The power behind the screen

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The power behind the screen

Robbie Graham and Matthew Alford

Published 29 January 2009

The output of Hollywood is intrinsically pro-establishment, and to understand why you have to follow the money

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Certain Disney films do appear to have been given preferential treatment for political reasons. When Disney released Pearl Harbor - a simplistic mega-budget movie which celebrated the American nationalist resurgence following that "day of infamy"- it received lamentable reviews. Nevertheless, Disney unexpectedly decided in August 2001 to extend the film's nationwide release window from the standard two to four months to seven months, meaning that this "summer" blockbuster would be screening until December. In addition, Disney expanded the number of theatres in which the film was showing from 116 to 1,036.

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GE/Universal's United 93 was billed as the "true account" of how heroic passengers pn the plane "foiled the terrorist plot" by forcing it to crash prematurely in rural Pennsylvania. At the time, Bush's official 9/11 story was being seriously interrogated by America's independent news media; according to the results of a 2004 Zogby poll, half of New Yorkers believed "US leaders had foreknowledge of impending 9/11 attacks and 'consciously failed' to act"; and just one month prior to the release of United 93, 83 per cent of CNN viewers confirmed their belief "that the US government covered up the real events of the 9/11 attacks". With the official narrative under attack, the US government welcomed the release of United 93 with open arms: the film was a faithful audiovisual translation of the 9/11 Commission Report. Soon after its nationwide release date, President Bush invited representatives of Universal to the White House for congratulatory handshakes, followed by a private screening.

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http://www.newstatesman.com/film/2009/01/disney-hollywood-interests





Does anybody know more about Disney's decision to push Pearl Harbor in Aug 01 ? I didn't know about that.