Black Hawk Down, the LA Riots and Clear and Present Danger
When the producers of Clear and Present Danger approached the Pentagon to ask for military support they probably weren’t expecting...
Entertainment Liaison Offices
The FBI and DEA Spy on Hollywood Producers
The relationship between intelligence agencies and the entertainment industry is complex and multi-faceted. Angles include the influence of the agencies...
The DEA and the Entertainment Industry: Spying, Censorship and Control
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) recently released nearly 200 pages of contracts between themselves and entertainment producers, which for the...
‘A Complete Rewrite of the Storyline Would be Required’ – DOD File on The Presidio
1988’s The Presidio wanted to film at the real Presidio in San Francisco, an Army installation. As per usual this...
Why Did the Pentagon Support Godzilla and Transformers, but Rejected Jarhead?
The 2005 biographical war film Jarhead is one of a very small number of films set in the first Gulf...
ClandesTime 179 – The Philosophy and Politics of Superman
Superman is one of the world’s most recognisable cultural icons. A symbol of human idealism, he has been subject to...
The Pentagon, Superman and the Freedom of Information Act
In 1977 the producers of Superman and Superman II approached the Pentagon to try to obtain stock footage of missiles...
Watergate, the Mark Felt Biopic and the FBI
In my latest article for Shadowproof I examine the FBI’s role in the Mark Felt biopic Mark Felt: The Man...
ClandesTime 177 – Ice Station Zebra
While it is now considered a Cold War classic Ice Station Zebra was a flop when it was first released....