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Theaters of War

You'll have to construct U2 sequences from scratch and beg a museum for a destroyer

You'll have to construct U2 sequences from scratch and beg a museum for a destroyer

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You'll have to construct U2 sequences from scratch
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and beg a museum for a destroyer.
Duration
7 seconds
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27
Timestamp in Movie
00:10:41
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...
Rejections like this have become more common over the years. - Theaters of War 00:04
Rejections like this have become more common over the years.
On the heels of World War II, the Pentagon - Theaters of War 00:05
On the heels of World War II, the Pentagon
But it rarely flat out denied filmmakers. - Theaters of War 00:05
But it rarely flat out denied filmmakers.
As Americans began to deal with a more controversial history - Theaters of War 00:18
As Americans began to deal with a more controversial history
But these were only the rejections - Theaters of War 00:05
But these were only the rejections
That is no military assistance often means no show. - Theaters of War 00:05
That is no military assistance often means no show.
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer said that without military help, - Theaters of War 00:06
Producer Jerry Bruckheimer said that without military help,
It apparently means a lot when the Navy pulls - Theaters of War 00:08
It apparently means a lot when the Navy pulls
There wouldn't have been a Top Gun without support either, - Theaters of War 00:05
There wouldn't have been a Top Gun without support...
Most of the time, it comes down to the studio's need - Theaters of War 00:05
Most of the time, it comes down to the studio's need
Take The Hunt for Red October, producer Mace Neufeld - Theaters of War 00:09
Take The Hunt for Red October, producer Mace Neufeld
It was a good thing for Neufeld that the script - Theaters of War 00:04
It was a good thing for Neufeld that the script
It set him up for the long Jack Ryan franchise. - Theaters of War 00:05
It set him up for the long Jack Ryan franchise.
In contrast, consider another '90s film, Countermeasures. - Theaters of War 00:05
In contrast, consider another '90s film,...
If it doesn't ring a bell, it's probably - Theaters of War 00:04
If it doesn't ring a bell, it's probably
But that didn't matter as much as what the Entertainment - Theaters of War 00:05
But that didn't matter as much as what the...
They didn't want a story about weapons smuggling - Theaters of War 00:05
They didn't want a story about weapons smuggling
MATTHEW ALFORD: That was rejected explicitly on the grounds - Theaters of War 00:08
MATTHEW ALFORD: That was rejected explicitly on the grounds
We don't want to remind the public of the Iran-Contra - Theaters of War 00:14
We don't want to remind the public of the Iran-Contra
The Office's own database is littered - Theaters of War 00:05
The Office's own database is littered