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Il Grido
(Antonioni, 1957)

The Fortune
(Nichols, 1975)

-30-
(Webb, 1959)

Betrayal
(Jones, 1983)

Play It As It Lays
(Perry, 1972)

The Outfit
(Flynn, 1973)

Alex in Wonderland
(Mazursky, 1969)

The Legend of Lylah Clare
(Aldrich, 1968)

In The Cool of the Day
(Stevens, 1963)

That Cold Day in the Park
(Altman, 1969)

The Fox
(Rydell, 1967)

Thumb Trippin'
(Masters, 1972)

Midas Run
(Kjellin, 1969)

At Long Last Love
(Bogdanovich, 1973)

Brewster McCloud
(Altman, 1972)

Outcast of the Islands
(Reed, 1951)

Mike's Murder
(Bridges, 1984)

Reader Submissions

1930's-1950's
The Moon's Our Home
(Seiter, 1936)
Sh! The Octopus
(McGann, 1937)
The Mating Season
(Leisen, 1951)
Bad for Each Other
(Rapper, 1953)
The Phenix City Story
(Karlson, 1955)
Run of the Arrow
(Fuller, 1956)
House of Secrets
(Green, 1956)
Saint Joan
(Preminger, 1957)
Macabre
(Castle, 1958)
The Fiend Who Walked the West
(G. Douglas, 1958
Five Gates to Hell
(Clavell, 1959)
1960's
Key Witness
(Karlson, 1960)
Summer and Smoke
(Glenville, 1961)
The Chapman Report
(Cukor,1962)
Bachelor Flat
(Tashlin, 1962) [on Hulu]
The L Shaped Room
(Forbes, 1963)
The Chalk Garden
(Neame, 1964)
A Thousand Clowns
(Coe, 1965)
You're a Big Boy Now
(Coppola, 1966)
The Whisperers
(Forbes, 1967)
Dark of the Sun
(Cardiff, 1968)
Skidoo
(Preminger, 1968)
Last Summer
(Perry, 1969)
The Comic
(C. Reiner, 1969)
1970-1974
The Revolutionary
(Williams, 1970)
The Landlord
(Ashby, 1970)
Diary of a Mad Housewife
(Perry, 1970)
Tropic of Cancer
(Strick, 1970)
I Never Sang for My Father
(Cates, 1970)
Sometimes a Great Notion
(Newman, 1971)
Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
(Turman, 1971)
'Doc'
(Perry, 1971)
The Music Lovers
(Russell, 1971)
Drive, He Said
(Nicholson, 1971)
The Steagle
(Sylbert, 1971)
The Last Movie
(Hopper, 1971)
Made For Each Other
(Bean, 1971)
The Day the Clown Cried
(Lewis, 1972)
Hickey & Boggs
(Culp, 1972)
The Carey Treatment
(Edwards, 1972)
Pete 'n' Tillie
(Ritt, 1972)
Slither
(Zieff, 1973)
Love and Pain and the Whole Damn Thing
(Pakula, 1973)
Man on a Swing
(Perry, 1974)
Open Season
(Collinson, 1974)
The Tamarind Seed
(Edwards, 1974)
Law and Disorder
(Passer, 1974)
Homebodies
(Yust, 1974)
Stardust
(Apted, 1974)
Celine and Julie Go Boating
(Rivette, 1974)
1975-1979
Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
(Richards, 1975
At Long Last Love
(Bogdanovich, 1975)
Hearts of the West
(Zieff, 1975)
Welcome to L.A.
(Rudolph, 1976)
W.C. Fields and Me
(Hiller, 1976)
Citizens Band
(Demme, 1977)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
(Aldrich, 1977)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
(Brooks, 1977)
Girlfriends
(Weill, 1978)
Movie Movie
(Donen, 1978)
The Medusa Touch
(Gold, 1978)
American Hot Wax
(Mutrux, 1978)
Hot Stuff
(DeLuise, 1979)
Scavenger Hunt
(Schultz , 1979)
Players
(Harvey, 1979)
Rich Kids
(Young, 1979)
Nightwing
(Hiller, 1979)
Screams of a Winter's Night
(Wilson, 1979
When You Comin' Back Red Ryder?
(Katselas, 1979
1980's
Resurrection
(Petrie, 1980)
The Awakening
(Newell, 1980)
Simon
(Brickman, 1980)
God's Angry Man
(Herzog, 1980)
Fast-Walking
(Harris, 1982)
Twice Upon a Time
(Korty & Swenson, 1983)
Trouble in Mind
(Rudolph, 1985)
When the Wind Blows
(Murikami, 1986)
Housekeeping
(Forsyth, 1987)
The Glass Menagerie
(Newman, 1987)
Patty Hearst
(Schrader, 1988)
Running on Empty
(Lumet, 1988)
Drowning by Numbers
(Greenaway, 1988)
Haunted Summer
(Passer, 1988)
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
(Spheeris, 1988)
1990's
Men Don't Leave
(Brickman, 1990)
Old Times
(Curtis, 1991)
Prospero's Books
(Greenaway, 1991)
City of Hope
(Sayles, 1991)
The Baby of Macon
(Greenaway, 1993)
King of the Hill
(Soderbergh, 1993)
Dadetown
(Hexter, 1995)
SubUrbia
(Linklater, 1997)

Upcoming

June 11

Tetro

June 12

Call of the Wild 3D

Food, Inc.

Imagine That

Moon

Sex Positive

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3

Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love

June 16

Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg

June 19

$9.99

Dead Snow

The Proposal

Whatever Works

Year One

June 24

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

June 26

Cheri

Fireflies in the Garden

The Hurt Locker

My Sister's Keeper

The Stoning of Soraya M. 

Surveillance 

July 1

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Public Enemies

July 3

The Girl from Monaco

I Hate Valentine's Day

July 10

Bruno

I Love You, Beth Cooper

Soul Power

July 15

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

July 17

(500) Days of Summer

All the Boys Love Mandy Lane

July 24

All Good Things

The Answer Man

G-Force

In the Loop

Orphan

The Ugly Truth

July 29

Adam

July 31

The Cove

Funny People

Lorna's Silence

They Came from Upstairs

August 7

G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Julie & Julia

Paper Heart

Shorts

When in Rome

August 14

A Perfect Getaway

Bandslam

District 9

The Goods: The Don Ready Story

I Sell the Dead

Ponyo

Pool Boys

Spread

Taking Woodstock

The Time Traveler's Wife

August 21

Five Minutes of Heaven

Goose on the Loose!

Inglorious Bastards

It Might Get Loud

Post Grad

World's Greatest Dad

August 28

The Boat that Rocked

Final Destination: Death Trip

H2

September 4

All About Steve

Amreeka

Black Dynamite

Carriers

Citizen Game

Extract

Pandorum

Shanghai

September 9

9

September 11

The Red Canvas

Tyler Perrys: I Can Do It All Myself

Whiteout

September 17

The Burning Plain

September 18

Armored

Brand New Day

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Jennifer's Body

Splice

September 25

Fame

The Invention of Lying

Surrogates

October 2

A Serious Man

More Than a Game

Sorority Row

Toy Story/Toy Story 2

W Wish List

I've been told about three casting "likes" for Oliver Stone's W -- i.e., actors who are wanted for the George Bush bopic but not (as far as my source knows) signed. Toby Jones (who plays legendary super-agent Swifty Lazar in Ron Howard's Frost/Nixon) is being sought to play Karl Rove. They want Jeffrey Wright to play Colin Powell, and they'd like Tommy Lee Jones to have a go at Donald Rumsfeld. Again -- nothing firm, no contracts.


Toby Jones (l.), Karl Rove (r.)

On the other hand, New York is reporting it could be Paul Giamatti as Rove. I actually like that a little better than Jones.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on March 27, 2008 at 12:34 PM

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alynch Author Profile Page says ...

Well, I'd love to see Tommy Lee Jones in another Stone movie.

Posted by alynch Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 12:56 PM

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lazespud Author Profile Page says ...

How the hell does Oliver Stone keep pulling off these big budget "bio-pics" with all of these stars? They typically are uniquely bad, and they never, ever seem to make money.

I think I am biased because of his naming convention; he names his films as if they are going to be the definative account about the subject and they end up either totally sucking, or being a very specific angle on the subject... Alexander? Ugg... Nixon? yeesh. World Trade Center? Only the second movie I've ever walked out of because of general suckiness. JFK? Actually a great movie, but it was pure hypothetical bullsh*t and far from any kind of definitive statement about kennedy.

I can imagine W. will suck just like the others. The question is, why do they keep giving him money to make these things.

I loved Platoon when it came out, but it really doesn't hold up very well. The only Stone movie that seems to hold up to me is Salvador. Great movie. (and maybe born of the fourth of July).

Posted by lazespud Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 1:01 PM

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George Prager Author Profile Page says ...

Hickenlooper as Karl Rove.

http://www.nichefestival.com/images/talent/HICKENLOOPER.jpg

Posted by George Prager Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 1:03 PM

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BurmaShave Author Profile Page says ...

It will never be adequately be explained to be how NIXON is somehow a bad movie.

Posted by BurmaShave Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 1:04 PM

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Josh Massey Author Profile Page says ...

It looks like he's making the "Muppet Babies" version of Bush's story.

Posted by Josh Massey Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 1:10 PM

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SmilingPolitely Author Profile Page says ...

Hmm... I han't thought of Toby before, but I could see him working. The obvious choice would be Philip Seymour Hoffman.

I'm definitely down with Wright as Colin Powell.

Tommy Lee Jones as Rumsfeld? Don't know about that... How about James Woods as Donald Rumsfeld and Tommy Lee Jones as General Tommy Franks.

Posted by SmilingPolitely Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 1:14 PM

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Richardson Author Profile Page says ...

I still have trouble seeing anybody besides Kurt Fuller as Karl Rove.

John Doman would make a great Rumsfeld. Tommy Franks looks more than a little like R. Lee Ermey, but that would probably be too on-the-nose.

Posted by Richardson Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 1:23 PM

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mutinyco Author Profile Page says ...

What about Brian Dennehy as Cheney?...

Posted by mutinyco Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 1:24 PM

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BlueRaymondBabbit Author Profile Page says ...

Clooney as Rumsfeld.

Posted by BlueRaymondBabbit Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 1:25 PM

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chicbn872 Author Profile Page says ...

Wow...I agree with BurmaShave. "Nixon" really is Stone's last watchable movie.

Posted by chicbn872 Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 1:27 PM

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StoneFan1 Author Profile Page says ...

Kurt Fuller was GREAT in the other wise horrible "No Holds Barred"

"Nixon" is one of the five best films ever made!

"Alexander" is also great! Best Picture of 2004!

You can't say you walked out on a film and then comment on whether it was good or not. Sorry, but that isn't possible and shouldn't be allowed by the government.

Posted by StoneFan1 Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 1:30 PM

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StoneFan1 Author Profile Page says ...

Oh, boy! Here we go with the Stone bashing, because a bunch of movie nerds don't consider him to be "hip" anymore!

Thank God for that!

Scorsese's last watchable film was "Bringing Out the Dead" There, I said it! Oh, "The Insider" was Mann's last watchable film. Ok, what other movie nerd favorite can I attack next?

Posted by StoneFan1 Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 1:34 PM

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Jeffrey Kunze Author Profile Page says ...

Is StoneFan1 serious?!

Stone is highly overrated.

His best film is far and away Born on the Fourth of July (also Tom Cruise's best acting to date).

I saw Platoon again recently (they keep playing it on Encore) and while it's an incredible film, it really hasn't aged as well as Deer Hunter, Apocalypse Now, Full Metal Jacket.

I still love it though. Kevin Dillion is hilarious as Bunny! (especially if you watch Entourage).

"Yeah, but I still like a piece of pussy once in a while. Ain't nothing like a piece of pussy, except maybe the Indy 500."

Posted by Jeffrey Kunze Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 1:42 PM

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Jeffrey Kunze Author Profile Page says ...

Oh what the hell am I talking about. Platoon is a 4 star movie.

Here's some really interesting trivia. Thank God Keanu Reeves didn't get the part of Pt. Taylor. Deep/ Kyle McLaughlin would have been interesting.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091763/trivia

Posted by Jeffrey Kunze Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 1:52 PM

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MikeSchaeferSF Author Profile Page says ...

Toby Jones was a far more on-the-nose Truman Capote than PSH; unfortunately for Jones, Capote came first and was a more "serious", arty film than Infamous. But his portrayal was far more the Capote that I remember from late-'60s talk-show fame. I'm sure he can do Rove -- will Stone deal with the gay rumors?

Posted by MikeSchaeferSF Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 1:53 PM

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DavidF Author Profile Page says ...

Even though he's about 1/2 Powell's size I bet Geoffery Wright can play the hell out of that role. I'd love to see him finally get something to earn him an Oscar nomination - he is consistently awesome.

Posted by DavidF Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 1:53 PM

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Mgmax Author Profile Page says ...

You know who would make a great Rumsfeld, with a hairpiece and if he can be coaxed out of television and back into real acting again? Kurtwood Smith.

Posted by Mgmax Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 1:59 PM

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Mgmax Author Profile Page says ...

I'm not surprised actors are happy to sign up for these things. They're juicy historical parts, beats playing a cop on the verge of retirement who wants to solve one last case. It's just too bad that all that acting power usually goes to waste because Stone's batshit crazy.

Posted by Mgmax Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 2:02 PM

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mutinyco Author Profile Page says ...

Actually, what about Ed Harris as Cheney? He hates him.

Posted by mutinyco Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 2:02 PM

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SmilingPolitely Author Profile Page says ...

Kurtwood Smith is a great call. That man would own Rumsfeld!

Posted by SmilingPolitely Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 2:03 PM

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BurmaShave Author Profile Page says ...

Someone on CHUD pointed it out, but if they cleaned him up, Nolte would be a great Rumsfeld. Watch CAPE FEAR. It's Rummy.

Posted by BurmaShave Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 2:08 PM

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Richardson Author Profile Page says ...

"Kevin Dillion is hilarious as Bunny! (especially if you watch Entourage)."

A year or two back, they actually made an odd 'Platoon' reference, and even though the ref was about Johnny Depp having a small part in the movie, I also felt like there was an added bonus to the ref if you knew Dillon was in both.

Posted by Richardson Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 2:18 PM

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Mark Author Profile Page says ...

How does Toby Jones make any wish list? Fine performer, but It's not like Stone would have to cross his fingers before calling him up. "Sorry Oliver, Rove sounds like a great part, but I'm filling in for Emile Hirsh in Speed Racer II." This wish list sounds made up by the agent of Mr. Jones.

Posted by Mark Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 3:08 PM

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MAGGA Author Profile Page says ...

Salvador, Platoon, Wall Street, Talk Radio, Born On The Fourth Of July, The Doors, JFK, Natural Born Killers and Nixon. Nine - NINE!- great movies in ten years, and Heaven And Earth is not bad either. Not a fan of any of his films since, but he is one of the most underrated directors out there. And he's not crazy, he just has an opinion and trusts that expressing his view on history as a filmmaker is seen as valid, rather than playing everything safe. And his films have contained the most inventive editing since early Scorcese.

Posted by MAGGA Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 3:52 PM

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Jeffrey Kunze Author Profile Page says ...

Good points MAGGA. I totally forgot about Wall Street and Talk Radio. Great films.

I still despise Natural Born Killers though. If I want a psychadelic mindtrip of a movie, I'll take Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas over Natural Born Killers any day of the week.


Posted by Jeffrey Kunze Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 3:56 PM

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alynch Author Profile Page says ...

Stone is apparently in talks with Paul Giamatti over a possible role.

http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2008/03/will_paul_giamatti_play_karl_r.html

Posted by alynch Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 4:19 PM

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T. S. Idiot Author Profile Page says ...

Since Toby Jones is playing Swifty Lazar in Frost/Nixon, he already has experience advising a disgraced Republican president.

Posted by T. S. Idiot Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 5:25 PM

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filmfan Author Profile Page says ...

Who will play Alberto "torture" Gonzalez?

Posted by filmfan Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 6:52 PM

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worrywort Author Profile Page says ...

Who will play Alberto "torture" Gonzalez?

None other than Cate Blanchett.

Posted by worrywort Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 7:01 PM

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MickTravis Author Profile Page says ...

I like Toby Jones as an actor, but physically he's all wrong for it. Rove could tuck Jones in his waistband. Paul Giamatti seems a natural choice, but they'd really have to make him up so he wouldn't just look like Paul Giamatti.

Posted by MickTravis Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 9:15 PM

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christian Author Profile Page says ...

"Who will play Alberto "torture" Gonzalez?"

Carlos Mencia.

And John "Torture Memo" Yoo?

Chow Yun Fat.

Ted "Gay Meth Prostitutes" Haggard?

Steve Zahn.

Who said casting was hard?

Posted by christian Author Profile Page at March 27, 2008 11:01 PM

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Jay Author Profile Page says ...

Oliver Stone is one of five directors that I will see EVERY movie they do regardless of content.

For some reason it became the cultural norm to bash Stone as a hack. I just ask you; who else puts this much energy, information and danger into big-budget films anymore? Stone is a rare gift. He gives us films we actually talk about afterward. Most movies have slipped your memory before you are home from the theater.

Give U-Turn, Any Given Sunday, and World Trade Center another shot. Very rewarding upon second viewing.

Posted by Jay Author Profile Page at March 28, 2008 7:29 AM

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Dave Polands Gut Author Profile Page says ...

An Oliver Stone movie? This would have been news in 1988.

Posted by Dave Polands Gut Author Profile Page at March 28, 2008 8:12 AM

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T. S. Idiot Author Profile Page says ...

I agree with Jay. Some are too tough on Ollie because he's an asshole, but his films are always interesting. Love U-Turn.

Posted by T. S. Idiot Author Profile Page at March 28, 2008 9:58 AM

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drillo cocco Author Profile Page says ...

Robert Forster would be a great Rumsfeld.

Posted by drillo cocco Author Profile Page at March 28, 2008 10:20 AM

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Terry McCarty Author Profile Page says ...

StoneFan 1 wrote:
Oh, boy! Here we go with the Stone bashing, because a bunch of movie nerds don't consider him to be "hip" anymore!

Thank God for that!

Scorsese's last watchable film was "Bringing Out the Dead" There, I said it! Oh, "The Insider" was Mann's last watchable film. Ok, what other movie nerd favorite can I attack next?

"Last watchable film" must mean "last film made primarily for artistic reasons in a director's career before taking projects intended for continued box-office viability."

Posted by Terry McCarty Author Profile Page at March 30, 2008 1:45 AM

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