Oliver Stone
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An intimate memoir by the controversial, Oscar-winning director and screenwriter Oliver Stone
Before moving to Los Angeles and the international success of Platoon in 1986, Oliver Stone had been wounded as an infantryman in Vietnam, and spent years writing unproduced scripts while working odd jobs in Manhattan. Stone, now 73, recounts those formative years with in-the-moment details of the highs and lows: meetings with Al Pacino over Stone's...
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WITH SUBSTANTIAL MATERIAL NOT INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENTARY
Academy Award winner Oliver Stone was able to secure what journalists, news organizations, and even other world leaders have long coveted: extended, unprecedented access to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Putin Interviews are culled from more than a dozen interviews with Putin over a two-year span-never before has the Russian leader spoken in such depth or at such length with a Western...
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In working together on two challenging documentaries-South of the Border and the Untold History of the United States series for Showtime-filmmaker Oliver Stone engaged with author and filmmaker Tariq Ali in a probing, hard-hitting conversation on the politics of history.
Their dialogue brings to light a number of forgotten-or deliberately buried-episodes of American history, from the US intervention against the Russian Revolution to the dynamic radicalism...
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Secrets, scandales et complots politiques à la Maison Blanche
Responsable du lancement de la bombe atomique sur Hiroshima (60 000 morts) et Nagasaki (80 000 morts), Harry S. Truman se vantait de ne jamais avoir éprouvé le moindre remords. À un journaliste qui lui demandait si la décision avait été moralement difficile à prendre, il répondit en claquant des doigts : « Je l'ai fait comme ça. » Trente ans plus tard, l'offensive du Vietcong...
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A courageous look at a historic figure.
From Oscar®-winner Oliver Stone, Snowden is a riveting personal look at one of the most polarizing figures of the twenty-first century, the man responsible for what has been described as the most far-reaching security breach in US intelligence history. This official motion picture screenplay edition, written by Kieran Fitzgerald and Oliver Stone, includes a foreword by David Talbot and dozens of photos from...
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Touchstone Home Entertainment
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[2012]
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English
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Revisit the inspirational story of four remarkable friends whose extraordinary lives are filled with joy and heartbreak. Their friendship reveals a mosaic of startling events that have shaped their lives and affects the hope they hold for their families. A favorite of fans and critics alike, this exceptional film is sure to entertain you from beginning to end!
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Shout Factory
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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Thirty years after his renowned film JFK, Oliver Stone takes viewers on a thought-provoking and eye-opening journey through recently declassified evidence in the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Subjects covered include the early formation of President Kennedy's foreign policy overview and his anti-colonial convictions, which put him in opposition to the Eisenhower administration, the CIA, and the Pentagon.
12) Wall Street
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20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
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2007.
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English
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Tired of the view from his one-bedroom apartment, Bud Fox dreams of the luxury and power at the pinnacle of Wall Street investment banking. Charming his way into the tutelage of Gordon Gekko, the best of the best, Fox is soon rubbing shoulders with friends in the highest places. But in a world that values high-risk greed over low-yied ethics, Fox will soon find himself in a most precarious position.
13) Savior
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Columbia TriStar Home Video
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[1999]
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English
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Former U.S. military official Joshua entered the Foreign Legion after his wife was killed in Paris by Muslim fundamentalists. Six years later, in Bosnia during 1993, Joshua and his pal Peter, fight together on the Serbian side. After Peter dies from a grenade tossed by a young girl, Joshua shoots another youth on the side of the enemy. In a prisoner exchange, psycho Serb Goran, a Muslim-hater, and Joshua wind up with pregnant Vera, victim of a Muslim...
14) Platoon
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Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Pub. Date
2011.
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English
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A grunt's view of the Vietnam War is provided in all its horrific, inexplicable detail. Bonus features included.
15) Mooch
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Giant Interactive
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2018.
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English
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Anthony “The Mooch” Scaramucci may have been the shortest tenured White House Communications Director, but he sure left a big impression. Compiled over a four-year span, MOOCH tells the Only-in-Trump's-America story of an irrepressible hedge fund manager who rose from humble beginnings to stratospheric heights - only to watch the world laugh as he tumbled back down.
16) Salvador
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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[2014]
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English
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In 1980, Richard Boyle, a veteran war photographer whose career needs a boost, heads for El Salvador to cover the civil war there. He forms an uneasy alliance with both guerrillas in the countryside who want him to get pictures out to the US press, and the right-wing military, who want him to bring them photographs of the rebels. After the murder of Archbishop Romero, the rape and murder of an American nurse and three nuns, and the death of a fellow...
17) Any given Sunday
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2000]
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English
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Tony D'Amato, the embattled Sharks coach, faces a full-on blitz of team strife plus a new, marketing-savvy Sharks owner who's sure Tony is way behind times.
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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Based on the true story of Ron Kovic, a young man who volunteered for the Vietnam War, was wounded, and returned paralyzed from the mid-chest down. He later became a new voice for those disenchanted with the war.
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Columbia Pictures
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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Based on the true story of the notorious Hustler publisher who was sued by the Religious Right and paralyzed by a fanatic's bullet, this is a stranger-than-fiction comedy about one man's outrageous public persona and eccentric private life. It chronicles Flynt's raunchy business savvy, his wildly unconventional marriage, and his infamous courtroom antics.
20) Scarface
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
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English
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In the spring of 1980, the port at Mariel Harbor was opened, and thousands set sail for the United States. They came in search of the American Dream. One of them found it on the sun-washed avenues of Miami; wealth, power and passion beyond his wildest dreams. He was Tony Montana. The world will remember him by another name. Starring Al Pacino as Tony Montana, this film has become a cultural phenomenon brilliantly directed by Brian De Palma and written...