Hollywood & The Pentagon: Video Games

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Hollywood & The Pentagon - A Dangerous Liaison

Somewhere in Texas, one of the most famous episodes of the Iraq war; the heroic rescue of U.S. Private Jessica Lynch was turned into a scene for a made-for-TV movie. The movie was broadcast on TV earlier this Fall, but not without sparking some controversy. The official military version of the rescue had been contradicted by several investigative journalists. But when the film was produced, a U.S. Army official was on the set overseeing the operation. The U.S. Army also had direct control over the script, but at what expense to reality? With the help of interviews with key military officials and filmmakers, Hollywood and the Pentagon: A Dangerous Liaison attempts to explain the behind-the-scenes relations between Hollywood and the Pentagon.

25 years later, how 'Top Gun' made America love war

As Mace Neufeld, the producer of the 1990 film "The Hunt for Red October," later recounted to Variety,

****studios in the post-"Top Gun" era instituted an unstated rule telling screenwriters and directors to get military cooperation "or forget about making the picture."****

Economics drives that directive, Time magazine reported in 1986. "Without such billion-dollar props, producers [have to] spend an inordinate amount of time and money searching for substitutes" and therefore might not be able to make the movie at all, the magazine noted.

Army & Media (Video Games, Movies, TV, News, & Arms)

Militainment, Inc. - Militarism & Video Games

"60-70% of Army Video Game Simulation Technology in Our Kids Homes Today",

(like CryEngine 3) ----Military contractor, Intelligent Decisions Director, Floyd West

US Army spending $57 million on military simulator using CryEngine 3

"It's a great training product. I've had 'em link the Xboxes together & the sergeant will actually train his teams with the Modern Warfare game."

---- Call of Duty representative, lead military adviser, lieutenant colonel, Hank Keirsey

Politics & Hollywood's images are linked. They reinforce one another. Policy enforces mythical images; mythical images help enforce policy. Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America, has said, quote, "Washington & Hollywood spring from the same DNA," end-quote. - JACK SHAHEEN, director of Reel Bad Arabs