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SOUTHFIELD, Mich. — An Army bomb disposal expert is suing the makers of “The Hurt Locker,” claiming that they cheated him out of “financial participation.”
Attorney Geoffrey Fieger said Wednesday that he filed the federal lawsuit in New Jersey on behalf of Master Sgt. Jeffrey Sarver. He declined to specify how much money his client was seeking.
Sarver, of Clarksville, Tenn., claims screenwriter Mark Boal was embedded in his three- person unit and that the information he gathered was used in the film, Fieger said. The film is nominated for nine Academy Awards, including best original screenplay.
Boal disputed that his character was based entirely on Sarver, and he said the film is a work of fiction. The Associated Press
