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- JFK (1991) Directed by Oliver Stone. Screenplay by Oliver Stone and Zachary Sklar, based on the books ‘On the Trail of the Assassins’ by Jim Garrison and ‘Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy’ by Jim Marrs.
- PLATOON (1986) Written and directed by Oliver Stone. Starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen, Keith David, Forest Whitaker, Francesco Quinn, Kevin Dillon, John C. McGinley, Johnny Depp.
- NIXON (1995) Directed by Oliver Stone. Written by Stephen J. Rivele, Christopher Wilkinson, Stone. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, Powers Boothe, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins, E.G.
- BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (1989) Directed by Oliver Stone. Screenplay by Oliver Stone and Ron Kovic, based on the book by Ron Kovic. Starring Tom Cruise, Kyra Sedgwick, Raymond J. Barry, Jerry Levine, Frank Whaley, Willem Dafoe.
Oliver Stone. Director: JFK. Oliver Stone has become known as a master of controversial subjects and a legendary film maker. His films are filled with a variety of film angles and styles, he pushes his actors to give Oscar-worthy performances, and despite his failures, has always returned to success.
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Full list. William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. [1] [2] [3] Stone is known as a controversial but acclaimed director, tackling subjects ranging from the Vietnam war, and American politics to musical biopics and crime dramas.
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- William Oliver Stone, September 15, 1946 (age 77), New York City, U.S.
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- Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps (2010) It’s actually quite amazing how dull this film is. Given the period when it was made, just right after the Gordon Gekko’s of the world wrecked the economy, a sequel to “Wall Street” would have been ideal.
- Savages (2012) There’s a young surfer girl named ‘O’ who is the romantic interest of Ben and Chon, two major pot-dealers in sunny world of Laguna Beach.
- The Hand (1981) A horror film called “The Hand” gives you the impression it might be a cheesy film. Watching the finished project, you realize that your initial impressions were correct.
- Looking for Fidel (2006) This is the age of contrarians, or better yet, people thinking they deserve the title of ‘contrarian’. Trump voters think they deserve the title because they’re going against mainstream media.
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- Heaven & Earth
- Nixon
- Wall Street
- The Doors
- Born on The Fourth of July
- Talk Radio
- Platoon
- Salvador
- Natural Born Killers
- JFK
Oliver Stone had already won Oscars for his two previous Vietnam films, Platoon and Born On the Fourth Of July. For the third film in his Vietnam trilogy, the director chose to show the effects of the war from another perspective. Heaven & Earth tells the true story of Hiep Ti Le, a Vietnamese woman whose life and family is affected by the war in h...
Taking on the political career of Richard Nixon was a risky project. A three-plus hour film about the controversial president was unsure in its box office potential, as audiences usually favor fictitious presidents over true stories. Oliver Stone knew a proper story had to be told and created a fascinating portrait of the emotionally scarred man wh...
Stone took on another type of "battleground" in Wall Street. Charlie Sheen stars as "Bud Fox", a young Wall Street broker who will stop at nothing to achieve success and to "catch the big fish," a job working for a financial titan named Gordon Gekko. RELATED: 10 Best Michael Douglas Movies, According To Rotten Tomatoes Stone's grandfather was a Wal...
The Doors was the first of Oliver Stone's one-two punch of 1991 with JFKto come later in the year. Stone's recreation of the late 60s was jaw-dropping in its scope and accuracy and the cast he assembled to play The Doors was perfect. Kevin Dillon, Frank Whaley, and Kyle MacLachlan were impeccable as the band and Val Kilmer was phenomenal as Jim Mor...
Tom Cruise rose to another level with his moving portrait of Vietnam Veteran Ron Kovic in Born on the Fourth of July, Oliver Stone's Oscar-Nominated adaptation of Kovic's true story. Kovic fought in the Vietnam war and came home a changed man who took an anti-war stance, becoming one of the most important voices to speak out against America's invol...
Perhaps the most undervalued film of Oliver Stone's career, Talk Radiowas the director's sharp and intimate adaptation of Eric Bogosian's play of the same name about a radio talk show host who begins to unravel due to the hatred of humanity that he encounters on his program. Bogosian plays the lead, Barry Champlain, and is a force of nature with hi...
Oliver Stone made his mark with 1986's Platoon, based on his personal Vietnam experience. The film followed Chris, a new soldier who comes to Vietnam and falls in with a platoon where he becomes caught in a moral battle between his two superior officers. RELATED: 10 Vietnam Movies Better Than "The Last Full Measure," According To Rotten Tomatoes No...
Salvadorwas Oliver Stone's true tale of Richard Boyle, an American photojournalist who covers and becomes affected by the political unrest of 1980 El Salvador. James Woods starred as Boyle and did career-best work with his unhinged and emotional portrayal of a man in too far over his head both politically and professionally. Stone's screenplay is a...
Controversial and completely unique, Natural Born Killersexploded across movie screens in 1994 to big box office results and mixed reviews. Stone's film followed Mickey and Mallory, two vicious serial killers who become media celebrities. RELATED: Woody Harrelson: 10 Memorable Roles, Ranked From Most Villainous To Most Heroic Stone reworked Quentin...
Oliver Stone never garnered more controversy than he did with JFK, his indictment of the lies and injustice regarding the investigation into JFK's assassination. The scope of the film and the information it holds is quite astonishing. Kevin Costner stars as Jim Garrison, the attorney who takes on the U.S. government, giving what is perhaps his deep...
Nov 5, 2022 · Here are the best of Oliver Stone's best movies. Related: Oliver Stone Thinks a Trump Movie Might Be Too Much of a Challenge. 12 Savages (2012) Universal Pictures. Savages is a film that is hectic ...
Jun 18, 2012 · Nixon (1995) A much more complicated movie than JFK, Nixon is one of Stone's most awesomely ga-ga pictures, an ecstatic fever dream of Quaker guilt, White House mythology and Seventies paranoia.
