How the Pentagon and CIA took Hollywood
Original title
Theaters of War
Released
2/14/2022
Origin country
US
Genre
Documentary
Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
1hr 25min
If you’ve seen Top Gun or Transformers, you may have wondered: Does all of that military machinery on screen come with strings attached? Does the military actually get a crack at the script? With the release of a vast new trove of internal government documents, the answers have come into sharp focus: the US military has exercised editorial control over thousands of films and television programs. As these activities gain new public scrutiny, new questions arise: How have they managed to fly under the radar for so long? And where do we go from here?
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