Iraq meets Texas in Jessica Lynch TV Movie

[Newsjock]

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Iraq Meets Texas in Jessica Lynch TV Movie
Tue Sep 23, 8:14 AM ET
By Jon Herskovitz

DALLAS (Reuters) - U.S. Army hero Jessica Lynch is Canadian, snipers loyal to Saddam Hussein crouch on a roof flanked by the skyscraper that was home to television's J.R. Ewing and the streets of the Iraqi city of Nassiriya are near downtown Dallas.

Welcome to the world of NBC's made-for-television movie "Saving Jessica Lynch" where Iraq meets Texas in the telling of the 20-year-old Army private's ordeal in Iraq.

... Paulson said the film commissions of Dallas and Texas put together a strong proposal to lure the movie to the state -- as opposed to popular and cheaper locales such as Mexico orCanada. Shooting in the United States made it is easier for the film's producers to obtain the use of military equipment such as helicopters, tanks and other vehicles.

... The Iraqi street scene in Dallas will remain intact after the movie is aired, and some country music stars indicated they may use it for patriotic music videos that celebrate the war.

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[wryter2000]

1. WTF

I thought Jessica backed out of the movie deal and was going to write a book. Dang! More "patriotic" pap for the masses.

[Chico Man]

2. "celebrate the war"

How disgusting.

[KharmaTrain]

3. When Is This Abortion Supposed To Air?

There was a major article in Sunday's Chicago Sun-Times (sorry not good at making links on this thing on the fly) about Shauna Johnson...a real hero who not only suffered serious injuries, like Lynch did, but also the humiliation of captivity and a real goofy rescue. I'd like to see her story, but so far no book offers or any network (not even UPN) wanting to do her story. Guess she's just not sellable.

From what I've heard, the Lynch family is not very happy with the screenplay of this BushCo. re-selection ad, but have millions of reasons to keep quiet for now.

BTW...any word on the proposed lawsuit by families of those who didn't make it back from that runaway meals-on-wheels that Lynch was on?

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

6. Albedo (nt)

:mad:

[Hand]

4. Odd...

I'd heard that it was going to be shot here in NOVA SCOTIA (seriously). Maybe the West Virginia scenes... desert would be difficult.

[thebigidea]

5. well, at least this bullshit bush regime created a bumper crop of badfilm

file this with DC 9/11: TIME OF CRISIS as BLATANT PROPAGANDA.

Say, how is Rambo IV: Rambo vs OBL coming out? Didn't that go into production?

[kskiska]

7. Why not just film it

on the 1600-acre Crawford Pig Farm? Looks like Iraq to me.

[central scrutinizer]

8. nothing new here

Look at all of the jingoistic dreck being offered up by the networks: Threat Matrix, Navy NCIS, etc. - all fear, all the time