Alan Wat: The Pentagon has been funding Hollywood for decades | |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 530950 Russia 10/20/2008 02:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | There is actually a Hollywood desk for the DoD on the old Paramount lot. Take a look at a movie like Top Gun, there was a need to recruit thousands of pilots and that movie was spawned out of that. there was no script to start with, there was only a defense dept target to meet. |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 527988 France 10/20/2008 03:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | [link to video.google.com] Somewhere in Texas, one of the most famous episodes of the Iraq war; the heroic rescue of U.S. Private Jessica Lynch was turned into a scene...all » Somewhere in Texas, one of the most famous episodes of the Iraq war; the heroic rescue of U.S. Private Jessica Lynch was turned into a scene for a made-for-TV movie. The movie was broadcast on TV earlier this Fall, but not without sparking some controversy. The official military version of the rescue had been contradicted by several investigative journalists. But when the film was produced, a U.S. Army official was on the set overseeing the operation. The U.S. Army also had direct control over the script, but at what expense to reality? With the help of interviews with key military officials and filmmakers, Hollywood and the Pentagon: A Dangerous Liaison attempts to explain the behind-the-scenes relations between Hollywood and the Pentagon. In Lies We Trust: The CIA, Hollywood and Bioterrorism - Official Release - 151 min [link to video.google.com] This feature length documentary about medical madness, cloaked in bioterrorism preparedness, will awaken the brain dead. It exposes health officials, directed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), for conducting a “War of Terror” that is killing millions of unwitting Americans. Every viewer is encouraged to reproduce and distribute copies to others. Operation Hollywood - 58 min [link to video.google.com] Using lots of movie clips, Operation Hollywood explores this cozy relationship, and questions the wisdom of letting the Pentagon use movies to promote the U.S. army's image. There are probably others as well. |
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