Oliver Stone History Through Film Mr. Clark

Stone was born in NYC on September 15, 1946

entered Trinity School in 1957, and the Hill School in attended Yale and dropped out in 1965 after one year

1965: moved to Vietnam to teach English

1966: wrote an unpublished novel and lived in Mexico for a brief time.

Vietnam April 1967: Stone joined the Army and trained at Fort Jackson, SC

1967 to 1968: Stone would return to Vietnam and serve 15 months in the 2 nd Platoon of Bravo Company, 3 rd Battalion, 25 th Infantry Division Stone

Stone was awarded the Bronze Star for “extraordinary acts of courage under fire” and the Purple Heart for his service in the war

Stone completed his tour of duty and was discharged in November 1968

Stone returned to NY and entered NYU where he studied film under Martin Scorsese

Films 1973: directed his very first film called Seizure, which was a horror film 1976: Stone was asked to adapt Midnight Express for film; he won his first Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.

1986: the release of Platoon catapulted him into the spotlight. He had originally written Platoon in 1976 to tell a story about the Vietnam War like no one had done before him

hailed as one of the greatest films ever made about the Vietnam War grossed $250 million worldwide

the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences named the film Best Picture of the Year, and awarded Stone his first ever Best Director award.

1989: Stone returned to the Vietnam War with Born on the Fourth of July, which brought him his second Best Director Academy Award.

Tom Cruise portrayed Ron Kovic in the true story of Kovic’s service in Vietnam, his permanent handicap after being wounded, his return to the United States and his involvement in the anti-war movement.

In 1991, Oliver Stone made The Doors, which explored the story of one of the most popular and unique bands of the 60's and 70's - The Doors and Jim Morrison.

Also in 1991, Stone released JFK (dealing with the assassination of Pres. John F. Kennedy) which caused a national controversy, because it mixed history with conjecture; questioning the lone assassin theory

In 1994, Stone released another controversial film for its violence, Natural Born Killers (about the media and its glorification of violence and murder)

Awards and Nominations Winner 1978 Best Adapted Screenplay -- MIDNIGHT EXPRESS Winner 1986 Best Director – PLATOON Nomination 1986 Best Original Screenplay – PLATOON Nomination 1986 Best Original Screenplay – SALVADOR Winner 1989 Best Director -- BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY

Awards and Nominations Nomination 1989 Best Picture (Producer) -- BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY Nomination 1989 Best Adapted Screenplay -- BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY Nomination 1991 Best Picture (Producer) -- JFK Nomination 1991 Best Director – JFK Nomination 1991 Best Adapted Screenplay – JFK Nomination 1995 Best Original Screenplay -- NIXON

Filmography BATTLE OF LOVE'S RETURN (Actor) SEIZURE (Co-writer, film editor, and director) MIDNIGHT EXPRESS (Writer and actor) THE HAND (Writer, actor, and director) CONAN THE BARBARIAN (Co- writer)

Filmography SCARFACE (Writer and Actor) YEAR OF THE DRAGON (Co- writer) MILLION WAYS TO DIE (Co- Writer) SALVADOR (Co-writer, Director, and Co-Producer) PLATOON (Writer, Actor, and Director)

Filmography WALL STREET (Co-writer, Actor, and Director) TALK RADIO (Co-Writer and Director) BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (Co-Writer, Director, Actor, and Co-Producer) REVERSAL OF FORTUNE (Co- Producer)

Filmography BLUE STEEL (Co-Producer) IRON MAZE (Executive Producer) THE DOORS (Co-Writer, Actor, and Director) JFK (Co-Writer, Director, and Producer) SOUTH CENTRAL (Producer) ZEBRAHEAD (Executive Producer) PATRIOT GAMES (Actor)

Filmography THE JOY LUCK CLUB (Executive Producer) THE NEW AGE (Executive Producer) DAVE (Actor) LAST PARTY (Actor) WILD PALMS (TV miniseries) (Executive Producer, Actor)

Filmography HEAVEN AND EARTH (Writer, Director, and Producer) NATURAL BORN KILLERS (Co- Writer, Producer, and Director) NIXON (Co-Writer, Director, Actor, and Producer) KILLER : A JOURNAL OF MURDER (Executive Producer) EVITA (Co-Writer)

Filmography FREEWAY (Executive Producer) THE PEOPLE VS. LARRY FLYNT (Producer) U-TURN (Director) ANY GIVEN SUNDAY (Director, Actor, Co-Writer, Co-Producer) MONEY NEVER SLEEPS (Actor) THE DAY REAGAN WAS SHOT (Executive Producer)

Filmography ALEXANDER (Producer, Director, Actor, Writer) WORLD TRADE CENTER (Producer) W. (Director, Producer)