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Why we love the military: 800 Hollywood movie scripts approved by the Pentagon

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Tuesday, August 7, 2018 7:58 AM

SIGNYM

I believe in solving problems, not sharing them.


And that's nothing compared to TV's glorification of our spook/ security agencies; everything from I Spy and The Man From UNCLE to Law and Order and NCIS version 20.0.

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Reviewing the ever expanding list, the average movie watcher might be in for a shock at what films are actually included — there are the more predictable ones like Black Hawk Down, Zero Dark Thirty, and Lone Survivor; but also entirely unexpected ones that apparently needed the military-industrial complex's propaganda touch like Earnest Saves Christmas, Karate Kid 2, The Silence of the Lambs, Twister, the Iron Man movies, and more recently Pitch Perfect 3.

When a Hollywood writer or producer approaches the Pentagon and asks for access to military assets to help make their film, they have to submit their script to the entertainment liaison offices for vetting. Ultimately, the man with the final say is Phil Strub, the Department of Defense’s (DOD) chief Hollywood liaison, who has been at the helm of this formerly semi-secret department going all the way back to 1989.

If there are characters, action or dialogue that the DOD doesn't approve of then the film-maker has to make changes to accommodate the military’s demands. If they refuse then the Pentagon packs up its toys and goes home. To obtain full cooperation the producers have to sign contracts, called Production Assistance Agreements, which lock them into using a military-approved version of the script.

Months ago, Strub was again profiled in a report called Elisting an Audience: How Hollywood Peddles Propaganda, which quoted him trying to push back against the growing media exposure over the past year: "We're not trying to brainwash people!

Uh huh

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We're out to present the clearest, truest view," Strub told The Outline.

The report rightly noted that while Americans generally pride themselves on living in a free speech anti-censorship society, while simultaneously mocking the propaganda examples in places like Russia or China, the US public is subject to more homegrown state-run propaganda than it thinks... Amazingly the list of 410 movies is but half of the total number (for example, Zero Dark Thirty and some other prominent ones are not on there) and was compiled by the FOIA investigative website Spy Culture.



https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-08-04/heres-410-movies-made-under-
direct-influence-and-supervision-department-defense


ORIGINAL SOURCE
https://www.spyculture.com/complete-list-of-dod-assisted-movies/
http://www.mediafire.com/file/q89n4x9f14onr72/DODfilmlist.pdf










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Monday, November 25, 2024 9:39 AM

JAYNEZTOWN


Why Some of Your Favorite Movies Are Propaganda, and How It Actually Works
https://movieweb.com/propaganda-movies-how-it-works/

Pentagon Propaganda
https://www.downwithtyranny.com/post/pentagon-propaganda

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“I don’t change scripts. What we will do is a ‘correction for the record.´”
—Glen Roberts, director of the Pentagon’s Entertainment Media Office

“You could not possibly pack more glorification of the US war machine into a movie if you tried.”
—Caitlyn Johnstone on the film Pitch Perfect 3




How Hollywood became the unofficial propaganda arm of the U.S. military
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/how-hollywood-became-the-unofficial-pro
paganda-arm-of-the-u-s-military-1.5560575

Second World War launched Hollywood into a propaganda war that continues to this day


Top Gun & 9 Other Movies Backed By The Department of Defense
https://movieweb.com/movies-written-with-help-of-department-of-defense/


the Psycho Tyrant Putin?


'You're repeating Russian propaganda,' Ukrainian boxing champion Klitschko responds to Joe Rogan
https://www.yahoo.com/news/youre-repeating-russian-propaganda-ukrainia
n-114338208.html



Amaryllis Fox Kennedy a former Spook? American writer, television host, public speaker, the former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) officer talks about Spooks, and campaign manager for her father-in-law Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s 2024 presidential campaign.

https://x.com/CatchUpFeed/status/1861018412329091280

“We have cost Ukraine her children.”

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Wednesday, January 1, 2025 9:01 AM

JAYNEZTOWN


while the USA has the 'Soft Power' of Rambo joining the Taliban to fight the Soviets or 'Top Gun' movies and other action packed explosive war movies.



Putin has Seagal?

'This Business Can Make You a Little Wacky': Brian Cox on Working With Steven Seagal on Panned 90s Action Film
https://www.cbr.com/brian-cox-reveals-steven-seagal-story/


Steven Seagal


Clangers Tv

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Saturday, January 11, 2025 1:14 PM

JAYNEZTOWN


so which group stole it, the Mexican gansgters, the KKK Nazis, the North Korean smugglers or the islamic jihadi refugees?

https://x.com/TheIntelFrog/status/1878080626689024191


Suspects cut fence at California Army Reserve Center before stealing Humvees, equipment

https://www.foxnews.com/us/suspects-cut-fence-california-army-reserve-
center-before-stealing-humvees-equipment





if they get lucky maybe it was 3 firemen and 3 soliders who took them to help put out the fires and rescue people, otherwise its a big problem

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Thursday, March 27, 2025 10:35 AM

JAYNEZTOWN


a region of chaos, blood, lies and political back stabbing...and with censorship will there ever be truth...islamos with Sharia Law Death Threat propaganda, Israel starts Bombing to Death and accuses its critics of being 'Hitler'


Streisand effect is a phenomenon where attempts to censor, hide, or draw attention away from something inadvertently lead to increased awareness

so movies not 'free' they need to be approved by IDF Rabbi Israeli and a local Zionist Mayor first before a US Citizen watches


‘No Other Land’ Filmmaker Hamdan Ballal Freed, Says Co-Director

https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/no-other-land-dir
ector-hamdan-ballal-freed-1235302888
/



sounds ok for some people what this local Mayor did

but now imagine its a dual citizen from Britain, France, Iran, Cuba or North Korea setting US film policy? and if you call out the Mayor you're a 'Hitler'


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