I think is an important difference...
...research, and I also got a lot of Arab advisors to help me. We had a mullah serve as an advisor during the whole project. We had a lot of people advising that were in Iraq at the time of the Gulf War, refugees that came to America, and most of the scenes in the movie of cruelty and murder, even some of the conversations, did actually come from real life. Also, I got a lot of inspiration from news accounts of the conflict. The LA Times had day-by-day book on the war--their front page every...
...Well, that's a pretty controversial scene, but it was exactly the kind of torture that was done during the war to political prisoners. The cell, the cot, the chair with the wires--they did that to pilots that were caught, that were shot down and taken prisoner...