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19 unusual facts about Oliver Stone


8 Million Ways to Die

The screenplay was written by Oliver Stone and David Lee Henry, with uncredited contributions by Robert Towne.

A Witch Shall be Born

The original script for the film, written by Oliver Stone, was based on this novella and another Conan story, "Black Colossus", set in a post-apocalyptic future.

An Enchanted Evening

It features music from his studio album, Mandala, and his original score to Oliver Stone's movie, Heaven and Earth.

Andy Keen

A Ken Kesey inspired bus trip through the United States, where he met Oliver Stone in New Orleans, decided his career in film.

ARVN Rucksack

ARVN rucksacks can be seen in use with the fictional platoon of the US Army's 25th Infantry Division in Oliver Stone's Vietnam War film Platoon.

Bang Rachan

Oliver Stone adopted the film and "presented" screenings of it in the United States in 2004.

Creative Response Concepts

In 2006, they were retained to help promote the 2006 film World Trade Center directed by Oliver Stone.

Dionysus Sardanapalus

In Oliver Stone's biopic Alexander (2004), Dionysus is shown on-screen as bearded, longhaired, crowned with ivy, and draped in a lion skin and voluminous chiton, in a variation on this "Sardanapalus" statue type.

George H. W. Bush vomiting incident

Footage of the President vomiting was broadcast on the ABC network, and Saturday Night Live presented a parody skit of the incident in the form of an Oliver Stone conspiracy movie.

Greengrass Productions

It has, over the years, produced miniseries such as Oliver Stone's Wild Palms, game shows such as I Survived a Japanese Game Show, and reality series such as Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (in association with Endemol USA).

Greystone Park

They met at a dinner with Oliver Stone when Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps was being filmed in October 2009, where they started to discuss ghost stories.

Greystone Park is a found footage horror film written by Sean Stone and Alexander Wraith, directed by Sean Stone and starring Sean Stone, Alexander Wraith, Antonella Lentini, Oliver Stone and Bruce Payne.

Homestead Sports Complex

In 1999 the facility was used as part of the filming of the Oliver Stone movie Any Given Sunday.

John Buffalo Mailer

John portrays the character Robby Mancins, an Options trader and the best friend of Shia Labeouf’s character Jake Moore, in Oliver Stone’s Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps.

KGAB

The Oliver Stone movie Talk Radio takes place at a fictional radio station called KGAB, located in Dallas, Texas.

Kitarō discography

He also appears in five full-length concert videos and has composed scores for numerous films including Oliver Stone's Heaven & Earth, Impressions of the West Lake, and The Soong Sisters.

Thomas Belesis

Belesis played both on- and offscreen roles on the movie Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, appearing as a trader alongside Jacob "Jake" Moore (Shia LaBeouf) and serving as advisor to Oliver Stone, helping the director to capture a more authentic view of Wall Street.

Tomandandy

Oliver Stone, Academy Award winning writer/director, additional music for feature films JFK, Warner Brothers 1991 and Natural Born Killers, Warner Brothers 1994

Wasted Days and Wasted Nights

The song is heard in the background of a party scene depicting George W. Bush's drinking years in Oliver Stone's biographical film W. The song is also heard in the background of a scene from the alien abduction film Fire in the Sky, which was reportedly based on a true story .


Adelle Lutz

Lutz had role as the main character's best friend in Wim Wenders' Until the End of the World, and supporting roles in Oliver Stone's Wall Street (1987) and Something Wild (1986).

Alvaro Longoria

He is perhaps best known for producing the film Che starring Benicio Del Toro and directed by Steven Soderbergh as well as Looking for Fidel directed by Oliver Stone.

Babushka Lady

Beverly Oliver's recollections were the basis for a scene in Oliver Stone's 1991 film JFK in which a character named "Beverly" meets Jim Garrison in a Dallas nightclub.

Christian Gudegast

He began his career as a rap music-video director, until he sold his first script, "Black Ocean" (co-written with former partner Paul Scheuring) to Oliver Stone in 1993, launching his screen-writing career.

Freddie Joe Farnsworth

Rules of Engagement, stunt double for Max Martini in "The Unit" and military advisor for Oliver Stone's Alexander.

Jerry Levine

Other films include Iron Eagle (1986), K-9 (1989) and Oliver Stone's Vietnam War feature Born on the Fourth of July (1989) starring Tom Cruise.

Kathleen Quinlan

Quinlan also made a mark as Jim Morrison's Celtic Pagan lover Patricia Kennealy in Oliver Stone's The Doors, and won a Blockbuster Entertainment Award as Favorite Supporting Actress-Suspense, for Breakdown (1997) with Kurt Russell.

Marley Shelton

In 1995, Shelton appeared in a supporting role, as former President Nixon's adult daughter Tricia Nixon Cox, in Oliver Stone's Nixon.

Orgyen Kusum Lingpa

During his first several extended visits to the U.S. in 1994 and 1995, he met and gave Buddhist teachings to a number of celebrities and scholars, including the film director Oliver Stone, and actor Steven Seagal, and was welcomed at Tibetan Buddhist centers across the country.

S.A. Griffin

Griffin is also a Dramalogue Award recipient, having played roles in films by several notable film directors, including Oliver Stone's World Trade Center (2006), Clint Eastwood's Pale Rider (1985), and Ivan Reitman's Twins (1988).

Stacey Sher

Sher has worked with multiple high profile directors, including Terry Gilliam, Richard LaGravenese, Danny DeVito, Miloš Forman, Zach Braff, Oliver Stone, and has worked on multiple films with Quentin Tarantino and Steven Soderbergh.

The Boys in Company C

The Boys in Company C is the first in Furie's Vietnam War trilogy, followed by 2001's Under Heavy Fire and 2006's The Veteran, somewhat similar to Oliver Stone and his Vietnam War trilogy with 1986's Platoon, 1989's Born on the Fourth of July and 1993's Heaven & Earth.

Twisted Terror Collection

Horror fans praised the line for its inclusion of rare horror films, some by famous directors such as John Carpenter ("Someone's Watching Me"), Wes Craven ("Deadly Friend") and Oliver Stone ("The Hand") but the line was criticized for lack of special features and for the fact that the films were all drastically different in tone.