http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/oliverstone/ en-us Sun, 11 May 2008 06:43:57 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2014325/posts I have a PDF of the script for this despicable movie. I've been told it's the actual, final script. I haven't even read it yet, just glanced through it and I wanted to throw up. If anyone's interested, freepmail me an email address and I'll send it to you. We could really plaster this over the internet and ruin everything for him, couldn't we....hmmm....Anyone have any other ideas???? By the way, did you all know this money is being financed by a Shanghai based group? So...to recap...a hit piece on a sitting President to be released before said President will... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2014325/posts#comment Sun, 11 May 2008 06:43:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2013665/posts It had been widely believed that the film would be a "controversial movie about George W. Bush's rise to power." Suitably Flip http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2013665/posts#comment Fri, 9 May 2008 17:53:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998609/posts Bush Biographers Mixed On Script For Oliver Stone's 'W' By Stephen Galloway and Matthew Belloni April 7, 2008 President George W. Bush is a foul-mouthed, reformed drunk obsessed with baseball, Saddam Hussein and a conflicted relationship with his dad. Or at least that's how he's portrayed in the script for Oliver Stone's upcoming feature "W." But how accurate is that depiction? As the film preps for its April 21 start date, The Hollywood Reporter sent a copy of the screenplay to four Bush biographers for their comments. The draft is dated Oct. 17, 2007, and has recently been circulated to... hollywoodreporter.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1998609/posts#comment Tue, 8 Apr 2008 20:02:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997669/posts "The Bush administration is coming together -- and adding a key ally for good measure. Oliver Stone has found the actress to play Condoleezza Rice in his upcoming "W," with Thandie Newton in final negotiations to star as the National Security Advisor-turned-Secretary of State. Meanwhile, Ioan Gruffudd is in final talks to play former British prime minister Tony Blair. Rice and Blair are the first non-Bush roles to be cast; Josh Brolin, James Cromwell, Elizabeth Banks and Ellen Burstyn had previously been cast as George W., George Sr., Laura and Barbara Bush, respectively...." The Hollywood Reporter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1997669/posts#comment Sun, 6 Apr 2008 22:05:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996248/posts RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) -- Hundreds of camels have died in Saudi Arabia this week from a mystery ailment. Cars stop on a Riyadh highway to make way for a caravan of camels. The animals are big business in Saudi Arabia. The Agriculture Ministry has said 232 camels died in the space of four days in the Dawasir Valley, 250 miles south of Riyadh. King Abdullah has promised compensation for owners, who say the real number of deaths is far higher. Agriculture ministry officials have denied an infectious disease caused the deaths and blamed them on animal feed supplied by... LiveLeak http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1996248/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 19:46:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995770/posts Script asks: 'How did an alcoholic bum become most powerful leader in world?' How different the world might look now if the US president and his advisers had settled on the phrase Axis of Unbearably Odious, or Axis of Hatred. But they rejected that and instead plumped for Axis of Evil, and the rest is history. So begins the script to Oliver Stone's new movie, W, on the life of George W Bush, which begins filming this month and will be produced at speed. Stone, a director with a keen eye for publicity, is thought to want to get the... UK Guardian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995770/posts#comment Thu, 3 Apr 2008 00:30:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995160/posts Daddy Issues, War Lust in Oliver Stone's 'W' Controversial Filmmaker's Early Script Depicts President Bush's Hard-Partying Youth and Feuds With His Father By MARCUS BARAM April 1, 2008 — It's a classic American story: In the prime of his life, a man who parties too much and lives in the shadow of his esteemed father turns his life around. He gives up alcohol, embraces religion and finds a new purpose. But will his desire to impress his dad and purge his personal demons put the world in danger? Coming soon to a movie theater near you: controversial director Oliver Stone's... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995160/posts#comment Tue, 1 Apr 2008 22:30:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995165/posts GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Brandishing "the sword of Islam," a Palestinian boy stabs President Bush to death in revenge for American and Israeli actions in a new puppet show for children aired by Hamas-owned television in the Gaza Strip. The show, part of a series called "Exceptionals," first aired Sunday. In the episode, Bush, a hand-held puppet dressed in a green uniform and wearing boxing gloves, is shown talking to a Palestinian child The child, with tears in his voice, accuses Bush of killing his father in Iraq, his mother in Lebanon and his brothers and sisters in Gaza... MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1995165/posts#comment Tue, 1 Apr 2008 22:39:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992750/posts Director Oliver Stone has set James Cromwell to play George Herbert Walker Bush and Ellen Burstyn to play former first lady Barbara Bush in "W," a drama about the formative years of their son, President George W. Bush. Josh Brolin is playing the title character, and Elizabeth Banks will play first lady Laura Bush. Stone will direct from a script by his “Wall Street” co-writer Stanley Weiser. Moritz Borman is producing with Bill Block and Jon Kilik. Variety http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1992750/posts#comment Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:16:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966208/posts According to the IMDb, Oliver Stone has a movie called "Bush" due to open next year. It'll star Josh Brolin as GWB. The IMDb http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1966208/posts#comment Thu, 7 Feb 2008 02:13:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1957755/posts George Bush will have the dubious honor of having his life story portrayed on the big screen in an Oliver Stone movie, though Stone says it will not be an anti-Bush film. Bush will be played by Josh Brolin, stepson of the virulently anti-Bush Hollywood liberal Barbra Streisand. Stone, the ultra-leftist Hollywood producer best known for his admiration for Cuban dictator Fidel Castro and Venezuela's communist dictator Hugo Chavez who called Bush the devil, and the man behind controversial films such as "Nixon," "JFK," and "Platoon" insists he'll be fair despite his reputation as a harsh critic of the president... http://www.newsmax.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1957755/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jan 2008 19:00:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957374/posts Josh Brolin ready for the Oval Office? It’s all in the latest edition of the Access Hollywood Casting Call! Josh Brolin will play the president in the Oliver Stone-directed film “Bush,” according to The Hollywood Reporter. Stone, who also helmed films about John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, is hoping to start production as early as the spring, in order to release the film around the fall presidential election. Brolin currently stars in the Coen brothers’ critically acclaimed drama “No Country For Old Men.” Access Hollywood http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957374/posts#comment Tue, 22 Jan 2008 02:17:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956917/posts Oliver Stone has set his sights on his next directing project, "Bush," a film focusing on the life and presidency of George W. Bush, and attached Josh Brolin to play the title role. The director has begun quietly shopping a script by his "Wall Street" co-writer Stanley Weiser. Pic will be produced by Moritz Borman, who teamed with Stone on "World Trade Center" and "Alexander," and Jon Kilik, a producer of "Alexander" as well as "Pinkville," the pre-strike project about the Army's investigation of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam that Stone expected to direct until United Artists pulled the... Variety http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1956917/posts#comment Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:15:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1953304/posts It was Christmas week in the Colombian city of Villavicencio and the events, as they were set to unfold, had all the makings of a Hollywood blockbuster. If only the "heroes" hadn't been exposed as liars. A 3-year-old boy, his mother and another woman, all hostages of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), were about to be freed. Credit for their release was to go to Hugo Chávez, president of Venezuela. Former Argentine President Néstor Kirchner had flown up from Buenos Aires to take part in the show. Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone was on hand too, eager to document... Opinion Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1953304/posts#comment Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:58:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1947222/posts BOGOTA, Colombia — It was one of the boldest initiatives yet for Latin America's emerging leftist alliance and it didn't even get off the ground. Answering a call by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, political heavyweights from five governments attempted to break through a deadlock in the region's most entrenched conflict: Colombia's half-century guerrilla war. But for all their devotion to Latin American unity, observers from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba and Ecuador couldn't persuade the secretive Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, to abandon its deep mistrust of Colombia's government and fulfill a weeks-old promise to free three hostages... As... AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1947222/posts#comment Wed, 2 Jan 2008 18:24:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1754696/posts Hollywood film-maker Oliver Stone shocked the audience at the British Comedy Awards with a bad-taste gag about the Suffolk murders. The director of 'Platoon' and 'Born On The Fourth Of July' was attending the ceremony to present the best comedy film prize to Wallace and Gromit creator Nick Park. Taking the stage, he quipped: "It's great to be back in England. I feel like Jack The Ripper days are back. Nothing ever changes here." But his attempt at comedy was met with jeers and gasps of horror from the celebrity audience. Realising his joke had bombed, Stone sneered: "You're a... RTE http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1754696/posts#comment Sun, 17 Dec 2006 06:55:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898984/posts Oliver Stone can visit Iran to make documentary film about Ahmadinejad Tehran Sept 19, 2007 IRNA Iranian President's advisor for art affairs Javad Shamaqdari said on Wednesday that American film director Oliver Stone had better pay a visit to Iran to get acquainted with realities about the country and make a documentary film on President Ahmadinejad. Shamaqdari added that given demands of film makers and media and Stone's eagerness to make a documentary film about President Ahmadinejad, it is better for him to travel to Tehran to hold talks in this respect. He underlined that the West shows incorrect image... IRNA http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1898984/posts#comment Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:40:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1860338/posts Ahmadinejad rejects film offer from Oliver Stone Jul. 3, 2007 1:22 By ASSOCIATED PRESS President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has rejected a proposal by American Oscar winning movie director Oliver Stone to make a film about him because Stone is part the "Great Satan" cultural establishment, a semiofficial news agency reported. "I sent a negative answer by Ahmadinejad to Oliver Stone," the Fars agency quoted Mehdi Kalhor, media adviser to the president, as saying Sunday. "It is right that this person is considered part of the opposition in the US, but opposition in the US is a part of the Great Satan."... The Jerusalem Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1860338/posts#comment Tue, 3 Jul 2007 18:25:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1859155/posts Mehdi Kolhar, Ahmadinejad’s media adviser, said “Ahmadinejad rejected Oliver Stone’s request [to make a film about Ahmadinejad]”. He said “I sent Dr Ahmadinejad’s rejection to Oliver Stone because even though he is in the opposition in the states, but even the opposition in the states is a part of the big satan”. He added “We believe that the American movie-production system does not contain any element of culture or art and is only a tool”. “I must add that Dr Ahmadinejad was personally against this”. He concluded, “However, it is very clear why Stone asked for doing the movie. He... Kamangir http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1859155/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jul 2007 14:55:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858399/posts irst it was Conan the Barbarian. Then it was Fidel Castro. And now, according to one foreign report, filmmaker Oliver Stone's next movie subject might well be Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The Oscar winning director is seeking permission to start work on a proposed documentary about Ahmadinejad, according to a report from Iran. The Iranian Student News Agency said today Stone's project would be a profile of the president who has called for Israel to be destroyed. Permission is being sought to move forward with the project. "The request was made some three months ago. Stone is a professional filmmaker... WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1858399/posts#comment Fri, 29 Jun 2007 17:09:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1833503/posts May 10, 2007 U.S. Investigates More Hollywood Cuba Trips Yet another famous Hollywood director is being investigated by the United States government for violating a federal law prohibiting trade and travel to the communist island of Cuba. Long a favorite of the liberal Hollywood elite, Cuban Dictator Fidel Castro welcomes all America bashers and especially dangerous fugitives convicted of atrocious crimes in the U.S. In fact, Castro has proudly announced that Cuba is home to several criminals on the FBI’s most wanted list, including a Black Liberation Army leader who escaped from prison after being convicted of murdering a New... Corruption Chronicles - A Judicial Watch Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1833503/posts#comment Mon, 14 May 2007 21:58:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1828086/posts Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, whose movies voiced the frustration of the Vietnam War generation, on Thursday unveiled a political ad calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. But those expecting a broadside from the man who made the searing anti-war films "Platoon" and "Born on the Fourth of July" some 20 years ago may be disappointed. The 30-second television spot, sponsored by the MoveOn.org political action group and VoteVets.org, features a simple but impassioned plea by John Bruhns, a former infantry sergeant who fought in Iraq during the 2003 invasion and its aftermath. "We were told to liberate... Reuters via Drudge Report http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1828086/posts#comment Fri, 4 May 2007 00:02:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1820385/posts Director Oliver Stone is planning to direct an anti-war television commercial chosen by members of the liberal group MoveOn.org. The Stone ad campaign will focus on a specific American family affected by the war. Which family and soldier used will be determined by the votes of MoveOn.org members. An anti-war veterans organization, VoteVets.org -- which was responsible for the Super Bowl ad that included an Iraq war vet amputee -- is also backing the project. It was announced as liberal opponents of the Iraq war stepped up attacks on Republican congressional lawmakers who voted against a timeline for redeploying troops... politico.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1820385/posts#comment Fri, 20 Apr 2007 02:11:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1790637/posts An expert on the CIA reveals how Hollywood bungled its chance to tell an astonishing true spy story...'I told Matt Damon he'd be a perfect spy - if he wasn't so short, fat, pretty and white', he reveals It began with a meeting in Chelsea with the film producer Oliver Stone. 'I've bought your book on James Jesus Angleton and I'm going to film it,' he said rather pugnaciously. 'No you haven't, I replied. 'Yes I have,' he insisted. We worked our way through two bottles of Pinot Noir before it turned out he'd bought a different book about James... The Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1790637/posts#comment Sat, 24 Feb 2007 23:16:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1737675/posts "The fact that he's dead is unfortunate but looking back on his life it's a very pleasant thought."The father of late The Doors singer Jim Morrison has branded the death of his estranged son "unfortunate," despite the rocker often singing about his family's imagined demise. George Morrison, a retired Navy admiral, insists memories of his rocker son are "pleasant" - even though he once joked his parents were dead and used Oedipal rant "The End" to imagine killing his dad and sleeping with his mother. However, in a new memoir of the band, George remains positive about his child. Contributing... ROCK 103 Memphis http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1737675/posts#comment Mon, 13 Nov 2006 12:50:46 GMT