book operation hollywood how the pentagon shapes and censors the movies you claim that the pentagon selectively supported some movies and some filmmakers and that the way it has done is unconstitutional why do you think so the pentagon admits that they do selectively support some filmmakers and not others if you are willing to give your script to the pentagon and let them review it before you shoot the movie and if they have any changes that they want to make if they want to take out a portrayal of the military that they think is negative that will hurt their recruiting goals. if they want that taken out and you agree that you'll take that out or to put in something that's more positive to help them recruit people then they'll assist you with your movie then you can the great you access to aircraft carriers and submarines and tanks and ships and planes and if you don't play ball with them they won't give you that stuff it's unconstitutional because

the supreme court has ruled over and over and over again that. the first amendment states that. congress shall make no. so make no law abridging the freedom of speech the supreme court has ruled that that means that the government cannot favor one form of speech over another and that's exactly what the pentagon does if you say what they want you to say the help you with tax payer funded equipment and if you don't play ball they won't help here. but these are just this is just movies this is just a form of entertainment why is it that important it's a form of speech and that's what the constitution protects government interference and the government can't give you tax breaks by saying nice things about them. movies or our form of speech just like a book of a book if people thought that their newspapers or our books were being senate has by the military if the military was telling book writers or newspapers what to take

in and want to take out of their scripts people be outraged why do you think so few people are aware of the situation at the end of every movie at the very bottom of the ball the credits pass all the the music and all the actors and all the drugs everybody is a long long list of credits at the very end they'll be a little things saying we great feeling gratefully acknowledge the cooperation of the u.s. . army or air force and that's the only way you'll know that this is happening to the movie you just watched so you mention in their book that there was a link between the pentagon and hollywood and that link was the film liaison office so why did that office do well right here in los angeles a few miles from the u.c.l.a. campus there's a tall building on one entire floor as the film liaison offices of the brink or air force army navy and the coast guard and they sit up there and they and

filmmakers who want military assistance give them their scripts they look at the scripts they mark out what they think is they don't want and make suggestions on how to change the scripts to get approval then if they make a deal they sign a contract. then once they start shooting the film they have a military minder who actually comes on to the set to make sure that it's shot just the way it was agreed to be done and then before it's released to the public it has to be screened in washington d.c. for the generals and admirals i think the american people knew that their films were being sent to thais by the military and then prescreened for the for the wash in washington for the generals and admirals that they would be outraged sound what kind of scripts for approved by the military and why the kind of scripts were blocked they want films and television shows that will aid in the recruiting and

retention of military personnel they want people to see a movie and to be inspired by the heroics and join up and join the military and if a film negatively portrays anyone in the military they consider that. not helping their recruiting goals so they will not help any picture that shows war crimes shows military people doing bad things drunk cursing you mentioned that they target children they really do they target children because they are the future recruits and there's. a great example letter that my book is based on thousands of pages of the pentagon's notes and to the producers and their own internal documents talking about how they're wanting to influence the the the film making. one of the notes was written from an air force.

colonel to the producers of the the film the right stuff which is about their early days of the american space program the colonel told the producer of this picture the it was based on a book by tom wolfe which was filled with absurdities lots of cussing very funny very colorful book but the military didn't want that. and the colonel wrote the obscene language jews did seems to guarantee an r. rating if distributed as an art cuts down on the teenage audience which is a prime one to the military services when a recruiting goals are considered so they they they change the script in accordance with what the military want and they they took out a bunch of the city and they got a a g. rating and then. actually got a p.g. rating right and then they got the target they got the target audience that the by changing the script and so everybody was happy what are the benefits of such cooperation for hollywood what hollywood wants which is cheap access

to really expensive military weaponry and hardware and personnel and hollywood has what the pentagon wants which is. an audience millions of eyeballs looking at their their their movie and thinking positively about the military of course filmmakers have the right to say no they can certainly say no i'm not going to do and many have done that many many filmmakers of stood up have been and said no i'm not going to do and they made their own movies or in some cases they weren't able to make the movies and many films have not been made because they couldn't get this instance from the military can you name a new popular a examples of popular movies that went through the military control before they were actually filmed james bond golden eye. one of the dupes in the film was american admiral and the milage is a no will help you but you have to change the nationality had mostly changed it to

a french admiral but then later they wanted to go to they went to france to actually shoot the picture. and the first said well you want some of our stuff will help you but you've got to switch the the the admiral to something else so the actually in the film it's a canadian hollywood filmmakers were just given access to classified information concerning the ben ladan s.s. nation what do you think of well when i was interviewing the for the book the producers of the films they would always say oh no we didn't give any trade the only way you can really tell is by seeing the notes the producers and the exchange of correspondence between the military and the producers i haven't seen those notes and i think anybody seen those notes i don't know if there's been a trade off and there was no trade off i don't have a problem with that the government wants to just release information to people and

there's no quid pro quo there's no deal i think that's fine but is the problem is when there's a deal made behind the backs of the american people in violation of the constitution and american law that's what i object. how do you think this long term collaboration between the padding on and hollywood a fact at the minds of the americans when the american people are seeing hundreds and hundreds of films and television shows that have been senators by the military and to make military seem more heroic than it really is and never wrong and always good that this creates a false image in the american people's mind and i think it's helped make the american people a more warlike people. thank you you thank

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top stories this hour on r t moscow says there's no alternative to the u.n. envoy peace plan in syria stressing it will not allow a military intervention with both sides to blame for the violence russia has proposed an international conference to resolve the conflict. demonstrators breaking the law now face higher fines here in russia now says analysts claim the protest movement support a numbers dwindling. eastern european correspondent investigates why stimulus security police blacklisted in after a series of reports about some of the country's policies. russian tennis star maria sharapova wins the french open crown the twenty five year old has become only the tenth woman in the world to have four grand slams. and we stay with sporting matters now because paul is next with your sports update.

thank you very much but welcome to the world of sports here's what we've got coming up sharapova success as you've just seen maria sharapova becomes only the tenth woman in history to win all four grand slam titles as she claims the french open with a straight sets win over saw a. group of death we take a look at the opening fixtures in group b. at euro two thousand and twelve with germany portugal the netherlands and denmark all in action. checkmate to russia thrashed the czech republic four one in their opening game to move top of group a. but first tennis and maria sharapova has continued a great sporting weekend for russia she's become only the tenth woman in history to an all four grand slams after a six three six two win over italy saw the iranian the final of the french open the twenty five year old went into saturday's final victory at roland garros was the

only open absent from her impressive c.v. the. siberia native was too strong for her opponent from start to finish wrapping up the straight sets win in one hour and twenty nine minutes the last grand slam success came in australia in two thousand and eight and not long after she dropped out of the world's top one hundred as she battled injury and also for this win and see her return to number one in the world when the new rankings are released on monday. now moving to euro two thousand and twelve where group b. or the so-called group of death take center stage on saturday will preview germany against portugal surely but the netherlands and denmark are just approaching half time in their encounter and for the half time whistle i can tell you it's literally just gone and it looks as if it could be a bit of a surprise and shock of the danes are leading one nil at half time michael cohen delhi is going after twenty four minutes to put morton olson's men one nil up.

while later on saturday the other two teams in group a go head to head when germany face portugal a partridge previews the action. where in liverpool which was the venue for the first ever officially recognized football match in what was poland is now ukraine that was in eighty ninety four am saturday here i two thousand and twelve three time winners germany work take on two thousand and four finalists portugal in the second match of group b. the so-called. germany were one of the pre-tournament favorites and have the best european correct order of all the countries taking part in iraq two thousand and twelve as well as winning the trophy three times they've also been run as up three times and they're also a team in form after reaching the semifinals of the world cup in south africa they soon made up for that relative disappointment here can live side one all ten of their group a match is conceding just seven goals in the process and became the first team through to the summer's finals however they were drawn in the difficult group being not only with tricky portugal but also nine hundred ninety two champions denmark

plus the recent world cup runners up and assistant coach hans de to flick is targeting a vital opening victory as it's always important to win the first game especially in our group because the next games against the netherlands and denmark are going to be even more difficult despite there we believe that we're going to survive in the so-called group of death. in south africa germany had many players missing but this time they're at full strength influential midfielder bastian schweinsteiger returns after missing the final warm up friendly with israel due to a calf injury yet despite this and their impressive defensive record in qualifying flic is not taking the portuguese attacking threat lightly. yesterday evening we started study in portugal and we pointed out how strong the portuguese team is especially in attack with nani and rinaldo there are two extraordinary players who get always do something special in the game we have to be aware this one portugal

are in possession in contrast the portuguese have never won the european title but have been twice beaten semifinalists and lost to surprise. when is greece in the two thousand and four final yet despite having the services of that talismanic skipper christiane iran out there and nanny along with pet a realm rather shall portugal's road to qualifying was also a bumpy one drawn in five team group h. the portuguese started poorly during with cyprus and losing to norway which prompted the sacking of coach carlos queiroz paolo bento took over and after then going unbeaten and finishing second they went through after beating bosnia herzegovina in the playoffs. well we know as you know that germany are a great attacking team with very few weak points there are very few moments in a game against them that you can benefit from one of their weaknesses but they occur in every game of football and then we have to be very quick and take our chances. the late surge in qualifying was matched by the domestic former now though

who is flick highlighted could prove pivotal the rail madrid star scored forty five goals in the league at last season as he helped lead los blancos to their first league title in four years and will be aiming to replicate this form on the european stage so with the first two matches of euro two thousand and twelve over in poland the attention switches to co-host ukraine the netherlands face denmark in kharkiv to get the group b. ball rolling while a potential thirty thousand fans in the divorce arena plus thousands more in the city's fan zone as well as millions worldwide will be anticipating a clash of the titans. r.t. live of ukraine world russia were in action on the opening day and was a supporter of start of the tournament for the advocates when they beat the czech republic for one to move top of group a which of important watched the drama unfold and. russia's preparations about three weeks ago played free warm up matches and find a warm up match could be gratefully free meal which is a really big confidence boost for the team and it really in a relaxed mood since people landed in warsaw and travelled to here down here are

all slow of the game itself and the rush of a really dominated from around the fifteen minute mark didn't start too well after they really took a stranglehold of the game the attacking trio of under their shot and islands or goal of an alexander character called really causing offense no end of problems it was really no surprise but russia did eventually manage to open the scoring for about money is a good way of going to go to up later in the first half of the czechs did manage to pull a goal by but even intervention of roman public really did give the russians a boost and he provided the go ahead with his seconds ago it would eventually go on to win the man of a match and it was not a change to himself who was suffering from bit of a gruelling injury earlier we showed but he's back to full fitness as he grabbed a fourth to get russia a fantastic start and some really big boost for dick of the guardsmen have played so well in this match against the czech republic has very go into the rest of their games next march of course being in poland on the twelfth of june which is

a national holiday in russia should be a fantastic atmosphere in warsaw but certainly this russian team shown katz said in the lead up that russia on really want to favorites to win the whole of veins but certainly showing a lot of bigger nations the likes of germany the netherlands spain will be taking no shifts of his russian side especially the attacking prowess that russia has through the likes of. and publishing can especially andrea charlotte in the mena shot and he received a lot of stick really when he was at arsenal were of the year played quite well for the national team during that time but today he really was sensational his movement his his direction of the ball is will to win was just fantastic and it's going to be a great boost obviously for de kalb the cats he's kept in and released how is man has returned to form so all in all a fantastic result for russia to get this euro two thousand and twelve campaign off to the best possible starts. now elsewhere has been the most memorable last couple

of months for rory mcilroy in the gulf in greens but the northern irishman has at last made the halfway cut out of p.g.a. event the reigning us open champion returning to full in stunning fashion of the st jude classic mcelroy sits on a seven under in tennessee after birdie in three of his first four holes his round of sixty five on friday matching his lowest p.g.a. tour around this year and also propelled him into the weekend after missing the cut at his last three events a trio set second just a stroke off the later on six under the informed jeff market and j.b. holmes who is still working his way back from brain surgery last september are among the chasing. now to rugby union a new zealand have won their first match since being crowned world champions they beat ireland forty two ten you know clint on saturday it was the first match for the all blacks under the guidance of new coach steve anson and been delighted with what he saw in particular the contribution of david and julian surveyor school

trick he helped himself to two tries in the first half as the home side strolled to a twenty three points to three the interval since men showed no signs of taking their foot off the gas in the second period as they were now forty two ten when is it means ireland a yet to big deal blacks in twenty six. and finally with the twenty twelve london olympics on the horizon the russian of modern pentathlon federation has named their squad for the games double olympic champion and ramos a.f.n. reigning world champion alexandra let's soon will be in the men's squad catarina and you have to question will be competing for russia on the ladies' day prior to the olympics there's one more international competition that's the european championships but before that later this month the kremlin cup takes place in the russian capital an organized. say it's ideal preparation. it was your book.

for the current couple have only our best athletes more than thirty countries also say they'll bring their first choice lineups for the competition remember the only international tournament which is shared will be for the upcoming london olympics is the european championships so i believe the crimean cup will be very interesting your previous well that is all the sport for now but i'll have plenty for more for you later here on r.t. . hold it close i told her go. clinically. goodspeed. her. her.

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moscow says there's no alternative to the un envoy peace plan in syria with both sides to blame for the violence russia proposes an international conference to resolve the conflict. demonstrators breaking the law now face a higher fines here in russia as analysts claim the protest movement supporter numbers are dwindling also. i never expected that my reports from a store would be regarded by some as a threat to national security. eastern europe correspondent investigates why is staring at blacklisted him along with russian t.v. channels and even the country's foreign minister. russian tennis star maria sharapova wins the french open crown marking her victory in all four grand slams.

around the clock around the world international news and comment live from moscow russia says it will not let the u.n. security council sanction military action in syria foreign minister sergei lavrov has said external players are provoking the syrian opposition to continue fighting despite kofi annan peace plan with the country now on the brink of a full scale civil war. or has the details russia wants to see a peaceful solution cheve through negotiations to the situation in syria. said russia wouldn't accept any measures to the united nations that could leave will be interpreted to allow any kind of outside military intervention so beloved of saying that kofi annan six point peace plan was still the only viable option for the government must in syria mustn't be blamed totally thoughts.