Close Encounters With The Pentagon

For 60 years space aliens have left their mark on the Hollywood box-office in some of the most popular movies of all time, from "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951)," E.T: The Extraterrestrial" (1982) and" Independence Day" (1996), to the highly lucrative "Monsters vs. Aliens" (2009). Particularly noteworthy is the "Transformers" franchise (2007-), which to date has tapped the rich vein of UFO mythology to the tune of 1.5 billion. The most interesting aspects of the "Transformers" films, however, are evident not so much in celluloid form as they are behind the scenes - in a production process built around the close relationship between Hollywood, the United States military and a variety of government agencies. While the dryer details of the "military-industrial-entertainment complex" have been relatively well documented, the curious tale of government involvement in Hollywood's UFO movies represents a forgotten chapter in the history of American cinema.

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