A friend of mine told me hes having dinner with Marcus Luttrell, Glenn Beck, and others; in discussions revolving around the Lone Survivor foundation. He also mentioned that Jim Caviezel would be there who will be playing Mr. Luttrell in the movie. Pretty cool.
I hope the movie will honor and esteem the members of our armed forces and not be tarnished by Hollywood.
i agree it will be tough to find a cast worthy of playing all those heros.
Caviezel looks nothing like Luttrell.
My first choice has always been Kevin Durand.
When is it scheduled to come out ?
Not even in production. Could never come out.
I would love to see it, especially if Marcus has a controlling voice it how it portrays his fallen teammates.
Damn fine book about some truly heroic Sailors. I was very pleased to hear that the Navy named a new ship after Lt. Murphy.
Trailer is out. Release is for 27 Dec in LA and New York and 10 Jan everywhere else. Something I loved about Black Hawk Down and Act of Valor was that most of the lead characters were fairly unknown (aside from Josh Hartnett maybe). After having read the book and seeing some many movies with Mark Wahlberg, I’m not sure I really see him as Luttrell. And any time I see Ben Foster I think of his role in 3:10 to Yuma. I like Eric Bana a lot though, and I’ve read that Luttrell is having a pretty significant impact on the movie which should go a long way. One other thing that always drove me nuts, however small, was the transition in the name from OP Redwing (as on the cover of Lone Survivor) to Red Wings. I read some armchair commando’s post as to why it is supposed to be the latter, but Luttrell called it the former in the book so that’s what I assume was the actual name for the OP. Again, nit-picky, but for some reason it always bothered me.
STAND BY: The butt hurt comments about Marky Mark’s gun views are on the march.
Operation Red Wings is the proper name for the operation.
I still can’t get past his musical career, he liked guns then . . . :lol:
Be sure and follow up with his 2nd read SERVICE…another page turner, but kinda stings every time you see Kyle’s name.
Good thing is I know nothing of the actor’s political views and hope it stays that way…as I noted, still worried about hollyweird direction they could take the story. It must have been over ten years since I went to the movies, but I’ll support this & do hope Luttrell had a hand in keeping train on the tracks.
I kinda dig the cast so far…if 5% of the people who go see the film & get a true grasp of the ROE’s and how it affects our SO / boots on the ground…to me, it’s already a success.
I remember going to see Platoon in HS & seeing all those grown men in tears when the lights came up was a vision I will never forget…it was moving, but looking back and seeing some of the actors today makes me realize there are very few entertainers in this world worthy enough to even pretend to be warriors.
Oh well…it is what it is and hope their losses are represented in the most respectful manner that market can muster up.
I wonder if they will make it hollywood like his book, or real life and portray 7-10 attackers?
Artos - yes, I do have a copy of “Service” and agree that it’s an excellent book. For those who have not read it, it’s sort of a prequel to “Lone Survivor” in some ways.
I’m planning on hearing him speak in next month.
Characters or actors?
Because I’m pretty sure most of the actors in BHD were (and are) well-known.
Killing captive civilians isn’t reasonable. A wiser move would have been to call for extraction and then turn them loose when the chopper was in sight.
I have an acquaintance who was present for Operation Red Wings II, what he has to say about the SEALs is pretty damning.
Many were little known at the time, or are people we recognize but don’t know.
Just thinking with electrons here…
Famous at the time:
Josh Hartnett
Ewan McGregor
Tom Sizemore
Orlando Bloom
George Harris
Know but don’t know:
Sam Shepard
William Fichtner
Kim Coates
Jeremy Piven
Famous after:
Eric Bana
Tom Hardy
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau (perhaps best known today for playing Ser Jaime “The King-Slayer” Lannister in Game of Thrones… portrayed MSgt Gary Gordon in BHD)
And now I’m bored, so I’m not looking up any one else in the case, because there were waaay too many people in BHD. 
What?
Sorry, actors.
And obviously this is subjective, but IMO none of them were that well known.
I had to look up George Harris. He’s not well known even now.
Hartnett and Bloom were known then mostly to teenaged girls.
Sam Shepard was by far the most experienced and well known actor in the movie. He won a Pulitzer in the 70s and was nominated for an Academy Award for the Right Stuff.
As is often said on this site, you do not know what you do not know. Not that there is anything with that when it comes to keeping up with who is who in Hollywood…