07-07-2004, 11:37 PM
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Lew Crippen: I read or heard somewhere (but don’t remember where—possibly NPR) that Lt. Rushing had been ordered by his Marine Corps superiors to not discuss the movie with journalists.
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That's true. Here's a good article about that, which quotes Rushing's wife:
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Muzzling a Marine
The Pentagon orders the military spokesman featured in the acclaimed documentary "Control Room" not to talk -- and now he plans to walk.
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Shortly after Noujaim's MSNBC interview, according to a source close to the film, the Pentagon told Rushing he would be giving no more interviews.
Paige Rushing, Capt. Rushing's wife, said her husband is now trying to leave the Marines because of his treatment over the issue. Rushing enlisted when he was 17, and has been in the military ever since.
"I think he's been on the precipice of moving on with his life," Paige Rushing said. "He's been doing this his entire adult life, and he's looking for something that would allow him more creative freedom, and maybe more freedom in general. I think this is the straw that broke the camel's back for him, just feeling so muzzled and restricted."
She says she can't understand why her husband has been asked not to speak about his involvement with the documentary. "I can understand, perhaps, if he'd wanted to stage an anti-administration rally, but it wasn't anything like that. This was a personal experience, and I still don't understand why they have such a problem with him speaking."
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Jason: Kline's voice is still passable
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Kline's voice is still fantastic. He purposely sang badly in the movie because Porter was a bad singer.
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