Visible crew/equipment: A film crew member, wearing a blue sweatshirt, is visible in the shot panning to follow the helicopter and there are Iraqi troops in the foreground. It is during the recollection of the accident, when Nat Serling is interviewing the first U.S. Army crew member.
Courage Under Fire (1996)
1 visible crew/equipment mistake
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Starring: Matt Damon, Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty
Factual error: The portrayal of the firing MLRS before Denzel's unit moves off is ludicrously inadequate. The rockets launched from the MLRS resemble a space shuttle lift-off, but in the movie it was more like a sparkler thrown into the air.
Specialist Ilario: It's not the doing shit that gets to you. It's the consequences. Imagine a life without consequences.
Trivia: The Tech-rep for this movie was an Armor Captain from the California National Guard who never made it to Desert Storm. In a bit of irony, one of the officers from the 2nd ACR that was in the largest tank battle in Desert Storm applied for this position, but was told that he didn't know anything about desert warfare.
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