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'Precious' Director Lee Daniels May Finally Bring 'Miss Saigon' To The Big ScreenWho might be more fitting for the gig? Maybe if I could imagine Oliver Stone doing a big musical ("The Doors" doesn't count), it'd be nice to see him do yet another Vietnam movie. Or, what about Adam Shankman, who seems interested... In this article: Lee Daniels, Miss Saigon, Cameron Mackintosh, Paula Wagner, Oliver Stone, Shadowboxer, Oscar, Madame Butterfly, My Fair Lady, and Vietnam |
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Yahoo! News | August 18, 2009
Oliver Stone to show Secret History of America (Reuters)
...will result," he said in a statement. Stone, 62, who won a Purple Heart for his own military service in Vietnam, is also working on a sequel to his 1987 movie "Wall Street" about greed and capitalism. His last film "W" about President...
In this article: Oliver Stone, Showtime, U.S., Communism, Capitalism, Oscars, Purple Heart, Fidel Castro, George W. Bush, and Harry Truman
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Film.com Movie Blog | August 23, 2009
Eric's Time Capsule: Hamburger Hill (Aug. 28, 1987)
...to it -- was trendy again. Oliver Stone, a Vietnam veteran, released Platoon in December 1986, and Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket came seven months later, both to great critical and box-office acclaim. (Platoon won the Oscar for Best...
In this article: Hamburger Hill, Walter Cronkite, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Academy Awards, Hollywood, and Oliver Stone
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www.washingtonpost.com | September 05, 2007
Oliver Stone Visits My Lai for New Film
...U.S. support for the war. Stone, a Vietnam veteran and multiple Oscar winner, has produced three previous movies on the Vietnam War, including Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July and Heaven and Earth. Stone was accompanied by producer...
In this article: Oliver Stone, Tuoi Tre, Oscar, Born on the Fourth of July, Heaven and Earth, Platoon, and Da Nang
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CNN | October 06, 2008
Oliver Stone: Bush's life 'bigger than fiction' - CNN.com
...outdo him, he wants to be stronger than him." Stone and Bush started their freshman years at Yale University together, but Stone said he didn't graduate with Bush because he went to Vietnam. "I met him years later," Stone said. During the...
In this article: Oliver Stone, John McCain, JFK, Oscars, John Wayne, Yale University, George W. Bush, and Sen. Barack Obama
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E! Online | October 03, 2007
Oliver Stone: The Great Satan? - E! Online
...instituted after the 9-11 terrorist attacks. Most recently, Stone, a Vietnam veteran, directed an antiwar TV ad sponsored by MoveOn.org and calling for Bush to bring the troops home. In any case, Stone's next big-screen venture,...
In this article: Oliver Stone, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, George W. Bush, U.S., Fars News Agency, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, San Sebastian Film Festival, Jawbreaker, Osama bin Laden, and MoveOn.org
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Rotten Tomatoes: News | August 29, 2007
ROTTEN TOMATOES: Oliver Stone Heading Back to Vietnam With Pinkville
...Channing Tatum; the film will likely hit in 2009. Variety reports that Stone will make his fourth Vietnam film from a script by Finnish scribe Mikko Alanne, to be backed by United Artists. Pinkville will follow the investigation into the...
In this article: Oliver Stone, Bruce Willis, Alexander, Channing Tatum, Rotten Tomatoes, World Trade Center, U.S., and Hugh Thompson
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Wikipedia | October 30, 2009
Born on the Fourth of July (film)
...produced and directed the film. Stone wanted to film the movie in Vietnam, but because relations between the United States and Vietnam had not yet been normalized, it was instead filmed in the Philippines. Born on the Fourth of July is...
In this article: Ron Kovic, Born on the Fourth of July, Oliver Stone, Carl Wilson, Tom Cruise, Platoon, Academy Awards, and DVD
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Taipei Times | October 07, 2008
Stone, to say the least
...of] Yale boy that's completely different from me," says Stone. "I had a thirst for the world. I wanted to go to Vietnam, I wanted to see the world. Africa. This guy went the other way. He stayed inside the entitlement, he operated very...
In this article: Oliver Stone, George W. Bush, Yale University, Alexander, Texas, Josh Brolin, Natural Born Killers, Allegation, and Buddhist
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scotsman.com - Entertainment | October 31, 2008
Oliver Stone talks about his new film on the presidency of George W bush - 'W'
...dismiss were it in a work of fiction. It also makes it tempting to wonder what might have happened had Bush rather than Stone rebelled against his father by becoming a soldier in Vietnam. Would it have tempered his war-mongering...
In this article: Oliver Stone, George W Bush, Bill Clinton, Joseph Conrad, John F Kennedy, Nixon, Yale University, Hollywood, White House, and Josh Brolin
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Vietnam (pronounced: /ˌviː.ɛtˈnɑːm/; Việt Nam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam), is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea to the east. With a population of over 86 million, Vietnam is the 13th most populous country in the world.
The people of Vietnam regained independence and broke away from China in AD 938 after their victory at the battle of Bạch Đằng River. Successive dynasties flourished along with geographic and political expansion deeper into Southeast Asia, until it was colonized by the French in the mid-19th century. Efforts to resist the French eventually led to their expulsion from the country in the mid-20th century, leaving a nation divided politically into two countries. Fighting between the two sides continued during the Vietnam War, ending with a North Vietnamese victory in 1975.
Emerging from this prolonged military engagement, the war-ravaged nation was politically isolated. The government’s centrally planned economic decisions hindered post-war reconstruction and its treatment of the losing side engendered more resentment than reconciliation. In 1986, it instituted economic and political reforms and began a path towards international reintegration. By 2000, it had established diplomatic relations with most nations. Its economic growth had been among the highest in the world in the past decade. These efforts culminated in Vietnam joining the World Trade Organization in 2007 and its successful bid to become a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council in 2008.
- Name:
- Vietnam
- Conventional Long Name:
- Socialist Republic of Vietnam
- Local Name:
- Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam
- Capital:
- Hanoi
- Language:
- Vietnamese
- Motto:
- Độc lập - Tự do - Hạnh phúc
- Largest City:
- Ho Chi Minh City
- Government type:
- Socialist republic
- Founding Date:
- December 19, 1980
- Formations:
- French annexation
- Area:
- 331,690
- GDP (per capita PPP):
- $240.364 billion
- GDP (nominal):
- $89.829 billion
- GDP (nominal per capita):
- $1,040
- Time Zone:
- UTC+7
- Currency:
- đồng (₫)
- Demonym:
- Vietnamese
- Drives On:
- right
- Currency (code):
- VND
- Country Calling Code:
- 84
- ccTLD:
- .vn
- Anthem:
- Tiến Quân Ca
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