A Joint Exercise Filmmakers got unprecedented military cooperation, and the Navy got script input.
Moviegoers get a blend of compromise, fact and fiction.
We were not there as censors or history police. We were there as advisors. Pressed by military officials, the filmmakers toned down or dropped dialogue thought to have a disrespectful or anti-military edge and also changed the way certain key historic figures were portrayed. Associated Press and the military, particularly the Navy. During filming, several uniformed and civilian employees of the federal government were on location offering numerous suggestions to Bay and Bruckheimer.