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Ric Roman Waugh To Direct Netflix’s Hostage Rescue Flick ‘Six Minutes To Freedom’

Deadline·Matt Grobar·17 days ago
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EXCLUSIVE:   Ric Roman Waugh ( Angel Has Fallen ) has inked a deal to direct  Six Minutes to Freedom , Kurt Muse and John Gilstrap’s work of non-fiction about the 1989 Delta Force rescue of an American hostage in Panama. With a screenplay by Jared Rosenberg, the film is based on the true story of Operation Acid Gambit, one of the most daring military raids in history. At its center is Kurt Muse, a businessman turned CIA asset who ran a clandestine radio operation in Panama to undermine Manuel Noriega’s regime in the late 1980s. After being arrested by Noriega’s secret police and imprisoned in brutal conditions, Muse was rescued by the United States’ most elite warriors, Delta Force, during their invasion of Panama in December 1989. Despite careful planning, and under intense pressure to succeed, the Delta operators only had a six-minute head start to pull off their high-risk heist before U.S. forces moved in, triggering the prisoner’s swift execution.…

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