American Sniper

American Sniper (2014)

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Corrected entry: When Chris Kyle and his wife are watching the 9/11 attacks on live TV, if you look at the lighting of the room and the lighting outside, it would appear to be at least noon. If the first attack happened at 8:46 AM New York time, it would have been 7:46 AM Texas time. Sunrise would be around 7:00 AM in September in Texas.

Correction: Chris and his wife were not watching 9/11 live, you can hear from the report on the TV that it is a recap of what had happened earlier that morning. So it is plausible that it could have been around noon when they got out of bed and turned on the TV.

Corrected entry: At a bar, a man is getting arrows thrown at his back, with a bulls eye painted on it. One arrow is thrown and it sticks in the guy's back. Cut to the next arrow being thrown, there are now multiple arrows sticking out of his back.

Correction: There is already one dart in the man's back when the shot of the dart being thrown is viewed. Thus why there is 3 darts at the end but only 2 are seen thrown.

Factual error: When Taya is watching TV and sees the first of the Twin Towers get hit by the suicide plane, she calls to Chris and they watch it together. Chris was born in 1974 and it states he enlisted at 30 which would've been 2004. The bar scene where Taya and Chris meet was after he completed his BUDS training and sniper school. Which, if was timeline accurate would have been 2004 or 2005. Therefore they could not have watched the events of 9/11/01 unfold together on TV because the wouldn't have known each other yet.

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Suggested correction: Chris Kyle joined the Navy in 1999. Not 2004. His book American Sniper does say he was at Taya's house on 9/11. He was summoned back to the base and got caught speeding. Luckily the officer decided to not ticket him.

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Trivia: Contrary to the heroic figure he's portrayed as being in the film, the real-life Chris Kyle was quite the controversial person. By his own admission, he would ignore rules of engagement and stated that he enjoyed killing people in Iraq and that he wished he would have killed more, even referring to Iraqis as "savages." He also falsely claimed in his book and in subsequent radio/television interviews to have punched-out former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura for making disparaging remarks about Navy SEALs at a SEAL reunion in 2006. As a result, Ventura sued Chris Kyle - and later his estate after Kyle's death - and was awarded $1.8 million in damages for defamation of character and unjust enrichment. It was also revealed in May 2016 that Kyle had embellished his military record, claiming in his book to have won two Silver Stars and five Bronze stars, all for valor. In actuality, he had only been awarded one Silver Star and four Bronze Stars. Prior to publishing his book, Navy officials warned him not to include the discrepancy. The Navy concluded its investigation of the matter in July 2016, and reduced his medal count accordingly. Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/navy-finds-american-sniper-chris-kyle-exaggerated-medal-count-article-1.2705473.

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Question: When Chris and co are having dinner with an Iraqi family, why does Chris react the way he does when he sees the mark on the Iraqi father's left elbow? What does Chris think it is?

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Chosen answer: Chris has "shooter's strawberries" on his elbows, which are red callouses caused by lying in the sniper's position for long periods. He notices the same marks on the elbows of the father, and realizes that he too is a military sniper.

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