PRODUCTION DOCUMENT — PART 1 OF 2APRIL 3, 2026
CALL SIGN
DUDE 44
EJECTION
200 MILES INSIDE IRAN — BASED ON A TRUE STORY
A dramatized re-enactment of the April 3, 2026 shootdown of a U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle over southwestern Iran and the weapons systems officer's first 24 hours of evasion in the Zagros Mountains.
494TH FIGHTER SQUADRON — RAF LAKENHEATHOPERATION EPIC FURYZAGROS MOUNTAINS, IRAN
PART 1 — ACT STRUCTURE
ACT I~2 MIN
THE BRIEF & THE LAUNCH
Pre-mission, carrier/FOB, wingman banter, gear-up, taxi
ACT II~3 MIN
THE MISSION & THE MISSILE
Ingress, SAM warning, missile impact, ejection
ACT III~4 MIN
THE FALL & THE CLIMB
Canopy descent, landing, ditching gear, first contact with IRGC patrol avoided, ascent into the mountains
ACT IV~3 MIN
THE CREVICE
Finding the hide, self-aid, radio silence, dusk, "God is good" whispered to himself — hard cut to black — END PART 1
PRODUCTION STATUS
12
SCENES (~16 TARGET)
60
SHOTS (~60 TARGET)
3
CHARACTERS (3 TARGET)
7
PROPS (7 TARGET)
PRODUCTION DEPARTMENTS
TONAL DNA
Top Gun: MaverickAmerican SniperBlack Hawk Down12 StrongLone SurvivorZero Dark Thirty