Talk:Proof of Life

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[edit] Country depicted

The article as currently written indicates that the film is based on Ecuador, though no citation is given. Though Colombia is mentioned in the film as being not Tecala, the film shares more in common with Colombia than any other South American country. The rebel army in the film is called the ELT, a clear parallel to Colombia's ELN--which also began as a Marxist group that shifted into coca and ransom. Though the flag shown in the film is that of Ecuador, this is probably due to the filming location and not the intent of the filmmakers (Ecuador is commonly used due to the real security situation in Colombia; Maria, Full of Grace was also filmed in Ecuador but meant to represent Colombia). Unless there is some sort of evidence supporting this, it'll probably be better to just drop the sentence. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Hwonder (talk • contribs) 02:43, 29 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Chechen wars films?

Why is this article tagged with the 'Chechen wars films' category? Natebailey (talk) 23:13, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

I agree NATE. I don't know how long it's been there. I've been editing/watchlist the film for a while. Clearly, it's wrong and I have deleted it. After all it was only a brief moment in the film. Best-- ♦ Luigibob ♦ ^{"Talk to Luigi!"} 23:34, 30 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Military Advisor

In the credits it says that Adam Bohling was the Military Advisor, but according to Taylor Hackford the person who played the Light Machine Gunner in the rescue mission was the one, with a prior history of being a US Army Captain, and the other two Latin American-looking operators were actually commandos in real life from the Equador Special Forces. Anyone care to comment or confirm that? 58.168.85.216 (talk) 15:05, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

I guess you can change the info: however please cite your source and do it correctly. I can correct your citation note, but provide A MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE (seriously)-- best-- Luigibob (talk) 23:19, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

I was watching the commentary on Proof Of Life and, yes, Mr Hackford does state it as he talked though the final rescue scene. Signal Buster (talk) 11:01, 19 March 2008 (UTC)