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Originally posted by thebecoming
I find it amazing that Ridley Scott and his crew took so much liberty with the way things actually transpired. But thats movie magic isnt it?
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people close to the events in mogadishu were pretty damned happy with how the movie came out. this is a bit of a letter written by one of the pilots involved in the altercation.
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=bl...tei.net&rnum=1
"First of all, I and many of my friends that also flew on the mission thought that the movie was excellent! It is technically accurate and it is dramatically correct. In other words, the equipment, lingo and dialogue are all right on. By dramatically correct, I mean that it very effectively captured the emotions and tension that we all felt during the mission. It did this without being a cartoon, (like TOP GUN) or being over the top, (like FIREBIRDS). It's true that the screenwriters had to consolidate two or three people into one, but this was necessary because otherwise there would have been too many principal characters to keep track of. Also in the actual mission we had nearly 20 aircraft in the air that day. In the movie they had 4 Blackhawks and 4 "Little Birds". The unit could not afford to commit the actual number to the filming of the movie. However, through the magic of the cinema, they were able to give the impression of the real number. "
a full read of the linked message is quite interesting if you're looking for details on what went down in october 1993.