Mostow and Michael Douglas (who starred in The Game) were to collaborate on a World War II-era submarine film U-571 (2000) but Douglas pulled out due to scheduling conflicts. Instead, the Director assembled a cast including Harvey Keitel, Bill Paxton, Matthew McConaughey, Jack Noseworthy, Matthew Settle and Thomas Guiry for U-571, a film about an attempt by the USA to intercept a German U-boat carrying a coding device. Loosely based on fact (although it really involved British forces, not Americans), the film earned $77 million in domestic receipts. The film was nominated for two Academy Awards, and won the Oscar for Best Sound Editing. At the time of its release, British Prime Minister Tony Blair condemned U-571 in parliament as an insult to the Royal Navy. The Guardian newspaper called the film 'tasteless' and opined that the British sailors memories had been 'desecrated'.