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Theaters of War

It got out that they had pressured the filmmakers to change the character's name

ROGER STAHL: It got out that they had pressured the filmmakers to change the character's name

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ROGER STAHL: It got out that they
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had pressured the filmmakers to change the character's name.
Duration
6 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:46:07
Uploaded
Apr 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
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Movie Summary

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...
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
Five years earlier, the Office had recommended it - Theaters of War 00:08
Five years earlier, the Office had recommended it
Eventually, Ben Affleck picked it up as director and star. - Theaters of War 00:04
Eventually, Ben Affleck picked it up as director and star.
He was already in the pipeline, as he had previously - Theaters of War 00:08
He was already in the pipeline, as he had previously
The CIA's exact role in Argo had been something of a mystery, - Theaters of War 00:05
The CIA's exact role in Argo had been something of a...