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Theaters of War

The Marine Office assembled this list not to keep everyone honest, but rather to justify...

The Marine Office assembled this list not to keep everyone honest, but rather to justify an unrealistic scene of its own, a Harrier jet flying through a cave for a Top Gun style film they hoped to develop

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The Marine Office assembled this list
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not to keep everyone honest, but rather to justify
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an unrealistic scene of its own, a Harrier jet flying
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through a cave for a Top Gun style film
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they hoped to develop.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:14:44
Uploaded
Apr 30, 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 issue of realism comes to a head with films - Theaters of War 00:06
The issue of realism comes to a head with films
Surely they must pass the authenticity test - Theaters of War 00:06
Surely they must pass the authenticity test
Jarhead was based on the celebrated book - Theaters of War 00:08
Jarhead was based on the celebrated book
The DOD has one look at the script, though, - Theaters of War 00:06
The DOD has one look at the script, though,
They don't want audiences to see what Swofford saw, - Theaters of War 00:20
They don't want audiences to see what Swofford saw,
Sir, I got lost on the way to college, sir. - Theaters of War 00:05
Sir, I got lost on the way to college, sir.
ROGER STAHL: In fact, the Pentagon - Theaters of War 00:10
ROGER STAHL: In fact, the Pentagon
When the film premieres, the Office explains to the press - Theaters of War 00:16
When the film premieres, the Office explains to the press
"Absolutely not," says the Entertainment Office. - Theaters of War 00:05
"Absolutely not," says the Entertainment Office.
But eventually outlets like the San Diego - Theaters of War 00:07
But eventually outlets like the San Diego
Universally laud the film for its realism. - Theaters of War 00:04
Universally laud the film for its realism.
Or take Fields of Fire from the early '90s, - Theaters of War 00:07
Or take Fields of Fire from the early '90s,
This one was notable because it had some real muscle behind it, - Theaters of War 00:11
This one was notable because it had some real muscle behind...
At the time, he had just come off a stint - Theaters of War 00:05
At the time, he had just come off a stint
The script, he says, makes it look like "fragging, - Theaters of War 00:11
The script, he says, makes it look like "fragging,
"Consider making substantive changes." - Theaters of War 00:08
"Consider making substantive changes."
Webb's book is required reading for Marine officers - Theaters of War 00:10
Webb's book is required reading for Marine officers
"It appears to me that what you're really saying - Theaters of War 00:14
"It appears to me that what you're really saying
And it became a Vietnam film we didn't get to see. - Theaters of War 00:05
And it became a Vietnam film we didn't get to see.
I kept thinking about Oliver Stone, too. - Theaters of War 00:04
I kept thinking about Oliver Stone, too.