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At last night's South of the Border party at the Monkey Bar, staged by Peggy Siegal following the premiere of Oliver Stone's doc at Cinema II. I'd seen it twice and written about it two or three times, so I just showed for the schmooze. So did Stone, Mickey Rourke, Fair Game director Doug Liman, Tyson director James Toback, New York Film Festival co-honcho Scott Foundas, and Great Directors helmer Angela Ismailos.

(left) Sean Stone and (second from right) South of the Border director Oliver Stone -- Monday, 6.21, 11:10 pm. Didn't get the ladies' names..sorry.

(l.) Great Directors helmer Angela Ismailos, Fair Game director Doug Liman. Monday, 6.21. 10:25 pm.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on June 22, 2010 at 11:06 AM

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ManhattanMadcap says ...

Who's that boisterous loud-looking Latino in the white suit?

Posted by ManhattanMadcap at June 22, 2010 11:41 AM

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drbob says ...

Is Liman really wearing a baseball cap backwards? Does he also wear his pants half way down his ass?

Posted by drbob at June 22, 2010 11:41 AM

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Floyd Thursby says ...

Do I want to see a film directed by a man who wears a backward baseball cap? Does Doug's purse match his outfit?

Posted by Floyd Thursby at June 22, 2010 11:42 AM

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Monument says ...

Not only is it backwards, but it's one of those pull tab mommy caps.

Is Stone trying to look like Pablo Escobar?

Posted by Monument at June 22, 2010 12:00 PM

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Ryan Stewart says ...

Pictures say a thousand words, and I wonder what Jeff reads into the image above of a paunchy, drinky, red-faced Stone. To my mind, it dovetails a little too cleanly with his increasingly flaccid, no-offense-intended filmography. Not just World Trade Center and W, but also Wall Street 2, which I haven't yet seen, but which everyone says is uncritical and far from an indictment of any kind.

Eventually the fire goes out, I guess?

Posted by Ryan Stewart at June 22, 2010 12:06 PM

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Josh Massey says ...

C'mon Wells, you've been on fire lately - how can Liman get a pass for that?

Posted by Josh Massey at June 22, 2010 12:20 PM

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markj says ...

It's hard to believe that the guy that made JFK and Nixon also made W and World Trade Center, especially World Trade Center. That was TV movie-level quality. United 93 is the 9/11 film the old Stone would have made.

Posted by markj at June 22, 2010 12:21 PM

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Rich S. says ...

Looks like Liman might be angling to direct that big-screen treatment of Gilligan's Island we've heard so much about.

Posted by Rich S. at June 22, 2010 12:22 PM

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DeeZee says ...

Inception featurette.
Sorcerer spots.
Alpha and Omega int'l. trailer.
Too bad it's not a rom-com.
Footloose cast update.
Shamalamadingdong returns with Willis? Paltrow and Cooper too?
Cyrus Q+A.
It's pretty fucking sad that Fabio did it better.
It's like every other prom movie, but with the Disney logo!
Warner tries its luck with the devil.
Can Dr. Strange support a full-length feature?
New gimmick.
I think he needs to apologize for Macgruder, too.
Lady Gaga gets edgy.

Posted by DeeZee at June 22, 2010 12:37 PM

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MickTravisMcGee says ...

You're telling me that that guy on the left is the same actor who played the young Jim Morrison in The Doors? And was Gordon Gekko's strawberry flinging offspring in Wall Street ("Bonjour monsieur Buddy!")

Hell, I'm so old.

Posted by MickTravisMcGee at June 22, 2010 12:46 PM

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Mark says ...

Smart spin from the Stone camp that the film naturally evolved to depict a growing political trend in South American rather than a lone portrait of Chavez. The closer they got to Chavez, the more they likely realized that the right is mostly right about him; he's a dangerous populist blowhard on his way to the darkside at the expense of his country, which is in deep trouble

Posted by Mark at June 22, 2010 12:53 PM

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lbeale says ...

I would warn anyone seeing this film that Stone refuses to deal with well-documented political and human rights abuses committed by the Chavez and Castro regimes. His basic point, that Latin America has been fucked over for years by the US, IMF, oligarchs and former colonialists, is a valid one. But that doesn't mean he should give a pass to Stalinists like Raoul Castro. It's possible to be a lefty and still criticize the left.

Posted by lbeale at June 22, 2010 1:01 PM

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Hip Hop Homey says ...

God, the smug from these pics just oozes off the screen. Need to go take a shower.

Posted by Hip Hop Homey at June 22, 2010 1:15 PM

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creepingmalaise says ...

How about a balloon quote for Stone: "How much for the leeeetle girl?"

Posted by creepingmalaise at June 22, 2010 1:34 PM

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dinovelvet says ...

Didn't get the ladies names....neither did Oliver! (Unless Mickey Rourke swooped in first)

Posted by dinovelvet at June 22, 2010 1:39 PM

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CMed1 says ...

I was very disappointed in Stone's appearance on Bill Maher's show a few weeks ago. He had no sense of humor about anything and just seemed really surly. Not the case in the photo above, it looks like.

Posted by CMed1 at June 22, 2010 1:46 PM

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reverent and free says ...

It strikes me as a little odd that Stone is doing a whirlwind tour for South of the Border, given that it's only booked for a few states. It's not even scheduled for Portland, Oregon.

And he's going to have to make the rounds again in just two months to start promoting WS2 all over again.

Posted by reverent and free at June 22, 2010 1:54 PM

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corey3rd says ...

Oliver Stone looks like he's supposed to be playing a Mexican border official on Here's Lucy.

Posted by corey3rd at June 22, 2010 4:54 PM

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thasos says ...

Sean Stone's turned into a handsome chap, I remember he used to look really pudgy in his father's films.

Posted by thasos at June 22, 2010 10:36 PM

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Viagra Without Prescription says ...

Even though the movie is not bad at all, I have to say that the written is too much better and it has to many details that we didn't watch during the the film.

Posted by Viagra Without Prescription at August 10, 2010 9:42 AM

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