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Director of Cold War film ‘Red Dawn’ said movie’s success taught him lesson about liberal Hollywood
Fox News ^ | November 30 ,2024 | Scott Whitlock

Posted on 12/02/2024 4:48:25 AM PST by C19fan

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the iconic Cold War thriller "Red Dawn," a film by a Hollywood conservative that showcased patriotism, a love for the American military and warned of the dangers of gun control. Yet, it also taught the man behind the movie a deep lesson about the mentality of liberal Hollywood.

Amanda Milius, the daughter of the film’s director, spoke to Fox News Digital about the film’s 40th anniversary, its legacy, and what the movie revealed to her dad. Released in 1984, "Red Dawn" told the story of the Soviet Union invading America and fighting a conventional land battle within the USA. It starred some of the most popular actors of the day and has gone on to be regarded as a cultural touchstone of the Cold War era.

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TOPICS: Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: classicmovie; coldwar; filmclassic; hollywood; johnmilius; milius; movies; reagan; russia
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1 posted on 12/02/2024 4:48:25 AM PST by C19fan
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The vile, evil attackers of America’s heartland, God and everything Americans hold sacred did not come from the Soviet Union. Those fiends, hell bent on destroying our country and Constitution, came from Hollyweird.


2 posted on 12/02/2024 4:55:35 AM PST by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months )
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3 posted on 12/02/2024 4:58:11 AM PST by rlmorel ("A people that elect corrupt politicians are not victims...but accomplices." George Orwell)
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Red Dawn and Diehard are two of my favorite “guilty pleasure” movies.


4 posted on 12/02/2024 5:04:49 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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So, what did it teach the director? Fox news won’t let me read the article unless I turn off Adblock.


5 posted on 12/02/2024 5:05:47 AM PST by LouAvul (He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. (2 Sam 23:3))
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The remake sucked...thank God for Patrick Swayze.
RIP


6 posted on 12/02/2024 5:06:14 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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...Red Dawn" told the story of the Soviet Union invading America...

Somebody obviously never watched the movie.

7 posted on 12/02/2024 5:07:19 AM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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“The lesson that he told myself and my brothers … was Hollywood says all they care about is if the thing makes money, like they’ll, you know, support it,” she said. “Not true. That movie made a great deal of money and they were like, ‘You’re never getting your hands on a camera again until you calm down.’”

She added, “A lot of people claim that ‘Red Dawn’ is the reason that he never got to really finish his career in as prolific of a way as he should have because of its politics … It was not the kind of movie that Hollywood was interested in putting out at that moment.”


8 posted on 12/02/2024 5:08:04 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: rlmorel

Re David Hogg....what an absolutely dumbass comment from an obviously Godless person.


9 posted on 12/02/2024 5:10:48 AM PST by V_TWIN (America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
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To: V_TWIN

Thanks.


10 posted on 12/02/2024 5:16:29 AM PST by LouAvul (He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. (2 Sam 23:3))
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To: central_va

Best Line in the movie: “Because we live Here!” Boom!, Mf’er!


11 posted on 12/02/2024 5:17:53 AM PST by wetgundog
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To: rlmorel

Dang. That kill shot is as ugly as that dude playing women’s volleyball for San Jose State.


12 posted on 12/02/2024 5:19:04 AM PST by dangus
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To: V_TWIN

I miss the Swayzemonster.


13 posted on 12/02/2024 5:19:49 AM PST by HYPOCRACY (Democracy is dead. Long live the Republic!)
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bkmk


14 posted on 12/02/2024 5:20:20 AM PST by sauropod ("This is a time when people reveal themselves for who they are." James O'Keefe Ne supra crepidam)
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Red Dawn" told the story of the Soviet Union invading America...

True that?

15 posted on 12/02/2024 5:21:09 AM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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16 posted on 12/02/2024 5:29:27 AM PST by daniel1212 (Turn 2 the Lord Jesus who saves damned+destitute sinners on His acct, believe, b baptized+follow HIM)
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Those were they days, back when the libs thought Russia was the good guys.


17 posted on 12/02/2024 5:30:11 AM PST by beef (The pendulum will not swing back. It will snap back. Hard.)
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I read some article a few years ago, interesting.

Said the remake was written , specifically, to show the Chi Comms invading the USA. So the leftlsts Hollywood power types threw a fit. Made them change the plot and made the invaders..North Koreans or something?

Even though China is the only country in the world now with enough shipping, money and power to attempt it.

Shows the influence of Chinese communists in Hollywood.


18 posted on 12/02/2024 5:30:19 AM PST by Phoenix8
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It was Cuba, not Russia. Russia merely sent advisors and Wolverine hunters, not an invading army.


19 posted on 12/02/2024 5:30:21 AM PST by philman_36 (Pride breakfasted with plenty, dined with poverty and supped with infamy. Benjamin Franklin)
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To: V_TWIN

Some theaters in Europe wouldn’t show it.


20 posted on 12/02/2024 5:33:07 AM PST by ansel12 ((NATO warrior under Reagan, and RA under Nixon, bemoaning the pro-Russians from Vietnam to Ukraine.))
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