BURBANK, Calif., Oct. 20 (UPI) -- NBC is presenting the first 40 minutes of "Saving Jessica Lynch," the story of the rescue of Pfc. Jessica Lynch, without commercials.
The made-for-television movie about the ambush of the 507th Maintenance Company and Lynch's liberation from an Iraqi hospital is scheduled to air Nov. 9.
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The movie is based on information from the surviving members of the 507th Maintenance Company, Department of Defense reports and the first-person account of Mohammed Al-Rehaief, the Iraqi lawyer who informed the U.S. military of Lynch's whereabouts.
Laura Regan protrays 19-year-old Pfc. Jessica Lynch and Nicholas Guilak stars as Al-Rehaief.
