Oliver Stone
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Academy Award winner Oliver Stone was able to secure what journalists, news organizations, and even other world leaders have long coveted: extended, unprecedented access to Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Putin Interviews are culled from more than a dozen interviews with Putin over a two-year span-never before has the Russian leader spoken in such depth or at such length with a Western...
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In working together on two challenging documentaries-South of the Border and the Untold History of the United States series for Showtime-filmmaker Oliver Stone engaged with author and filmmaker Tariq Ali in a probing, hard-hitting conversation on the politics of history.
Their dialogue brings to light a number of forgotten-or deliberately buried-episodes of American history, from the US intervention against the Russian Revolution to the dynamic radicalism...
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A courageous look at a historic figure.
From Oscar®-winner Oliver Stone, Snowden is a riveting personal look at one of the most polarizing figures of the twenty-first century, the man responsible for what has been described as the most far-reaching security breach in US intelligence history. This official motion picture screenplay edition, written by Kieran Fitzgerald and Oliver Stone, includes a foreword by David Talbot and dozens of photos from...
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Secrets, scandales et complots politiques à la Maison Blanche
Responsable du lancement de la bombe atomique sur Hiroshima (60 000 morts) et Nagasaki (80 000 morts), Harry S. Truman se vantait de ne jamais avoir éprouvé le moindre remords. À un journaliste qui lui demandait si la décision avait été moralement difficile à prendre, il répondit en claquant des doigts : « Je l'ai fait comme ça. » Trente ans plus tard, l'offensive du Vietcong...
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2014
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Twelve-chapter documentary series, created and executive produced by Academy Award-winning writer/director Oliver Stone. Do Americans really know and understand the country's shared and complicated history? How are the small details and forgotten players that influenced some of the biggest events from America's past recalled? Will children actually get the whole story from reading history books? And how will it affect the future of the country?
9) Snowden
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Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2016
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Based off the books by Luke Harding, The Snowden Flies, and Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena. The NSA's illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by an agency employee. With thousands of classified documents distributed to the press, he is now a traitor to some and a hero to others, but now he is a fugitive from the law.
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First Run Features
Pub. Date
2017
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Independent journalists like Amy Goodman, Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill, and Matt Taibbi are changing the face of journalism, providing investigative, adversarial alternatives to mainstream, corporate news outlets. Cameras follow as they expose government and corporate deception; just as the ground-breaking independent journalist I.F. Stone did decades ago.
11) Platoon
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MGM Home Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2003, c2000
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Platoon is the story of every soldier whose innocence was lost in the war-torn jungles of Vietnam. Chris Taylor arrives in Vietnam and quickly discovers that his worst enemies are not just the Viet Cong, but gnawing fear, physical exhaustion and the anger growing within himself.
12) Snowden
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Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2016
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Based off the books by Luke Harding, The Snowden Flies, and Time of the Octopus by Anatoly Kucherena. The NSA's illegal surveillance techniques are leaked to the public by an agency employee. With thousands of classified documents distributed to the press, he is now a traitor to some and a hero to others, but now he is a fugitive from the law.
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment South Pacific [distributor]
Pub. Date
2011
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"Following a lengthy prison term, Gordon Gekko finds himself on the outside looking in at a world he once commanded. Hoping to repair his relationship with his daughter, Winnie, Gekko forges an alliance with her fiancé, Jake. But Winnie and Jake learn the hard way that Gekko is still a master manipulator who will stop at nothing to achieve his goals" --Container.
14) Any given Sunday
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2009
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Embattled coach Tony D'Amato faces team strife and a new owner, who is sure Tony is way too old school. An injured quarterback, a flashy, bull-headed backup QB, a slithery team doctor, and a running back with an incentive-laden contract also fuel the film.
15) Scarface
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Universal Studios Home Videos
Pub. Date
c2006
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Inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title, this time set in Miami, Florida, in the 1980s, after the Mariel boatlift brought thousands of Cuban refugees to the United States. Tony Montana is the new Scarface, finding wealth and power beyond his wildest dreams. He loved The American Dream, with a vengeance. In the spring of 1980, the port of Mariel Harber was opened, and thousands set sail for the United States. They came in search of the American...
16) Alexander
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2005, c2004
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The story of Alexander the Great, who in 4th century BC conquered ninety percent of the known world of the time by defeating Greece, Persia, Afghanistan, and India in just eight years.
17) JFK
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2008
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The story of New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison whose investigation into the assassination of John F. Kennedy became an obsession.
18) A Good American
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A GOOD AMERICAN is a gripping docu-thriller about a groundbreaking surveillance program, the brilliant mastermind behind it and how a perfect alternative to mass surveillance was killed by NSA-management for money – three weeks prior to 9/11.
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The practice of mindfulness was 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. It has recently gained mainstream popularity in both the media and in mental health treatment. The insightful documentary Mindfulness: Be Happy Now shows you how to embrace mindfulness in your own life, and features testimonies from Deepak Chopra, Thich Nhat Hanh, Sharon Stone, Oliver...