TITLE

Oliver Stone on Wall Street, Gordon Gekko, and Hugo Ch�vez

PUB. DATE

August 2010

SOURCE

Christian Science Monitor;8/3/2010, pN.PAG

SOURCE TYPE

Newspaper

DOC. TYPE

Article

ABSTRACT

Oliver Stone is the director of some of Hollywood's most famous films, from "Platoon" to "Wall Street" to "JFK." Last week he sat down in the Los Angeles offices of his production company, IXTLAN, to talk with Global Viewpoint Network editor Nathan Gardels about his recent documentary, "South of the Border," and his upcoming release, "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps."

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52657517

 

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