Oliver Stone
Also Known As: Oliver W. Stone, 奧利華·史東, Оливер Стоун, โอลิเวอร์ สโตน, أوليفر ستون, オリバー・ストーン, 올리버 스톤, William Oliver Stone, Όλιβερ Στόουν, الیور استون
Biography: William Oliver Stone is an American film director and screenwriter. Stone became known in the late 1980s and the early 1990s for directing a series of films about the Vietnam War, in which he had participated as an American infantry soldier. His work frequently focuses on contemporary political and cultural issues, often controversially. He has received three Academy Awards: Best Adapted Screenplay for Midnight Express (1978), and Best Director for Platoon (1986) and Born on the Fourth of July (1989). Stone's movies often use many different cameras and film formats, including VHS, 8 mm film, and 70 mm film. He sometimes uses several formats in a single scene, as in Natural Born Killers (1994) and JFK (1991).
Department: Directing
Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA
Adult: No
Birthday: September 15, 1946
Age: 78 years old
Gender: Male
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Le cinéma américain du sulfureux Oliver Stone
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-12-01
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They Live by Night: The Twisted Road
Overview: Documentary short on the making of "They Live by Night" (1948).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-31
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Dave
Overview: A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the President of the United States.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-05-07
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JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
Overview: Thirty years after the release of his film JFK (1991), filmmaker Oliver Stone reviews recently declassified evidence related to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, which took place in Dallas on November 22, 1963.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-12
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Comandante
Overview: Oliver Stone spends three days filming with Fidel Castro in Cuba, discussing an array of subjects with the president such as his rise to power, fellow revolutionary Che Guevara, the Cuban Missile crisis, and the present state of the country.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-02-14
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Jim Brown: All-American
Overview: Jim Brown: All-American is a 2002 documentary film directed by Spike Lee. The film takes a look at the life of NFL hall-of-famer Jim Brown. The film delves into his life—past, present and future—focusing on his athletic career, acting and activism. Many people from Hollywood and sports backgrounds were interviewed for the film. Members of Brown's family were also interviewed for the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-22
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Becoming Alexander
Overview: Colin Farrell and his intensive preparation to play Alexander the Great in Oliver Stone's epic movie.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-12-31
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Looking for Fidel
Overview: Oliver Stone's second documentary on/interview with Fidel Castro specifically addresses his country's recent crackdown on Cuban dissidents; namely, the execution of three men who hijacked a ferry to the United States.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-14
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Persona Non Grata
Overview: 2003 documentary film produced by Oliver Stone for the HBO series America Undercover about the conflict in occupied Palestine. He speaks with Ehud Barak and Benjamin Netanyahu, former prime ministers of Israel, Yasser Arafat, late president of the Palestinian National Authority, and various Palestinian activists resisting the oppression of the zionist regime.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-05
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The Invocation
Overview: An exploration of the notion of 'God' and World Peace through Religion, Spirituality, History, Science, Politics and Arts.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-01
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Love in Hollywood
Overview: Various Hollywood people talk about love.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1996-12-08
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Icahn: The Restless Billionaire
Overview: Explore the contradictions at the heart of famed financier Carl Icahn. A polarizing figure described as both an activist investor and a ruthless corporate raider, Icahn rose from modest beginnings in Queens to become one of the richest men in the world, embodying the American Dream. Yet, he openly criticizes corporate excess and the huge wealth inequality gap.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-02-15
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Cannes Uncut
Overview: Looks at the glamour, red carpets, movies, craziness, stunts, deals, parties and personalities that have been part of the Cannes Film Festival over eight decades, as well as looking to the future.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-06-12
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Ennio
Overview: A portrait of Ennio Morricone, the most popular and prolific film composer of the 20th century, the one most loved by the international public, a two-time Oscar winner and the author of over five hundred unforgettable scores.
Genres: Documentary Music History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2022-02-17
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The Battle of Love's Return
Overview: After a series of mishaps, a young man is fired from his job for failing to deliver a package. He goes on a journey to find himself, encountering various characters including a priest and the owner of a pornographic bookstore, who are seen in black and white interview segments.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-06-01
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Greystone Park
Overview: In October 2009, the filmmakers went into an abandoned psychiatric hospital to explore the 'haunted' institution, famous for its radical treatment of patients with mental illness. Electroshock, insulin therapy, and lobotomies were commonplace. Once inside, the filmmakers quickly discovered that they were not alone.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-09-06
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Frank Capra's American Dream
Overview: A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
Overview: It was a plot device worthy of any film noir thriller. A shadowy figure, keeper of the secrets to a national crime, reveals snippets of information to the man struggling to crack the case. Meetings in shadowy parking garages... cryptic signals using flower pots on balconies... it was John Le Carre or Alfred Hitchcock at their best... And it was all true. Featuring interviews with Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward, Walter Cronkite, Oliver Stone, Watergate prosecutor Richard Ben-Veniste and many others, this documentary examines the methods, motivations and far-reaching legacy of the man known as Deep Throat, now revealed to be W. Mark Felt, Deputy Director of the FBI during the Watergate era.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-28
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Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
Overview: Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward changed American history through their dogged pursuit of the truth in uncovering the story of Watergate. Starting small and building step-by-step, they connected the dots that led from a third-rate burglary at the Watergate Office Building to the resignation of the President of the United States. This documentary asks the question: If two young reporters uncovered a national crime in the White House today, could they be as successful as Woodward and Bernstein were in the 1970s? Through interviews with prominent journalists such Walter Cronkite, Jonathan Alter, Linda Ellerbee, Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, we take an insightful look at the state of investigative journalism in America today.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-02-28
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Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Overview: Nearly all the cast and crew are on hand to give stories and memories about the making of the film. Plenty of detail on every aspect of the film from pre-production to opening night is covered.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-05-30
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Monk Dawson
Overview: Monk Dawson is a film that was released in 1998, directed and produced by Tom Waller and starring John Michie, Benedict Taylor, Rhona Mitra and Paula Hamilton. It was based on the novel of the same name written by Piers Paul Read. The film is about Eddie Dawson, a monk who has led a sheltered existence at a Benedictine monastery, but when he is expelled from his order he has to learn to deal with the harsh realities of everyday life, including falling in love, and the betrayal of a friend.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-07-31
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Music for the Movies: Georges Delerue
Overview: Documentary covering the career of French composer Georges Delerue, famous for film scores for such films as Platoon, Contempt, Shoot the Piano Player, and Jules and Jim.
Genres: Music Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-04-04
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Alexander
Overview: Alexander, the King of Macedonia, leads his legions against the giant Persian Empire. After defeating the Persians, he leads his army across the then known world, venturing farther than any westerner had ever gone, all the way to India.
Genres: War History Action Adventure Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-21
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Hannibal Hopkins & Sir Anthony
Overview: Hopkins’ career has spanned several decades, which is why we will also use many interviews that he gave throughout his life, allowing us to put him back into the context of each period and will be helpful in understanding his role in the history of cinema, because he was far from following the trends. He never belonged to any film movement; he is a chameleon that has always preferred natural acting, ‘non-acting’ when method acting was the fashion.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-03-26
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The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies
Overview: Based on the first centenary of the largest exporter of films in the world, that is Hollywood, is the story told by its protagonists, actors and writers and other people who made life in this business, interspersing images of famous movies.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-06-05
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The Ghosts of Jeju
Overview: Documentary about the struggle of the people of Jeju Island, South Korea. Set in the context of the U.S. presence in Korea after World War II, the film reveals horrible atrocities at the hands of the U.S. Military Government of Korea.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-08-02
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Qazaq
Overview: A documentary that explores the challenges, misconceptions, and difficulties in being the last of the Soviet republics to declare independence through the obstacles faced in reconstructing a nation from scratch.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-01-01
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John Ford Goes to War
Overview: When World War II broke out, John Ford, in his forties, commissioned in the Naval Reserve, was put in charge of the Field Photographic Unit by Bill Donavan, director of the soon-to-be-OSS. During the war, Field Photo made at least 87 documentaries, many with Ford's signature attention to heroism and loss, and many from the point of view of the fighting soldier and sailor. Talking heads discuss Ford's life and personality, the ways that the war gave him fulfillment, and the ways that his war films embodied the same values and conflicts that his Hollywood films did. Among the films profiled are "Battle of Midway," "Torpedo Squadron," "Sexual Hygiene," and "December 7."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-01-01
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Tension: Who's Guilty Now?
Overview: Short documentary on the film noir, Tension.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-31
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Side Street: Where Temptation Lurks
Overview: Documentary on the film noir Side Street with director Oliver Stone and critic Richard Schickel.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-31
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Crime Wave: The City Is Dark
Overview: Richard Schickel and Oliver Stone are among the experts who talk about the film noir Crime Wave.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-07-31
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Hollywood Banker
Overview: How Frans Afman, a banker from the Netherlands, developed a new system for film financing, revolutionized independent filmmaking in Hollywood, but could not prevent it all from crashing down, when ambition of others turned into greed.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-10-02
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Oliver Stone : comment filmer la violence
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-04-16
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Nuclear Now
Overview: With unprecedented access to the nuclear industry in France, Russia, and the United States, Nuclear Now explores the possibility for the global community to overcome the challenges of climate change and energy poverty to reach a brighter future through the power of nuclear energy. Beneath our feet, Uranium atoms in the Earth’s crust hold incredibly concentrated energy. Science unlocked this energy in the mid-20th century, first for bombs and then to power submarines. The United States led the effort to generate electricity from this new source. Yet in the mid-20th century as societies began the transition to nuclear power and away from fossil fuels, a long-term PR campaign to scare the public began, funded in part by coal and oil interests.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-09
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Influence And Appreciation: A Martin Scorsese Tribute
Overview: Filmmakers examine the work and influence of Martin Scorsese on modern cinema
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-08-14
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Project Censored the Movie
Overview: 'Project Censored: The Movie' explores media censorship in our society by exposing important stories that corporate media fails to report/under report. Using the media watchdog group, Project Censored, as their road map, two fathers from California decided to make a documentary film that will help to end the reign of Junk Food News that Corporate Media continues to feed the American people.
Genres: Documentary History War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-04-12
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Rock Poet: Jim Morrison
Overview: Jim Morrison considered himself first a Poet, and subsequently a Rock Star and sex symbol. “ROCK POET” tells his story. He was far more than the hell-raiser, infamous for his arrest in Miami for exposing himself on stage, another rock casualty- dead by the age of just 27. “Classic Artists” meets with legendary Beat Poets Michael Horovitz, Michael McClure, Pete Brown of “Cream” fame, about the movement and what it meant to the burgeoning tide of Rock and Roll, more specifically, to Jim Morrison, and finds the admiration and respect for his talent as a poet and writer amongst his Beat Poet predecessors and also contemporaries to be unquestionable. This film includes revelations from those that were present in the final days and final hours of Jim Morrison, including an eye witness . A vigorously captivating insight of a time in rock history , a time in the life of the man, both rock star and poet.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2010-07-18
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Brand: A Second Coming
Overview: Comic Russell Brand uses drugs, sex and fame in a quest for happiness, only to find it remains elusive. As he explores iconic figures such as Gandhi, Malcolm X, Che Guevara, and Jesus, he transforms himself into a political antagonist.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-03-13
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The Last Party
Overview: A youthful perspective on the 1992 presidential campaign with a witty, cautionary message to young Americans to start participating in democracy or get the kind of government they deserve.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-08-27
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Untitled Anthony Hopkins Documentary
Overview: Anthony Hopkins has confirmed that his wife is working on a documentary about his life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
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My Friend Hugo
Overview: Oliver Stone presents a tribute to a friend one year after his death, the friend in question was the Venezuelan leader, Hugo Chávez. The documentary covers the time Stone and Chávez spent while making "South of the Border", when they developed a close relationship; and the testimonies from South America leaders and people close to Chávez to talk about their views on the man and the politician and share some personal stories they had with him.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-03-05
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From Hollywood to Hanoi
Overview: In 1988, a Vietnamese-American woman returns to her homeland for the first time since childhood against the wishes of her anti-communist father and the US trade embargo.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-07-21
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Nos Bastidores de Hollywood
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2005-03-01
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Milius
Overview: The life story of ‘Zen Anarchist’ filmmaker John Milius, one of the most influential storytellers of his generation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-03-09
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Seizure
Overview: A disturbed author's house party becomes a scene of carnage when three of his homicidal creations appear.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-11-15
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Theaters of War
Overview: If you’ve seen Top Gun or Transformers, you may have wondered: Does all of that military machinery on screen come with strings attached? Does the military actually get a crack at the script? With the release of a vast new trove of internal government documents, the answers have come into sharp focus: the US military has exercised editorial control over thousands of films and television programs. As these activities gain new public scrutiny, new questions arise: How have they managed to fly under the radar for so long? And where do we go from here?
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-02-14
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The Doors
Overview: The story of the famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer and composer, Jim Morrison.
Genres: Music Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-03-01
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Born on the Fourth of July
Overview: Paralyzed in the Vietnam war, Ron Kovic becomes an anti-war and pro-human rights political activist after feeling betrayed by the country he fought for.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-12-20
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Stanley Kubrick in Focus
Overview: Spielberg, Soderbergh, Stone, Friedkin, Scorsese and others tell how Kubrick's directorial style influenced them and how his unique style was developed.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-30
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Lula
Overview: An intimate and revelatory portrait of one of the world’s most influential political figures, Lula explores the rise, fall and triumphant return of beloved Brazilian leader Luiz Inácio “Lula” da Silva, chronicling his extraordinary journey in 2022 to regain the Brazilian presidency after spending nineteen months in prison.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-19
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French Cinema Mon Amour
Overview: French Cinema Mon Amour is an ensemble film in which each contributor brings their own voice, their own particular approach, their culture, and their language to produce a portrait of French cinema.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2015-07-06
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Empire of the Censors
Overview: The history of film and video censorship in Great Britain.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-05-28
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The Making of 'Scarface'
Overview: A 52-minute documentary on "Scarface," both the making of the film and its reception.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-03-31
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Castro in Winter
Overview: After directing two documentaries on Fidel Castro in 2002 ("Comandante") and 2003 ("Looking for Fidel"), filmmaker Oliver Stone returned to interview Castro in 2009 for the first in-depth conversation since Castro had stepped down as president and recovered from colon surgery. In this new film, Castro is interviewed at home, surrounded by his family. The stimulating conversation is friendly and casual, as Castro offers his perspective on current leaders such as President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as well as controversial events such as the coup in Honduras, upheaval in Iran, and the collapse of the Soviet Union's effect on the Cuban economic model. Castro also reflects on some of the defining moments of his life during the last 50 years, including John F. Kennedy's assassination and the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-02-03
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Wall Street
Overview: A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-12-10
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Any Given Sunday
Overview: A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the aging coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove herself in a male dominated world.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-22
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The Untold History Of The United States
Overview: Oliver Stone charts the history of the United States from the Second World War to the present.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-12
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Mindfulness: Be Happy Now
Overview: Mindfulness is the art of simply being present. From Oprah to Phil Jackson to Anderson Cooper, it's an art practiced by some of the world's most successful people. Brought to the west by Zen Buddhist Monk Thich Nhat Hanh, who was once nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., mindfulness has recently gained mainstream popularity in both the media and in mental health treatment. This film features insights from Deepak Chopra, Thich Nhat Hanh, Sharon Stone, Oliver Stone, Cesar Milan, and many more. Watch it and learn how to embrace mindfulness in your own life!
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-11-10
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The Undefeated
Overview: A documentary that chronicles Sarah Palin's pre-political life; her tenure as Governor of Alaska, and her time spent as John McCain's running mate.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-07-15
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A Tour of the Inferno: Revisiting 'Platoon'
Overview: A documentary about the making of Oliver Stone's Vietnam War film, Platoon (1986).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-01-01
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Platoon
Overview: As a young and naive recruit in Vietnam, Chris Taylor faces a moral crisis when confronted with the horrors of war and the duality of man.
Genres: Drama War Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-19
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First Works
Overview: It's a mixed bag in the age of illuminating DVD supplements, but First Works effectively demonstrates the early promise of 13 successful filmmakers. Culled from programs originally broadcast on Showtime in 1990, this crude compilation combines student films, early professional work, and interviews with now-famous directors at various stages of commercial and artistic achievement.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-10-10
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Cannes: All Access
Overview: From its simple beginnings in 1939 in a sleepy beach town in the south of France, the prestigious Cannes Film Festival has become the must-attend red carpet event of the year. Filmmaker Richard Schickel's fascinating documentary captures the glitz and glamour of the festival's incredible 60-year run with archival footage and unforgettable moments. Hollywood's biggest names including Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese, Sharon Stone and Harvey Weinstein talk about the politics, madness, and thrills of competing for one of the industry's highest honors - the coveted Palme d'Or - and what it's like to be at the most fabulous festival by the sea.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-10-27
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Turning Like Clockwork
Overview: A look back on A Clockwork Orange
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-06-07
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The Weight of Chains 2
Overview: 'The Weight of Chains 2' is a documentary film largely dealing with the effects of the Washington Consensus economic doctrine on the newly established former Yugoslav republics, but also with neoliberalism as an economic concept. Through interviews with Noam Chomsky, Oliver Stone and many others, the author, Serbian-Canadian Boris Malagurski, attempts to analyze why so many people in the Balkans are disappointed with the systems imposed after the fall of socialism and how capitalism could be improved. Looking at the examples of Ecuador and Iceland, the film tries to uncover alternatives to the prevailing orthodoxies of Western economic dictates and help developing nations find their own way to shape their economies and their countries.
Genres: Documentary History Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-11-25
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Mooch
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-23
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A Night at the Movies: Hollywood Goes to Washington
Overview: A survey of movies about politics, with clips from several films and interviews with filmmakers and actors.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-10-05
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Sword-and-Sandal: The Story of the Period Epic
Overview: The history of the peplum genre, known as sword-and-sandal cinema, set in Antiquity, from the silent film era to the present day.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-04-14
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Revealing Ukraine
Overview: "Revealing Ukraine" by Igor Lopatonok continues investigations on of the ongoing Ukrainian crisis following "Ukraine on Fire". In addition, it analyzes the current political backstage and its dangerous potential for the world.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-07-04
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Torrente 3: The Protector
Overview: A popular and beautiful politician plans to expose the evil-doings of a multinational corporation. Hoping to silence her, the corporation's top executives decide to hire the most incompetent detective they can find to act as her bodyguard.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: es
Release Date: 2005-09-30
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Once upon a time on Wall Street
Overview: Documentary on Oliver Stone's Wall Street.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2017-11-05
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Patton: A Tribute to Franklin J. Schaffner
Overview: Almost everyone who worked with director Franklin J. Schaeffer on the film is interviewed here, including George C. Scott (this piece was done before he died in 1999) and they all seem to unanimously agree that he was a complete and total gentleman to work with. Oliver Stone shows up here to give us his thoughts on the film and accuse it for being in some part responsible for the bombing of Cambodia, which is an interesting theory if perhaps a little misguided (he claims that Nixon was so influenced by Patton that it resulted in his decision to launch that first attack which in turn resulted in the bombing). Other interviewees in this piece include Richard Zanuck, Jerry Goldsmith, Fred Koenekamp, Franklin J. Schaeffer himself, and the film's producer, Frank McCarthy. The interviews are nicely complimented by some behind the scenes clips as well as a small assortment of camera tests.
Genres: Documentary War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-05-20
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Ukraine on Fire
Overview: Ukraine in Flames is a documentary produced by Oliver Stone that reveals American and NATO participation in the 2014 coup d'état in Ukraine and its aftermath. The renowned American director, who in recent years has made several productions within the genre of political cinema, investigates the origins of the current conflict that currently keeps the entire European continent and the entire planet in suspense. In the film, Stone interviews, among others, the former president of Ukraine, Víktor Yanukovych; Russian President Vladimir Putin and former Ukrainian Interior Minister Vitali Zajarchenko.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-06-16
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LT: The Life & Times
Overview: LT: The Life & Times, a feature-length documentary film chronicling the spectacular on-field Hall of Fame NFL career of Lawrence Taylor, as well as his tumultuous off-field life. The documentary will be the first-ever in-depth look focusing on Taylor's life with never-before-heard stories from Taylor, his family and friends, his former teammates and coaches on his playing days with the New York Giants, as well as his infamous off-field challenges, including his trials, and the troubling times that have plagued him throughout his life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-01
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Our Hollywood Education
Overview: In this documentary, a variety of directors and actors, many of them well known, give answers to questions the viewer never hears -- answers which, on the face of it, call into question the validity of the whole filmmaking enterprise and the culture which spawned it. The narration asserts that the theme is "art versus enterprise," but critics objected that the film is not sufficiently focused to back up that claim. It does, however, reveal a strong anti-Hollywood bias.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-05-28
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Total Excess: How Carolco Changed Hollywood
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-11-19
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South of the Border
Overview: A road trip across five countries to explore the social and political movements as well as the mainstream media's misperception of South America while interviewing seven of its elected presidents.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-07
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Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
Overview: This spellbinding documentary re-examines the issues raised by Oliver Stone's JFK, and explores the late Jim Garrison's contention that there was a "second conspiracy" to cover up the truth, including attempts to ruin his own reputation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-01-20
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Into the Valley of Death
Overview: Documentary on the making of Salvador (1986).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-06-05
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Last Year in Viet Nam
Overview: Oliver Stone's first and only student film is about a man returning home from Vietnam and not being able to fit in. We see him throw away the stuff he got while serving and then he heads out to walk around NYC.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1971-01-01
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Oliver Stone's America : a dialogue with Oliver Stone
Overview: This 52-minute documentary provides a rare glimpse into the mind of director Oliver Stone, who for over 20 years has managed to provoke the ire of historians and Hollywood producers alike with his iconoclastic world view. Directed by Charles Kiselyak, the film goes behind the scenes with Stone on the production of Born on the Fourth of July and other films, through production stills, interviews, and comments from the director himself. Also included with the career retrospective is Stone's first short film, 1971's Last Year in Viet Nam.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-06
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The Doors: The Road of Excess
Overview: Interviews with friends of the late Jim Morrison and several people involved with the making of the film The Doors (1991) by Oliver Stone, delving into what Morrison meant to everyone including themselves.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-08-14
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Michael Cimino, God Bless America
Overview: A road-movie narrated by Michael Cimino (recorded by the documentary's director during their journey together across the United States), and with the exceptional participation of Quentin Tarantino and Oliver Stone. From Thunderbolt and Lightfoot to Year of the Dragon, not to mention The Deer Hunter and Heaven's Gate, discover a unique portrait of an uncompromising director.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2022-01-19
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Casting By
Overview: This essential new documentary pays tribute to the legacy of the late, legendary casting director Marion Dougherty and shines a light on one of the most overlooked and least understood crafts in filmmaking.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-11-01
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Val
Overview: For over 40 years Val Kilmer, one of Hollywood’s most mercurial and/or misunderstood actors has been documenting his own life and craft through film and video. He has amassed thousands of hours of footage, from 16mm home movies made with his brothers, to time spent in iconic roles for blockbuster movies like Top Gun, The Doors, Tombstone, and Batman Forever. This raw, wildly original and unflinching documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled, sometimes hilarious look at what it means to be an artist and a complex man.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-07-23
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Five Directors On The Battle of Algiers
Overview: This 17-minute documentary is featured on the 3-Disc Criterion Collection DVD of The Battle of Algiers (1966), released in 2004. An in-depth look at the Battle of Algiers through the eyes of five established and accomplished filmmakers; Spike Lee, Steven Soderbergh, Oliver Stone, Julian Schnabel and Mira Nair. They discuss how the shots, cinematography, set design, sound and editing directly influenced their own work and how the film's sequences look incredibly realistic, despite the claim that everything in the film was staged .
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-01
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The Hand
Overview: Jon Lansdale is a comic book artist who loses his right hand in a car accident. The hand was not found at the scene of the accident, but it soon returns by itself to follow Jon around, and murder those who anger him.
Genres: Horror Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1981-04-24
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Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Overview: Who has ever compared Reservoir Dogs? What are “Open Road” and “New World Disorder”? Why is Harvey Keitel a fairy and how did we all almost become diehard fans of Paul Calderon? Here’s a story about Quentin Tarantino. The director who needs no introduction.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-01-02
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Censored!
Overview: A documentary about the cultural effect of film censorship, focusing on the tumultuous times of the teens and early 1920s in America.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-12-31
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Biography: Val Kilmer
Overview: A&E's Biography of Val Kilmer.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-11-17
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