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The Rise and Fall of Mash
Robert Altman's mash was so anti-war, executives at 20th Century Fox forced Altman to add on-screen titles making it clear the movie was set in Korea. The studio worried audiences would think his Korean War movie was really a Vietnam War movie, which effectively it was. Some movies went back to the First World War, like Johnny God is Gun starring Jason Robards about a gravely injured soldier flashing back to his life. A film Metallica later sample in the nightmarish video for its hit song One.
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