Operation Hollywood : how the Pentagon shapes and censors the movies / David L. Robb
- Bib ID:
- 3108544
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Robb, David L
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- Description:
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- Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books, 2004
- 384 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1591021820
- Summary:
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"The only thing Hollywood likes more than a good movie is a good deal. For more than fifty years producers and directors of war and action movies have been getting a great deal from America's armed forces by receiving access to billions of dollars worth of military equipment and personnel for little or no cost. Although this arrangement considerably lowers a film's budget, the cost in terms of intellectual freedom can be steep. In exchange for access to sophisticated military hardware and expertise, filmmakers must agree to censorship from the Pentagon.".
"As veteran Hollywood journalist David L. Robb shows in this insider's look into Hollywood's "dirtiest little secret," the final product that moviegoers see at the theater reflects less about what the director intends and more what the powers-that-be in the military want to project about America's armed forces. Sometimes a military liaison officer demands removal of just a few words; other times whole scenes must be scrapped or completely revised. What happens if a director refuses the requested changes? Robb quotes a Pentagon spokesperson: "Well, I'm taking my toys and I'm going home. I'm taking my tanks and my troops and my location, and I'm going home." Such threats can be persuasive to filmmakers trying to keep their productions on time and within budget."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Machine derived contents note: Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Censoring James Bond
- Tomorrow Never Dies
- Goldeneye
- Chapter 2 'A Commercial for Us'
- Clear and Present Danger
- Chapter 3 'Discrimination Against Speech Because of its
- Message Is Presumed To Be Unconstitutional'
- Countermeasures; The Un-produced Movie
- The Last Detail
- Cinderella Liberty
- Chapter 4 'Revisionist History'
- Thirteen Days
- The Perfect Storm
- Chapter 5 Changing History
- Windtalkers
- Chapter 6 Bending Over Backwards
- Independence Day
- G.I. Jane
- Chapter 7 'The Producers Will Punch It Up In Any Manner We Dictate'
- Jurassic Park III
- Chapter 8 'The Mooning of a President by a Uniformed Soldier 59-63
- Is Not Acceptable Cinematic License'
- Forrest Gump
- Chapter 9 Rewriting Renaissance Man
- Chapter 10 'It's All in the Negotiations': The Films of Jerry Bruckheimer
- Black Hawk Down
- Pearl Harbor
- Armageddon
- Top Gun
- Crimson Tide
- Chapter 11 'Show Stoppers'
- Air Force One
- Chapter 12 Self-Censorship Is Still Censorship
- The Tuskegee Airmen
- Afterburn
- The Wall
- A Dangerous Life
- Chapter 13 The First Amendment Doesn't Always Come First
- Hearts In Atlantis
- Chapter 14 Approval Denied
- Citizen Cohn
- Fail Safe
- Mars Attacks
- Outbreak
- Space Cowboys
- Memphis Belle
- The General's Daughter
- Sergeant Bilko
- Courage Under Fire
- Lone Star
- Broken Arrow
- The Pentagon Wars
- Chapter 15 'Dishonest Propaganda'
- My Father, My Son
- Fields of Fire
- Chapter 16 Sanitizing JAG
- Chapter 17 'A 45-Minute Commercial for Marine Aviation'
- Pensacola: Wings of Gold
- Gardens of Stone
- Chapter 18 Bending the Rules
- Jets
- Silver Wings
- Executive Decision
- Family of Spies
- Chapter 19 'I Want Page Six and Seven Completely Thrown Out
- Or You Don't Get to Use our Aircraft Carrier'
- The Agency
- The Sum of All Fears
- In the Company of Spies
- Chapter 20 Turning Vodka into Water
- The Presidio
- Chapter 21 Censorship: The Final Frontier
- Star Trek IV
- Chapter 22 Almost Sunk by the Navy
- The Hunt for Red October
- No Way Out
- Chapter 23 Turning Movies into Recruiting Posters
- The Right Stuff
- The Final Countdown
- Air Force One
- Flight of the Intruder
- The Hunt for Red October
- Top Gun
- Behind Enemy Lines
- Deep Impact
- In the Army Now
- Airport '77
- D-Day: The Sixth of June
- Second to None; The Un-produced Movie
- To Hell and Back
- Take Her Down
- Chapter 24 'Editorial Control Over the Product'
- JAG; The Un-produced Movie
- Chapter 25 Changing Stripes
- Stripes
- Evolution
- Chapter 26 An Officer, But Not a Gentleman
- An Officer and a Gentleman
- Chapter 27 'Writing the Scene To the Admiral's Specifications'
- Raise the Titanic
- Chapter 28 Join the Navy; Be Indicted
- Final Countdown
- Clear and Present Danger
- Good Morning, Vietnam
- Chapter 29 Join the Army; Be Indicted
- The General's Daughter
- McHale's Navy
- Chapter 30 Clint Eastwood vs. the Pentagon
- Heartbreak Ridge
- Chapter 31 'Is That Not Propaganda?'
- A Rumor of War
- Chapter 32 Sanitizing The Great Santini
- Chapter 33 'A Wonderful Public Relations Tool'
- Taps
- Chapter 34 Mooning the Pentagon
- Inchon
- Chapter 35 Let There Not Be Light
- Maria's Lovers
- Chapter 36 'The Propaganda Value of the Film'
- The Green Berets
- Chapter 37 Bowing to Political Pressure
- Blood Alley
- Chapter 38 Erasing Private Pedro
- Battle Cry
- Chapter 39 'A Shameful Attempt to Impose Censorship on a Film'
- Attack!
- Chapter 40 Lassie Wants You to Join the Army
- Lassie
- Chapter 41 Babes In Arms
- The Mickey Mouse Club
- Independence Day
- Steve Canyon
- West Point
- Men of Annapolis
- Chapter 42 Babes In Gas Chambers
- Devil Pups; The Un-produced Movie
- Chapter 43 The Cy Roth Story
- Air Strike
- Chapter 44 'Cooperation by the United States Navy Should Evince
- A Certain Reciprocity In Making Changes in the Script'
- Hellcats of the Navy
- Chapter 45 Even Good Men Do Bad Things: The Frank McCarthy Story
- Three Brave Men
- Patton
- Chapter 46 Covering Up the Cover Up
- The Court Martial of Billy Mitchell
- Chapter 47 Religiously Incorrect
- The Proud and the Profane
- Chapter 48 Torpedoed by the Navy
- Admiral Rickover; The Un-produced Movie
- Supercarrier; The Cancelled TV Show
- Chapter 49 Heroes and Villains
- Conclusion
- Appendix.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references, p. 369-372.
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