FILM NOTES
◊ Oliver Stone, director of such movies as JFK and last year’s well-received World Trade Center, originally rose to fame directing films about the Vietnam War. His Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July remain among the best movies about that troubling conflict. Now, according to various reports, he plans to return to the Vietnam theme. This time, Stone’s focus will be on one of the most disturbing events in that war, the incident known as the My Lai Massacre.
The project, called Pinkville, is set to feature actors Bruce Willis, Channing Tatum, and Woody Harrelson. Given the raging debate about war in Iraq, the context is certainly eyebrow-raising.
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