“I think the end titles run longer than Obama’s time on screen,” Lyle told The AP. National Geographic Channels CEO David Lyle on Thursday denied allegations that the film’s release was politically timed to The Associated Press. In the other 28-second clip, a skipper played by actor Robert Knepper tells a soldier who shot a civilian target during a training session: “We get our guy and leave dead women and kids this mission is a failure.” In one 26-second clip, soldiers are seen taking precautions in helping the safe removal of children from bin Laden’s compound. Stockwell released clips from the film to POLITICO to illustrate his point. ![]() We have tried to portray them accurately and with respect.” “This film is dedicated to the men and women of the armed forces and intelligence community who sacrifice, for us, everyday. “The insinuation by The New York Times that our film ‘SEAL Team Six,’ contains scenes that might be incendiary to the Muslim world, because of the ‘jeopardy to Muslim children during the assault on Osama bin Laden’s compound’ is nonsensical and took us all by surprise - as we went to great lengths to highlight the care and the control that the SEALs showed during the chaos of the raid - not to harm any women and children,” Stockwell said in the statement. In a statement to POLITICO, Stockwell blasted the statements as “nonsensical.” But the new film’s portrayals of the jeopardy to Muslim children during the assault on Bin Laden’s compound, and its graphic references to - but not portrayals of - torture in the war on terror may step toward the risk zone.” Times reporters Michael Cieply and Brian Stelter, who obtained a copy of the film, wrote: “Nothing in ‘SEAL Team Six’ recalls the anti-Muslim tones of that film. diplomatic posts overseas, including one in Benghazi, Libya, that left Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans dead. ![]() Obama with any backlash in a Muslim world already inflamed by the YouTube trailer for ” Republicans have criticized the Obama administration for linking “The Innocence of Muslims” to last month’s attacks at U.S. The Times also reported that “beyond the political issues, the film may carry the risk of associating Mr. It is directed by John Stockwell.Īccording to the Times, the film was “ recut” to give Obama more prominence, prompting conservatives to criticize the film as political propaganda for Obama. 4 on National Geographic Channel and is backed by movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, an Obama donor who purchased the film rights in May for $2.5 million, The New York Times reported Tuesday. “SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama bin Laden,” about the May 2011 killing of bin Laden, will premiere Nov.
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