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Originally Posted by vintagetoppsguy
For those that say the movie didn't follow the actual story, please specify what part and what is your source of information?
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There was absolutely no gun battle in the village at the end. Don't want to spoil it, but most of those dramatic action elements shown at the movie's end did not happen. He was aided by a local and taken to a village. The enemy fighters did find him in the village, but the villagers were able to protect him and send them away without any violence. When the Army Rangers arrived several days later, there was no fight. They were able to sit down and have tea with the villagers.. no Apaches firing away at Taliban fighters, no defibrillators, etc. The link in David's post explains more... and Luttrell's book details (differences) even further.
I know Luttrell was very involved in the film's making, but suspect that was mainly from a technical and character standpoint... and maybe less relating to how the studio would tell the overall story. Who knows, maybe even the director (Peter Berg) wanted to tell it straight, but regardless, someone very Hollywood hijacked the end.