"Ahmadinejad," a film by Oliver Stone

Time Magazine Blog ^ | December 5, 2007 | Scott MacLeod

[america4vr]

At last, something to unite American hard-liners and Iranian hard-liners!

They both hate Oliver Stone.

The American film director has suddenly turned up in Tehran, or may be about to. Read on:

U.S. conservatives, of course, have long despised Stone for his politics, for his denunciation of the Iraq war, for his chumminess with Fidel Castro and for certain attributed quotes, like one calling President Bush "an ex-alcoholic who believes in Jesus--what could be more dangerous!" and another saying, "If I were George Bush, I would shoot myself."

Now it turns out that Iranian hard-liners may revile Stone even more. The director of docu-dramas like JFK and Nixon and of a documentary about Castro evidently wants to make a film about President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Last summer, Ahmadinejad's spokesman flatly rejected Stone's proposal. Mehdi Kalhor agreed that Stone was part of the political opposition in the U.S., but he said that still made Stone "part of the Great Satan"--Khomeini's famous epithet for America.

Ahmadinejad is prepared to give Stone a second chance. It seems that the Iranian president is not as automatically anti-Yankee as people think. As Stone was reportedly set to arrive in Tehran to discuss his proposal with the president's advisors again this week, the hard-line Kayhan newspaper launched a particularly harsh attack on Stone and questioned his good intentions. Kayhan's problem is not only that Stone is part of the Great Satan, but he is part of America's Zionist media empire, too. In light of the U.S. media's past record of smearing the Islamic Republic, wrote commentator Elham Rajabpour, "being optimistic about Oliver Stone's request...is an irreparable mistake which will bring us nothing but regret and remorse."

[america4vr]

Oliver Stone was thought to have hit bottom several movie flops ago, his last attempt 'World Trade Center' having garnered an unspectacular $70 Million, 'Alexander' his previous offering a laughable $34 Million. His imagination is running every bit as dry as the movie grosses he utterly fails to achieve.

So what does it say about Stone's status as movie-maker if the object of his newest project is none other than Iran's less than charismatic/photogenic Dr. Evil, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran? Shamelessly hilarious!

[Cindy]

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[DB]

Somebody put a pigs head in his luggage next time he goes to Iran...

[Tennessee Nana]

A teddy bear named Mohammad in his luggage will cause more of a ruckus...

LOL

[endthematrix]

...unspectacular $70 Million...laughable $34 Million.

Nothing of the sort. I’d like to know the profit, of course. Also, IIRC there was a WTC charity that received percentages

[america4vr]

Nothing of the sort.
If your comment is in reference to the $70 million/$34 million figures, they were taken directly from the IMDB, Yahoo Movies.

[endthematrix]

Just sayin’ that’s big enough $$$ not to downplay it’s significance .