[Oratam]

Don't get your striped pants in a twist. It's just a movie, Mr Williams.

No knighthood at 71 after a lifetime of service? I'd say Her Majesty's government agrees with Mr Affleck.

[Robert DeLong]

No, it is a movie supposedly based on facts. I can understand clearly why Mr. Williams wants to set the record straight. On the other hand I can understand why the film worngly depicts British involvement. The fact that the British chose to not trumpet what thet had done means no one would have know these facts when creating the movie. Though I am not sure where they got the "facts" that the British out-an-out refused to help.

I for one am relieved to know that British diplomats did not just turn their backs on our people in this time of need.

[Robert DeLong]

Also, he was the recipient of the Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) Awrad, so I doubt the British Empire agrees with Ben Affleck. I know I can’t stand the creep.

[heylady]

“Don’t get your striped pants in a twist. It’s just a movie, Mr Williams”

Ben is that you? Unfortunately I have know too many people that believe everything that Hollywood feeds them. The movie is either true or it isn’t. You do notice that the disclaimer says BASED on true events. Being familiar with Clooney and Affleck I am more inclined to go along with the British version of events.

I grew up right after WWII and all I saw were movies depicting Americans fighting. It wasn’t until recently after watching Foyle’s War, a British production, that I understood the great sacrifice the British people made during the WWII.

[silverleaf]

Did you even read his account?
That diplomat, his wife and all the other Brit diplomats and employees involved - and few other foreign nationals (Swedish ambassy, Thai cook) were all damn HEROES.
So what prompted Ben Affleck and his people, including producer George Clooney, to portray the Brits in such a derogatory way, I don’t know. If the film had portrayed what they did, it might have added even more dramatic tension

And this man is a gentlemen and true diplomat (a dying breed) who kept his mouth shut all these years to avoid stirring up trouble in UK-Iranian relations and endangering other Brits with an Iranian govt headed by one of those “student” islamist extremist kidnappers - Achmadinejad
That is what “classified” information is about. Keeping secrets.

So why did Cooney and Affleck make a movie “based on fact” that included an inaccurate gratuitous slur against brave allies? Its holywod- it guess we should expect no less than constant agendas in place of history