1996's action thriller Executive Decision may be light on action and lacking thrills but it is notable for one thing - the script violated the Geneva Convention and led to the Pentagon temporarily withdrawing support for the film.  When the producers initially approached the DOD they were told that military ...
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The Department of Defense's entertainment liaison office file on the 1996 thriller Executive Decision was, for many years, secreted in a private archive in a library in Georgetown.  Now liberated by Matt Alford, one page of the file details the stars who needed to be filmed on-board military aircraft, including ...
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The DOD claim that they only rewrite Hollywood scripts in order to ensure accuracy and to inform the public about the military and its mission.  This is total bullshit.  One of the best examples comes from the 2016 film Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, where the original script included an event that ...
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The Pentagon's censorship of movie scripts is fairly well established - I have documented numerous instances on this site.  But their ultimate power is the ability to kill a production, to prevent a film being made.  While there is little evidence that the Pentagon wields this power knowingly, a rejection ...
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A few months ago, then DOD Hollywood liaison Phil Strub gave an interview in which he described the work of the entertainment liaison offices.  A document recently released by the US Navy proves that many of Strub's statements simply aren't true, and that the Pentagon are much more aggressive and ...
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The 1990 World Cup was considered a big success for the England football team, as getting to the semi-finals was the greatest progress in a tournament since winning the trophy in 1966.  Documents recently released by the National Archives show that the July 1990 visit to Number 10 Downing Street ...
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