Washington DC’s role behind the scenes in Hollywood goes deeper than you think: On television, we found more than 1,100 titles received Pentagon backing – 900 of them since 2005

The US government and Hollywood have always been close. Washington DC has long been a source of intriguing plots for filmmakers and LA has been a generous provider of glamour and glitz to the political class. But just how dependant are these two centres of American influence? Scrutiny of previously hidden documents reveals that the answer is: very. We can now show that the relationship between US national security and Hollywood is much deeper and more political than anyone has ever acknowledged.