Introduction

Saving Jessica Lynch is a 2003 American television film that aired on NBC and featured 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.

Outline

Based on the true story of the rescue of Private Jessica Lynch, by the United States Army, in Iraq.

Trivia

• Although the film was based on a true story, most of the circumstances of the rescue have been challenged by the media as well as by Lynch herself.
• Lynch was portrayed as a heroic soldier who fought up to her capture. In reality, at the time of the crash of her vehicle, she fell unconscious and woke up at the hospital.
• Her rescue operation was carried out at an non-resisting civilian hospital.
• In a review of the movie, Hal Erickson wrote, “An inordinate amount of poetic license is taken with the events surrounding Jessica’s rescue, with a plethora of ridiculous coincidences and serial-like thrills and chills thrown in to pep up the story.”

Production & Filming Details

• Director(s): Peter Markle.
• Producer(s): Bob Chamiel, Michael R. Joyce, and Dan Paulson.
• Writer(s): John Fasano.
• Music: Ramin Djawadi.
• Editor(s): Scott Boyd.
• Release Date: 09 November 2003.
• Running Time: 94 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.