Movie Trivias

The movie had Bruce Willis as the head of a special forces Seal Team in the war torn Nigeria as they are part of the emergency evacuation force which aims to get all US citizens out of the country as it enters a brutal civil war. The movie was to be the 4th installment for the Die Hard Series as the sub title but was given it’s own niche due to the difference in settings. The film also lost one sky jumper, who dies when he drowned as the stunts were being filmed, landing offshore instead of on the beach. The knives used on the film were also if the Emerson brand being well used in law enforcement and military services. The film was also the first one allowed filming in a Nimitz Class nuclear aircraft carrier. There was also necessary two-week BOOT camp training for the cast as it was necessary for their knowledge of SEAL operations to make the film more realistic. All the SEAL characters were also required to refer to each other by their character names to improve seal interaction on and off the screen.

Hailed as one of the most memorable and accurate epic war movies of all time, the gory and accurate opening scenes of the invasion was so accurate veterans broke in tears prompting the Defense Department’s office of Veterans Affairs to put up a toll-free 800 number for counseling. The movie was hailed as too violent and gory that many countries wanted the film’s graphic scenes cut. Spielberg stood firm opting not to release the film in countries that wanted editing. He also insisted that the film be released uncut even if review boards issue cuts and revisions in accordance with ratings.
There are many unknowns about the film, one of the best is that it was the last (very last) film edited using traditional cut and pasting of the film negatives. Known as linear editing, the scenes are viewed, literally cut and taped together which results in a master negative from which the actual film rolls are made from. The actors all received a few weeks of boot camp except Matt Damon so their resentment of him not getting battered and bruised would show in the film. The opening invasion scene also showed two actual landing crafts that were used on D-Day. The two German Tiger tanks seen in the final battle were actually Russian T-34 tanks made to look like them.