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Theaters of War

While Top Gun was opening up the after burners with full military support, Platoon and...

While Top Gun was opening up the after burners with full military support, Platoon and Born on the Fourth barely made it out of the jungle alive

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While Top Gun was opening up the after burners
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with full military support, Platoon and Born on the Fourth
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barely made it out of the jungle alive.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:19
Uploaded
Apr 29, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
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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...
But this is how the military's invisible hand - Theaters of War 00:06
But this is how the military's invisible hand
I wanted to bring a gift for you, blast from the past. - Theaters of War 00:05
I wanted to bring a gift for you, blast from the past.
ROGER STAHL: I had his Platoon rejection letter framed. - Theaters of War 00:06
ROGER STAHL: I had his Platoon rejection letter framed.
It's funny they mention what I mentioned, - Theaters of War 00:06
It's funny they mention what I mentioned,
The cold blooded murder of one US soldier by another, - Theaters of War 00:05
The cold blooded murder of one US soldier by another,
They have admitted to fragging, how many were - Theaters of War 00:07
They have admitted to fragging, how many were
And the portrayal of the majority as illiterate - Theaters of War 00:07
And the portrayal of the majority as illiterate
The entire script is rife with unrealistic and highly - Theaters of War 00:06
The entire script is rife with unrealistic and highly
That would be the second time I tried to do the movie with Dino - Theaters of War 00:05
That would be the second time I tried to do the movie with...
The whole ethos of that office, Pentagon, - Theaters of War 00:09
The whole ethos of that office, Pentagon,
They provide inaccuracy and lies. - Theaters of War 00:05
They provide inaccuracy and lies.
We keep making military movies, especially since 2001, - Theaters of War 00:13
We keep making military movies, especially since 2001,
No one can say a bad word about them. - Theaters of War 00:04
No one can say a bad word about them.
You have to point out evil when it happens. - Theaters of War 00:04
You have to point out evil when it happens.
[MUSIC PLAYING] - Theaters of War 00:12
[MUSIC PLAYING]
I'll tell you one thing, we didn't learn about it - Theaters of War 00:05
I'll tell you one thing, we didn't learn about it
On the exceedingly rare occasions - Theaters of War 00:07
On the exceedingly rare occasions
REPORTER: Phil Strub reviews scripts, - Theaters of War 00:09
REPORTER: Phil Strub reviews scripts,
If you wanted to know any more than that, - Theaters of War 00:06
If you wanted to know any more than that,
There was one guy, basically, one historian who totally - Theaters of War 00:13
There was one guy, basically, one historian who totally