 Captain Britanov filed a suit in 2001, claiming that Warner Bros.  did not seek or receive his permission to use his story or his  character for a movie. He also claimed that the movie did not  portray the events accurately and made him look incompetent. In  September 2004, a court ruled in Britanovs favor. Captain Britanov  declines to state the amount of the award; descriptions range from  "substantial damages" down to tens of thousands of dollars.