Actually, now that I think of it. The fact that this movie is very old, very memorable but not a gigantic blockbuster is ideal for a test of Total Information Control ops. Everyone remembers it but it wasn't Star Wars. There was no way to re-watch this movie for 21 years unless you caught it at movie theater.
This makes it a perfect choice to see if they can make everyone doubt their lying eyes by making the braces disappear from 2001 onward.