Oliver Stone

William Oliver Stone (born September 15, 1946 in New York City) known simply as Oliver Stone is an Academy Award-winning American film director.

Recent Work

Recently, Stone has directed U-Turn (1997), which he describes as a small film that he would enjoy seeing as a teenager, Any Given Sunday (1999), a film about power struggles within and surrounding an American football team, and Alexander (2004), a biographical film about Alexander the Great.

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U-Turn - Any Given Sunday - American football - Alexander - Alexander the Great

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On July 9th, 2005, Paramount Pictures announced that Oliver Stone was working on an unnamed picture about two Port Authority officers trapped under the rubble of the World Trade Center in New York City in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, the first major motion picture to focus on the attacks. Nicholas Cage will star as Sgt. John McLoughlin. The plot will focus on the officers' rescue and their families, not the politics which surround the attack. The movie is scheduled to be released in 2006http://www.detnews.com/2005/screens/0507/11/ent-241935.htm.

Related Topics:
July 9th - 2005 - Paramount Pictures - Port Authority - World Trade Center - New York City - September 11, 2001 attacks - Nicholas Cage - 2006

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