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Anyone one here on the poly board watch the movie American Made?
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:23 am
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:23 am
Apparently the movies is based on a true story.
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Barry Seal, a TWA pilot, is recruited by the CIA to provide reconnaissance on the burgeoning communist threat in Central America and soon finds himself in charge of one of the biggest covert CIA operations in the history of the United States. The operation spawns the birth of the Medellin cartel and almost brings down the Reagan White House.
What's so revealing is how the day to day CIA operations folks can simply set things in motion given their resources.
I thought it was a pretty good movie. I don't know how accurate it was in terms of documenting history however the movie did not seem to have a liberal slant (which I was totally expecting).
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Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:24 am to GumboPot
Good movie!
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:24 am to GumboPot
Having read the story of Seal, I wasn't impressed.
The Bush, Clinton ties were intentionally left out.
The Bush, Clinton ties were intentionally left out.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:26 am to GumboPot
Every Barry Seal thread on the O-T is interesting as there are usually dozens of stories from people whose family members came in contact with him.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:31 am to Bunk Moreland
It was amazing what you could get away with in terms of handling cash back in the late '70s early '80s before computers were prevalent and banking rules were much different.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:32 am to Bunk Moreland
Yeah I washed his plane a few times as a kid.
Big tipper. Nice guy. Every private pilot in BR knew him or knew of him.
Big tipper. Nice guy. Every private pilot in BR knew him or knew of him.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:35 am to GumboPot
I found the movie to be highly entertaining.
Don't understand why they showed him being gunned down in Arkansas rather than Baton Rouge though.
Don't understand why they showed him being gunned down in Arkansas rather than Baton Rouge though.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:37 am to Erin Go Bragh
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Don't understand why they showed him being gunned down in Arkansas rather than Baton Rouge though.
Thanks for that clarification.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:38 am to GumboPot
Did they cover the part where they were running the operation through Arkansas with the knowledge of Bill Clinton?
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:38 am to GumboPot
Good movie. And it is true. But there are books relating to the shady operation in Mena which are perhaps a lot more accurate and revealing.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:38 am to GumboPot
The liberal slant came when the movies title which was originally called "Mena" was changed to American Made to shield Hillary Clinton from being associated with drug running into Arkansas when Bill Clinton was Governor.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:45 am to Loserman
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Did they cover the part where they were running the operation through Arkansas with the knowledge of Bill Clinton?
Not overtly. You would have to infer that Bill knew because the Attorney General of Arkansas got a call from Bill and subsequently allowed Seal to go after being arrested by every alphabet agency in the federal and Arkansas state governments.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:47 am to GumboPot
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Not overtly. You would have to infer that Bill knew because the Attorney General of Arkansas got a call from Bill and subsequently allowed Seal to go after being arrested by every alphabet agency in the federal and Arkansas state governments.
That was a great scene. "You boys like Cadillacs?"
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:51 am to crewdepoo
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Triggered much?
Is sitting on penis for too long the cause of your repetitive and boring posts?
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:51 am to Erin Go Bragh
What pisses me off is the fact that the CIA can move their chess pieces on the board (that actually affect real human lives) and when things turn out bad there are ZERO consequences.
The same thing is happening now with the FBI and the several o the IC departments concerning the MUH Russians investigation.
The same thing is happening now with the FBI and the several o the IC departments concerning the MUH Russians investigation.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:52 am to GumboPot
It's more fiction than fact
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:52 am to GumboPot
One of the best movies in 17
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:55 am to GumboPot
Is it on Amazon yet? Because I don't recall seeing it.
Posted on 12/20/17 at 8:57 am to MrLarson
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Is it on Amazon yet?
I don't know about Amazon but it's on iTunes.
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