Sgt. Major Parker, Lt. John Rottger, and Col. King Davis all participated as military advisors during the shoot.
(62 votes)
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Arabian consultants throughout the production: Sayed Moustafa Al-Qazwini, Sermid Al-Sarrof, and Al No'mani.
(62 votes)
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Russell's entry into the major studio big leagues is an exhilarating display of cinematic bravado. Working within the limitations of the war genre, he manages to reinvent and revitalize it by shooting the film with a bleached out look and hyper-kinetic editing style. He also stuffs it with a potent blend of comedy and drama that has never been exploited as forcefully on screen up to this point. The charged script, based on a fictional story by Ridley, gives the actors a chance to shine with roles that step outside of the cliches and enable them to create humanistic, believable characters (Jonze's redneck Conrad is a prime example of this). While the film's slip into pro-American sentimentality can be debated as to its effectiveness (intentional, too sentimental?), the overflowing energy of Russell's picture makes other films seem tame and uninspired in comparison. Undeniably entertaining.The film's primary filming locations were Casa Grande, Arizona; El Centro, California; and Mexicali, Mexico.
(57 votes)
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Director David O. Russell spent eighteen months researching the Gulf War before writing his script.
(52 votes)
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Director of Photography Thomas Newton Sigel utilized an original technique in developing the film stock called "bleach bypassing," which entails skipping a bleach process in order to leave a layer of silver on the negative, making the image look washed out.
(49 votes)
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One early title for the film was SPOILS OF WAR.
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