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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
Supposedly, the producers of what became Heartbreak Ridge originally planned for the movie to be about the Rangers on Grenada -- but the Army withdrew their support early on; it is rumored that some generals at the Pentagon were offended at the large amount of foul language used by the characters in the script, and they didn't like the character of Highway at all -- they thought it would give the Army a bad image. Apparently, bad words and alcohol make Pentagon generals cry.
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I'd heard even the Commandant of the MC was unhappy with the language when it did come out.
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