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		</div><p><a href="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/hurt-locker-in-us-legal-action.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" title="A real-life bomb disposal expert claims Jeremy Renner's character in The Hurt Locker was based on him" src="http://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/min-hurt-locker-in-us-legal-action.jpg" alt="A real-life bomb disposal expert claims Jeremy Renner's character in The Hurt Locker was based on him"/></a></p>
<p>The makers of The Hurt Locker are asking a federal judge to take part in a belated Oscar screening of sorts &#8211; to watch a DVD of the film and then dismiss an Iraq war veteran&#8217;s claims it is based on him.</p>
<p>The makers of the Academy Award-winning movie have asked the judge to dismiss Master Sgt Jeffrey Sarver&#8217;s lawsuit, saying the film is a fictional work. The filings, accompanied by the DVD, contend many of Sarver&#8217;s claims of similarity are contradicted by watching the movie.</p>
<p>The filings by attorneys for producer Nicolas Chartier and several film companies also maintain The Hurt Locker does not violate Sarver&#8217;s likeness rights because he is not portrayed or named in the film. Summit Entertainment, which acquired the film&#8217;s rights and released it in June 2009, is supporting the motion.</p>
<p>The motion comes nearly a year after Sarver sued the filmmakers, its screenwriter and director, in March 2010. Days later, The Hurt Locker went on to win six Oscars, including for best picture, director and screenplay.</p>
<p>Arguments on the case are scheduled to be heard on March 7 &#8211; the one-year anniversary of the film&#8217;s Oscar wins.</p>
<p>Sarver deployed to Iraq in 2004 as an explosive ordnance disposal technician, according to his lawsuit. Screenwriter Mark Boal was embedded with Sarver&#8217;s company in late 2004 and wrote an article for Playboy that revealed numerous details of Sarver&#8217;s personal life.</p>
<p>The Army bomb expert&#8217;s lawsuit claims the film&#8217;s main character, Will James, played in the movie by Jeremy Renner, is really Sarver, who never granted permission for the movie.</p>
<p>Sarver also claims he was source for the phrase &#8220;hurt locker&#8221;, which screenwriter Mark Boal heard Sarver use several times.</p>
<p>Boal has disputed Sarver&#8217;s allegations and has said the film is a work of fiction.</p>
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