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OPERATION HOLLYWOOD
Sunday October 24, 2004 at 10pm ET/PT
repeating Sunday July 10 at 10pm ET


Have your favorite movies been censored or meddled with by the Pentagon?

Since the 80's, and the success of "Top Gun", Hollywood has increased its production of big budget war movies, using military bases, submarines and aircraft carriers that the armed forces have generously made available to the studios. In exchange, the Pentagon's experts vet  hundreds of screenplays each year.

Using lots of movie clips, Operation Hollywood explores this cozy relationship, and questions the wisdom of letting the Pentagon use movies to promote the U.S. army's  image.