{"id":10961,"date":"2012-02-22T17:25:54","date_gmt":"2012-02-22T22:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=10961"},"modified":"2012-02-23T10:38:30","modified_gmt":"2012-02-23T15:38:30","slug":"act-of-valor-showcases-real-navy-heroes-wives-and-kids-and-the-bullets-are-real-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2012\/02\/act-of-valor-showcases-real-navy-heroes-wives-and-kids-and-the-bullets-are-real-too","title":{"rendered":"“Act of Valor” showcases real Navy heroes, wives and kids; and the bullets are real, too"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the new film \u201cAct of Valor\u201d — starring real-life U.S. Navy SEALs and real live-fire scenes in which the movie crew kept their heads down as live ammunition ripped overhead — movie makers Mike McCoy and Scott Waugh would like to think they\u2019ve invented a whole new kind of movie.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u201cAct of Valor,\u201d which is released this weekend, is mixture of reality TV, live action feature and cinema\u2019s early years in which Thomas Edison\u2019s cameramen risked risked life and limb to capture the real world for audiences just getting hooked on “moving pictures.”<\/p>\n

But the former actors, who have worked almost every job in front of and behind the camera, want to dispel a story going around about \u201cAct of Valor\u201d \u2013 that it began as a Pentagon training or recruiting film. That rumor has made some of the biggest newspapers and wire services.<\/p>\n

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Training under very real conditions<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe are laughing at the myth — and enjoying the story,\u201d chuckles Waugh. \u201cBut it never started out like that. ‘Act of Valor’ has always — Continued on Page Two<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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