Picking Nits
Mendez's height; Swissair chase questions; underdeveloped housekeeper; Nightline underused; missing 1979 All-Star Game
In the discussion (6)
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- The hosts say the real Mendez was 5'7" and not a supermodel, while a 6'4" handsome Affleck would have been a red flag in Iran.
- The Swissair pilot should have noticed the cars, and the plane could have been radioed or shot at; the counter is that Iran did not want an international incident.
- The housekeeper subplot feels tacked on: she needed a scene showing her connection to the six to explain covering for them, though the film favors forward momentum.
- A pitch to handle the exfil like the unseen Lufthansa heist in Goodfellas is declined in favor of the existing inaccurate version.
- Nightline should have been on in the background more often.
- The 79 baseball all-star game and Dave Parker's throw from right field should have been worked in.