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Even after the first W. trailer was released this summer, we weren't sure what to expect from Oliver Stone's film. Well, that's not exactly true. We expected that it would be totally bananas, but we didn't know how far it would take things and whether it would be any good.

 

From the looks of it, W. goes further than our imaginations even figured. One of our favorite movie blogs, In Contention, posted a new television spot (and linked to another over at Huffington Post) and well, consider us incredibly excited. If W. isn't the funniest movie (or possibly depressing) of 2008, we don't know what is.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/arts-culture/will-w-going-be-funniest-movie-season#comments Josh Brolin Oliver Stone W. Tue, 23 Sep 2008 15:27:43 -0400 Christopher Rosen 75728 at http://www.observer.com Oliver Stone to Make Film About G.W. Bush http://www.observer.com/2008/oliver-stone-make-film-about-g-w-bush

Director Oliver Stone is shopping around a script for a movie about President George W. Bush, which he hopes will enter production by April, Variety reports. Up for playing the (surely entertaining) role of G.W. is No County For Old Men star Josh Brolin, who, Mr. Stone told Variety, is better looking than our current president, “but has the same drive and charisma that Americans identify with Bush, who has some of that old-time movie-star swagger.” Mr. Stone, who has made films about past all-star presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, promises that his Bush project will be “fair,” containing “surprises for Bush supporters and his detractors.”

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/oliver-stone-make-film-about-g-w-bush#comments Arts & Culture Movies Josh Brolin Oliver Stone Mon, 21 Jan 2008 11:30:31 -0500 Joe Pompeo 63741 at http://www.observer.com Pinkville, Angels & Demons Shelved Due to Strike http://www.observer.com/2007/pinkville-angels-demons-shelved-due-strike

Ron Howard's Da Vinci Code sequel, Angels & Demons, and Oliver Stone's Pinkville were shelved during the weekend because scribes can't finish writing the scripts during the strike, according to Variety.  read more »

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/pinkville-angels-demons-shelved-due-strike#comments Arts & Culture Oliver Stone Ron Howard Tom Hanks Writers Guild of America Mon, 19 Nov 2007 08:04:13 -0500 Gillian Reagan 60569 at http://www.observer.com Stone's World Trade Center: Can Two Stand for Many? http://www.observer.com/node/52575 Oliver Stone’s World Trade Center, from the screenplay by Andrea Berloff, based on the true-life e  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/52575#comments Arts & Culture California John McLoughlin Oliver Stone World Trade Center Sun, 20 Aug 2006 20:00:00 -0400 Andrew Sarris 52575 at http://www.observer.com The Politicker http://www.observer.com/node/29797 Carolyn Maloney has a new online form on her congressional website to help collect the stories of World Trade Center workers who face serious health complications.

Time perfectly with the release of Oliver Stone's World Trade Center, of course.

—Nicole Brydson]]> http://www.observer.com/node/29797#comments Politics Carolyn Maloney Oliver Stone World Trade Center Wed, 09 Aug 2006 13:10:01 -0400 Observer Staff 29797 at http://www.observer.com The Politicker http://www.observer.com/node/29798 Carolyn Maloney has a new online form on her congressional website to help collect the stories of World Trade Center workers who face serious health complications.

Time perfectly with the release of Oliver Stone's World Trade Center, of course.

—Nicole Brydson]]> http://www.observer.com/node/29798#comments Politics Carolyn Maloney Oliver Stone World Trade Center Wed, 09 Aug 2006 13:10:01 -0400 Observer Staff 29798 at http://www.observer.com A Taste of Cindy http://www.observer.com/node/32916 Introducing an occasional scorecard for New York's most dynamic gossip columnist.

Today's Post gives Cindy Adams a much-deserved page-one teaser: "WTC: Why I hate this lousy movie."

Inside, on page 14, Cindy--self-nominated as "New York's watchdog" (motion seconded! And carried!)--touches all the critical bases:

* Filmgoing experience? "Slow-moving and formulaic."

* Commercial prospects? Oliver Stone's "handlers are moving him around with a tweezer. Must be, like on that actual day itself, they, too, can smell death."

* Factual accuracy? "Goshen to Manhattan for a cop driver on an empty highway at that hour is an hour and 15....He couldn't still be driving at 6 a.m."

* The ethics of commodifying and aestheticizing the mass murder of thousands of people, thereby reinforcing the horrifying success of the terrorists in their principal aim of creating an unforgettable spectacle? "When it came to filming, the city wouldn't allow Oliver Stone to close off those streets again and again, dress them with ash and debris and personal belongings and bleeding bodies, and more screams and agonies and horror and people jumping from windows...[F]ilm crews were permitted establishing shots, skyline shots, outdoor location shots only as close as Canal Street. The rest was newsreel footage, CGI graphics and whatever real pain they could fake in the studios in L.A.....I now report these Hollywood people out for a buck should have left us alone."

Cf. David Denby in the New Yorker, calling United 93 "a hundred percent professional filmmaking" and "true existential filmmaking," in the belief that settles anything.

Plus, a restaurant manager kissed her! And a waiter! Today's score:
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Five Yorkies!

]]> http://www.observer.com/node/32916#comments Media Cindy Adams David Denby Manhattan Oliver Stone Fri, 04 Aug 2006 07:45:47 -0400 Observer Staff 32916 at http://www.observer.com Get Out Your Handkerchiefs http://www.observer.com/node/34983 Five percent of the ticket proceeds from the first five days of Oliver Stone's "World Trade Center" will go towards building the memorial at Ground Zero, the memorial foundation just announced. Another five percent will go to other Sept. 11 charities.

Now, don't those $10.50 tickets sting a little less?

-Matthew Schuerman]]> http://www.observer.com/node/34983#comments Real Estate Oliver Stone World Trade Center Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:51:32 -0400 Observer Staff 34983 at http://www.observer.com Nichols Gets Too Close http://www.observer.com/node/50150 Still bruised from a Presidential election that turned a lot of people sour, I feel doubly depressed  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/50150#comments Arts & Culture Colin Farrell London Oliver Stone Zhang Ziyi Sun, 05 Dec 2004 19:00:00 -0500 Rex Reed 50150 at http://www.observer.com Alexander's Not So Great-Stone's Horny Hero Is a Bore http://www.observer.com/node/50125 Oliver Stone's Alexander, from a screenplay by Mr.  read more »]]> http://www.observer.com/node/50125#comments Arts & Culture Amlie Northcomb Laurence Olivier Lives Zana Briski Oliver Stone Sun, 28 Nov 2004 19:00:00 -0500 Andrew Sarris 50125 at http://www.observer.com