Oliver Stone
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WITH SUBSTANTIAL MATERIAL NOT INCLUDED IN THE DOCUMENTARY
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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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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Français
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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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viii, 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
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English
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"An intimate memoir by the controversial, Oscar-winning director and screenwriter about his privileged New York upbringing, volunteering for combat, and his struggles and triumphs making such landmark films as Platoon, Midnight Express, and Scarface"--
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2 videodiscs (approximately 351 min.) : sound, color, black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Thirty years after his renowned film JFK, Oliver Stone takes viewers on a thought-provoking and eye-opening journey through recently declassified evidence in the assassination of President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Subjects covered include the early formation of President Kennedy's foreign policy overview and his anti-colonial convictions, which put him in opposition to the Eisenhower administration, the CIA, and the Pentagon.
8) Platoon
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1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Follows young Chris Taylor who 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.
9) Alexander
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1 videodisc (207 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Alexander, the King of Macedonia and one of the greatest military leaders in the history of warfare, conquers much of the known world.
10) Ukraine on fire
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1 videodisc (95 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Reveals the historical premises of the ongoing Ukrainian crisis, its current political backstage and its dangerous potential for the world. The speakers of the highest rank, president of Russia Vladimir Putin, ex-president of Ukraine Victor Yanukovych, interviewed by the filmmaker Oliver Stone share their thoughts about the reasons of the conflict and ways to solve it.
11) Wall Street
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1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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An ambitious young stockbroker is lured into the illegal, lucrative world of corporate espionage when he is seduced by the power, status and financial wizardry of Wall Street legend Gordon Gekko.
12) Platoon
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1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A grunt's view of the Vietnam War is provided in all its horrific, inexplicable detail. Bonus features included.
13) Alexander
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2 videodiscs (175 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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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.
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Ultimate Oliver Stone collection volume 1, 1986-1991
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1 videodisc (145 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Based on the true story of Ron Kovic, a young man who volunteered for the Vietnam War, was wounded, and returned paralyzed from the mid-chest down. He later became a new voice for those disenchanted with the war.
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1 videodisc (approximately 121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The story of fugitive lovers/serial killers, Mickey and Mallory, who become legendary folk heroes and media superstars, their story told by the single person they leave alive at each of the crime scenes.
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1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Did European aristocrat Claus von Bulow attempt to murder his wife Sunny at their luxurious Newport mansion in 1980? The tabloids of the day certainly had their opinions. "You have one thing in your favor," defense attorney Alan Dershowitz told von Bulow, "Everybody hates you." Reversal of Fortune is the acclaimed movie version of events that had all America talking. Jeremy Irons plays von Bulow in an Academy Award winning performance of icy brittleness...
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1 videodisc (133 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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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 reclaim his rightful place at the top of Wall Street.
18) Talk radio
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1 videodisc (109 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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A Dallas "shock jock" unloads on his radio audience, just as he is poised to achieve national fame.
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4 videodiscs (796 min.) : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (14 unnumbered pages : illustrations (some color) ; 18 cm)
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English
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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?
20) The Doors
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2 videodiscs (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Biographical film about one of the most exciting and controversial figures of the '60s, Jim Morrison. With his rock and roll band, The Doors, he influenced the rock music scene as no other group had.