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Theaters of War

Director Ridley Scott said it would have been hard to make the film without it

Director Ridley Scott said it would have been hard to make the film without it

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Director Ridley Scott said it would
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have been hard to make the film without it.
Duration
5 seconds
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21
Timestamp in Movie
00:45:32
Uploaded
Apr 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
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If you've seen Top Gun or Transformers, you might suspect all that military machinery comes with strings attached. This influence is not limited to a handful of movies, though. A vast new trove of internal documents reveals that t...
RIDLEY SCOTT: And so we went right to the wire - Theaters of War 00:10
RIDLEY SCOTT: And so we went right to the wire
ROGER STAHL: First, the Pentagon negotiated away - Theaters of War 00:05
ROGER STAHL: First, the Pentagon negotiated away
But the most obvious thing was that one - Theaters of War 00:12
But the most obvious thing was that one
ROGER STAHL: It got out that they - Theaters of War 00:06
ROGER STAHL: It got out that they
The only composite character, the only totally fictionalized - Theaters of War 00:06
The only composite character, the only totally fictionalized
ROGER STAHL: With those messy details out of the way, - Theaters of War 00:08
ROGER STAHL: With those messy details out of the way,
ROBIN ANDERSEN: The filmmakers grabbed victory out - Theaters of War 00:09
ROBIN ANDERSEN: The filmmakers grabbed victory out
The soldiers say, I don't care about the politics. - Theaters of War 00:05
The soldiers say, I don't care about the politics.
I'm just in it to fight next to the guy beside me. - Theaters of War 00:05
I'm just in it to fight next to the guy beside me.
And we're not going to leave anybody behind. - Theaters of War 00:04
And we're not going to leave anybody behind.
Once that first bullet goes past your head, politics - Theaters of War 00:08
Once that first bullet goes past your head, politics
We had... America had three or four abortive missions there - Theaters of War 00:06
We had... America had three or four abortive missions there
We'd set up a scenario that was like this, - Theaters of War 00:08
We'd set up a scenario that was like this,
And then we covered it all up with this nonsense movie. - Theaters of War 00:05
And then we covered it all up with this nonsense movie.
It's a typical whitewash of a military... - Theaters of War 00:05
It's a typical whitewash of a military...
Military corruption, typical. - Theaters of War 00:04
Military corruption, typical.
ROGER STAHL: From then on, the film - Theaters of War 00:07
ROGER STAHL: From then on, the film
It turns out, you can always rescue history - Theaters of War 00:05
It turns out, you can always rescue history
The film is based on a rescue that occurred during the Iran - Theaters of War 00:11
The film is based on a rescue that occurred during the Iran
The Entertainment Office had been pushing - Theaters of War 00:05
The Entertainment Office had been pushing