Oliver Stone
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Adapted by high school and university educator Eric S. Singer from the bestselling book and companion to the documentary The Untold History of the United States by Academy Award-winning director Oliver Stone and renowned historian Peter Kuznick, this volume gives young readers a powerful and provocative look at the US role in the Cold War. It also provides a blueprint for those concerned with shaping a better and more equitable future for people across...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Twelve-chapter documentary series, created and executive produced by Academy Award-winning writer/director Oliver Stone. Do Americans really know and understand the country's shared and complicated history? How are the small details and forgotten players that influenced some of the biggest events from America's past recalled? Will children actually get the whole story from reading history books? And how will it affect the future of the country?
5) Wall Street
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
An ambitious young Wall Street broker is lured into the illegal world of corporate espionage and insider trading as he pursues the favors of the powerful and wealthy financier, Gordon Gekko.
6) U-turn
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A small-time gambler with an overdue debt in Vegas and a broken radiator hose is finding it hard to get out of Superior, Arizona.
7) Scarface
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by the 1932 classic of the same title, Scarface follows the violent career of a smalltime Cuban refugee hoodlum who guns his way to the top of Miami's cocaine empire.
8) Platoon
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
A grunt's view of the Vietnam War is provided in all its horrific, inexplicable detail. Bonus features included.
10) JFK
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
The story of New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison whose investigation into the assassination of John F. Kennedy became an obsession.
11) W
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
A look at the life of the 43rd president of the United States. Rising from a privileged alcoholic to a born-again Christian whose belief in religious destiny helped move him to the top ranks of political power. How he used Christianity to turn his life around, met and married his wife, and the days before his decision to declare war on Iraq are featured.
12) Taxi driver
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A psychotic taxi driver tries to save a child prostitute and becomes infatuated with a political campaigner. He goes on a violent rampage when his dreams don't work out.
13) Snowden
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
The incredible untold story of Edward Snowden, the polarizing figure who exposed shocking illegal surveillance activities by the NSA and became one of the most wanted men in the world. He is considered a hero by some, and a traitor by others.