When a crusading chairperson of the military budget committee pressures the would be Navy secretary to begin full gender integration of the service, he offers the chance for a test case for a female trainee in a Navy SEAL-style training qualification. LT Jordan O'Neill is given the assignment, but no one expects her to succeed in an inhumanly punishing regime that has a standard 60% dropout rate for men. However, O'Neill is determined to prove everyone wrong.
Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@execulink.com>
According to Ridley Scott (while discussing the filming of
Matchstick Men), Sam Rockwell was originally cast in one of the roles and had completed some rehearsals before he became ill/injured and was replaced.
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Goofs
Continuity:
When the first trainees are jumping out of the helicopter into the water for the S.E.R.E. training course, the sun is shown just rising over the horizon. However, the shadow cast by the helicopter's tail (viewed from inside the helicopter) indicates that the sun is instantly much higher.
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Quotes
SEAL Trainees:
[sung by trainees]
I was lost, In a world of light, I always did what was right, But now I sing a different song, And I found joy in doing wrong, I found a friend in Satan, I found a friend in Satan, I found a friend in Satan. See more »
"Mama Told Me Not to Come"
Written by Randy Newman Performed by Three Dog Night Courtesy of MCA Records By Arrangement with MCA Special Markets and Products
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