The Selling of the Pentagon (1971)

February. 23,1971

8.1

| Documentary

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The Selling of the Pentagon, was an important documentary aired in primetime on CBS on 23 February 1971. The aim of this film, produced by Peter Davis, was to examine the increasing utilization and cost to the taxpayers of public relations activities by the military-industrial complex in order to shape public opinion in favor of the military.

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Roger Mudd as Narrator

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Cathardincu

1971/02/23

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Dorathen

1971/02/24

Better Late Then Never

AnhartLinkin

1971/02/25

This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

InformationRap

1971/02/26

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The Selling of the Pentagon (1971)

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