An
American
bomb
disposal
expert
has
sued
the
makers
of
Iraq
war
drama
The
Hurt
Locker,
alleging
that
the
lead
character
in
the
film,
Will
James,
is
based
on
him.
Master
Sgt.
Jeffrey
Sarver,
an
army
bomb
disposal
expert
who
served
in
the
Iraq
war
in
2004,
has
charged
that
the
creators
of
the
Oscar
nominated
film
have
cheated
him
out
of
“financial
participation" in
the
film.
The
army
man"s
attorney
Geoffrey
Fieger
revealed
that
he
has
filed
a
multimillion-dollar
lawsuit
in
New
Jersey
federal.
Fieger
further
briefed
that
the
screenwriter
Mark
Boal
was
embedded
in
Sarver"s
three-person
unit
in
Iraq
and
had
used
the
information
he
gained
to
write
the
story.
Also,
he
mentioned
that
Boal"s
report
on
Sarver
was
published
in
Playboy
in
2005.
“If
you
do
take
the
time
to
read
(the
Playboy
article)
and
if
you
then
go
and
view
'The
Hurt
Locker," you
will
see
-
and
there
will
be
no
question
in
your
mind
-
that
'Blaster
One,"
Sgt.
Sarver,
is
the
character
in
'The
Hurt
Locker"
called
Will
James,"
the
New
York
Daily
News
quoted
Fieger
as
saying.
He
added:
“The
caveat
in
the
movie
that
the
movie
is
fictional
and
all
the
characters
portrayed
in
the
movie
are
fictional
is
a
fictional
statement
in
and
of
itself.
“They"re
gonna
owe
him
a
whole
lot
of
money
and
recognition."
Meanwhile,
the
movie"s
U.S.
distributor,
Summit
Entertainment,
has
come
up
with
a
statement
hoping
“for
a
quick
resolution
to
the
claims
made
by
Master
Sgt.
Sarver." It
said:
“The
film
is
a
story
about
heroes
depicting
a
fictional
account
of
what
brave
men
and
women
do
on
the
battlefield.
“We
have
no
doubt
that
Master
Sgt.
Sarver
served
his
country
with
honor
and
commitment
risking
his
life
for
a
greater
good,
but
we
distributed
the
film
based
on
a
fictional
screenplay
written
by
Mark
Boal."
Sarver
has
pinned
his
hopes
on
his
attorney
to
help
him
get
his
due.
He
said:
“I
could
have
helped
out
a
little
bit.
But
they
chose
not
to.
(I"m
feeling)
just
a
little
bit
hurt,
a
little
bit
felt
left
out.
Just
hoping
that
Mr.
Fieger
can
make
things
right."
Kathryn
Bigelow
is
the
director
of
The
Hurt
Locker.