Posted on 08/05/2021 8:43:52 PM PDT by Beave Meister
For the first time, the US military’s central office for dealing with Hollywood has re-leased internal reports on its operations, revealing how the Department of Defense strong-armed the industry to achieve its propaganda goals.
The reports were obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request and offer a rare glimpse inside the DOD’s main entertainment liaison offices at the Pentagon, which oversees the individual branch offices in Los Angeles run by the Army, Navy, Air Force and others. The reports cover approximately two years of activities and illustrate just how aggressive the DOD can be when dealing with film and TV producers, as well as their involvement with some of the biggest-name filmmakers in Hollywood.
The sheer range of products mentioned in the documents as having gained assistance from the US military is staggering, from Navy-assisted episodes of Cake Boss and the Great Food Truck Race to the Disney sci-fi fantasy A Wrinkle in Time. Numerous other films are listed, including blockbusters like Captain Marvel, Top Gun: Maverick and Transformers: The Last Knight.
On Captain Marvel the DOD and US Air Force provided research trips to military bases, filming access at several military locations, and extensive promotional help including an Air Force recruitment campaign that tied into the film. The documents also reveal how the two co-directors of the movie, Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, paid a visit to the Pentagon just before the film’s release.
One document notes, “During their visit they attended office calls and had lunch with Air Force leaders. They also participated in a professional development session” for Air Force and DOD public affairs officers, showing just how integrated the military-Hollywood relationship has become.
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This article is BS.
The Pentagon doesn’t FORCE anything in or on Hollywood.
Hollywood asks for DoD involvement.
They want to control the narrative. Can’t let the people see the truth.
Not really “news” as it’s been going for quite some time.
Here Are 410 Movies Made Under the Direct Influence and Supervision of the Pentagon
I won’t say the entire article is BS, but it has a high quantity of it.
A professional acquaintance of mine was assigned to be the Navy’s historical representative for the horrid movie “Pearl Harbor.” He said the only good thing/memory he got from the 6 weeks he spent in Hawaii was being there and getting to visit all of the actual event locations. The movie folks routinely asked for his comments and then IGNORED what he said. Among other things was having digitalized scene of where the P-40’s chase the Zero’s in between the masts of the ships on battleship row. He explain that was a physical impossibility as the hulls were only a few feet apart in reality, which would have caused the first plane through to hit the antennas on the masts and crash into the ship; but they said it would be a ‘really great’ visual affect.
I didn’t see (1991) Hot Shots! on the list. I guarantee Naval Aviators wrote most of the scenes.
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