Saving Jessica Lynch (2003)

Directed by

Peter Markle

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h

Rating

4.4 of 10 from 11 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A television film about the true story of a U.S. soldier captured in Iraq. It shows her convoy being ambushed and then the rescue arranged with help from a local Iraqi man.

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What happens

Saving Jessica Lynch is a 2003 American television film that aired on NBC and features Canadian actress Laura Regan in the title role. The film begins with the ambush of Jessica Lynch's convoy in the middle of an Iraqi city and follows a version of events that credits an Iraqi citizen, Mohammed Odeh al-Rehaief, with being responsible for helping to arrange a daring rescue by US special operations forces. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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