In the middle seventies, America was forced to come to terms with the failure of the Vietnam War and the political fallout of the Watergate Conspiracy. It was a difficult time for the nation both socially and psychologically and naturally this manifested itself in the films of the time. The unquestioning faith in the establishment was replaced with an air of cynicism and the rise of the anti-hero. The enemy was not just the Soviet Union but potentially the national government as it pursued its own agenda. So the conspiracy theory was born and became an integral part of Hollywood.