Fort Knox went all Hollywood during filming of a military comedy classic
A film production team received an unexpected response from the US Army. The team had proposed a comedy movie about two friends joining the Army to escape their daily routine. The movie's producers had approached the Army in the early 1980s to request permission to film on a military base.
Further details about this interaction are available from the source, including comments from the film's producer about the timing and inspiration for the movie.
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