Introduction
The One That Got Away is a 1996 ITV television film directed by Paul Greengrass and starring Paul McGann. It is based on the book of the same name by Chris Ryan telling the true story of a Special Air Service patrol during the Gulf War in 1991.
A subsequent film about the patrol, Bravo Two Zero, was broadcast in 1999.
Outline
Special Air Service patrol Bravo Two Zero is inserted into Iraq by helicopter to locate and destroy Iraqi Scud missile launchers.
En route they find an unexpected group of Bedouin tribesmen and hide until they are noticed by a shepherd and exchange fire with armed fighters.
They escape and return to the initial landing point but there is no helicopter waiting for them. While attempting to make contact, the patrol accidentally splits into a group of five soldiers heading to the road to hijack a vehicle and a group of three soldiers heading through the desert.
Several days of travel later, seven of the soldiers have either died of hypothermia, been killed or captured. Corporal Ryan journeys 180 miles to the Syrian border to escape.
Production & Filming Details
- Director: Paul Greengrass.
- Writers: Paulgreengrass (screenplay) and Chris Ryan (novel).
- Producers: Jeff Pope.
- Music: Barrington Pheloung.
- Cinematography: Ivan Strasburg.
- Editor: Clive Maltby.
- Production: London Weekend Television.
- Distributor: Firefly Entertainment and ITV.
- Release Date: 18 February 1996 (UK).
- Running time: 111 minutes.
- Country: South Africa.
- Language: English.
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