Clancy publicly accused the filmmakers of bastardizing his book with plot alterations and technical mistakes, but finally allowed his name in the credits."After receiving a postage-due, forwarded letter from France from his "American gal" from Mineola, Long Island, Eddie and his cab-driver friend drive out to her house to meet the woman he has never met.Tell them I know they will remember all I said to them: that they will be loving children to you, they will do their duty faithfully, fight heir bosom enemies bravely and conquer themselves so beautifully hat when I come back to them, I may be fonder and prouder than ever of my little women.Kittridge told Ethan of a "penetration," and explained how a decoded message on the Internet from a Czech known as "Max" (an illegal arms dealer, known for anonymity and for corrupting susceptible agents) had been intercepted.The screenplay by Steven Zaillian was adapted from Thomas Keneally""s 1982 biographic novel (Schindler""s Ark), constructed by interviews with 50 Schindler survivors found in many nations, and other wartime associates of the title character, as well as other written testimonies and sources.