now real life hits hollywood with the hurt locker nominated for nine academy awards. it s the story of explosives detonation teams on the front lines in iraq. it s 131 minutes of emotion but for the real troops, it s 24/7. fred, you know you spent time with these guys on the battlefield. what do they think of their hollywood portrayals? reporter: well, of course it s very difficult for them. i spent several weeks with the eod guys south of baghdad and they were really having a lot to do every day. they are the final guys that you go to when you don t know how else to get rid of a bomb. but the one thing that i was surprised about is how matter of fact they speak about their work and they have to do such difficult things like try to get a bomb out of an iraqi truck, try and get a bomb out of a ditch. these things are hidden. the other thing is for them it was always very, very dangerous to operate in that area. they were telling me for some of them al qaeda had put a premium