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I removed the following from the article as it makes no reference to what scene it refers to and uses poorly worded English. The scene was taken in Mae Hong Son Province, the northern Thailand, in order to cope with the events happen in the script. After the film, the province was greatly promoted by the western travelogue media. The scene of Mae Hong Son Province was published by the famous travelogue magazine Conde Nest Traveller in May, 1993, as a cover page title. If it's worth putting back then reword it befor doing so. -- Cab88 18:58, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Though it's already clear from this article that there is some political spin in the movie, it is also notable that the movie conveys the belief that Air America was involved in drug smuggling in Laos. It might be worthwhile to mention that the historicity of this depiction is in dispute. The article already cites a quote from one of the moviemakers that makes pretty clear what their position is on this subject. There are also studies that can be sourced for this issue, including Twilight Warriors: Covert Air Operations Against the USSR by Curtis Peebles, pp.254-255. Peebles mentions two of the foundational sources for this issue: McCoy's The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia which accused Air America of drug smuggling, and Prof. William Leary's investigation and interview of 300 people, which concluded that there was no evidence of Air America's involvement in drug smuggling. 70.191.196.187 ( talk) 16:03, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
Under 'Reception' I reversed names under the picture (Gibson is on left, Downey on right) but lost the pix. Can't seem to get it back. Can someone more skilled than me at Wiki formatting fix it? Thanks. American In Brazil ( talk) 13:46, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
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I removed the following from the article as it makes no reference to what scene it refers to and uses poorly worded English. The scene was taken in Mae Hong Son Province, the northern Thailand, in order to cope with the events happen in the script. After the film, the province was greatly promoted by the western travelogue media. The scene of Mae Hong Son Province was published by the famous travelogue magazine Conde Nest Traveller in May, 1993, as a cover page title. If it's worth putting back then reword it befor doing so. -- Cab88 18:58, 5 September 2006 (UTC)
Though it's already clear from this article that there is some political spin in the movie, it is also notable that the movie conveys the belief that Air America was involved in drug smuggling in Laos. It might be worthwhile to mention that the historicity of this depiction is in dispute. The article already cites a quote from one of the moviemakers that makes pretty clear what their position is on this subject. There are also studies that can be sourced for this issue, including Twilight Warriors: Covert Air Operations Against the USSR by Curtis Peebles, pp.254-255. Peebles mentions two of the foundational sources for this issue: McCoy's The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia which accused Air America of drug smuggling, and Prof. William Leary's investigation and interview of 300 people, which concluded that there was no evidence of Air America's involvement in drug smuggling. 70.191.196.187 ( talk) 16:03, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
Under 'Reception' I reversed names under the picture (Gibson is on left, Downey on right) but lost the pix. Can't seem to get it back. Can someone more skilled than me at Wiki formatting fix it? Thanks. American In Brazil ( talk) 13:46, 21 February 2021 (UTC)