Tag: oliver stone
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8/20 newspurge: leary, cho, stone, disney, s&m, surveillance
history/mystery: timothy leary & the cia*scotus orders review of death row inmate troy davis’s case*fromme-peltier: inequality of mercy*cho’s missing mental records released* media/memes: fcc ‘diversity officer’ targets talk radio*the fairness doctrine is dead, long live the fairness doctrine*’indictments are coming’ in jackson case* oliver stone revealing ‘secret history of america’*your tax dollar$ at work for…
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media memes: nixon, cruise, stone, lennon, vhs & hi-def
‘frost/nixon’: meant for each otherfrom washington post: Neither the title nor the subject matter prepares you for the pure fun of “Frost/Nixon.” Ron Howard’s movie is based on Peter Morgan’s play, which was based on the 1977 television interviews between British journalist David Frost and the disgraced former president Richard Nixon. You expect something dry,…
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‘w’ film aimed at independent voters
from raw replay: CNN’s Kareen Wynter reported that Oliver Stone’s new film, “W,” is aimed at independent voters and timed to effect the election. This video is from CNN’s American Morning, broadcast October 13, 2008. a puzzling portrayal of a presidentfrom washington post: “W.,” the title of Oliver Stone’s new biopic of President Bush, obviously…
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stone’s w is “unusual & inescapably interesting”
from variety: Oliver Stone’s unusual and inescapably interesting “W.” feels like a rough draft of a film it might behoove him to remake in 10 or 15 years. The director’s third feature to hinge on a modern-era presidency, after “JFK” and “Nixon,” offers a clear and plausible take on the current chief executive’s psychological makeup…
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clip from oliver stone’s bush film released
from raw replay: A clip from Oliver Stone’s latest film W, about President George W Bush, has been released. This video is from ITN, broadcast September 4, 2008.
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oliver stone rushes to finish off bush bio-pic
from politico: They first crossed paths four decades ago at Yale University. But Oliver Stone’s climactic encounter with George W. Bush may come in movie theaters as early as this fall. Stone is planning to begin production this month of his upcoming film biography of the president, tentatively titled ‘W’. An early draft of the…
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US shame still stings 40 years after my lai massacre
from monsters & critics: The soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 11th US Army Brigade, arrived in the morning. Their mission was clear. “The orders were to shoot anything that moved,” one US army officer told journalist Seymour Hersh, the investigative journalist who broke the story in 1969. As the brigade pulled out three hours later…
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oliver stone to make ‘fair’ movie about bush
from reuters: Director Oliver Stone, who has made movies about Presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, is developing a project about the current occupant of the White House, but promises it will not be a hatchet job, Daily Variety reported on Sunday. Stone is in talks with Josh Brolin, who is starring in “No…
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iran rejects oliver stone film request
from news24: Iran has rejected a request by United States filmmaker Oliver Stone to make a film about President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the website of the news network Press TV reported on Sunday. Ahmadinejad’s media advisor, Mehdi Kalhor, said that Stone had requested to make a film about Ahmadinejad which was however rejected by the president.…