Archive for: Oliver Stone

‘Savages’ Blu-ray & the Business of ‘Military Consultants’

Until everyone got distracted by senior commend skirt chasing, it sure felt like the national discussion this week was going to be all about the role of military advisers in the entertainment industry. Oliver Stone’s Savages (out now on a Blu-ray/DVD/Digital Copy/UltraViolet 4-way combo pack) and the studio sent us “Military Consultants” clip from the Bly-ray. It features actor and Army vet Jake McLaughlin and military consultant, stunt coordinator and retired Navy SEAL Keith Woulard talking about how they contributed their real-life expertise to the movie.

Stone has never been shy about his own service in Vietnam and used that experience to great ends in Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July. He’s also maintained that background gives him extra insight when he’s floated the elaborate conspiracy theories that fueled JFK and his new TV series Untold History of the United States. Savages, based on the excellent novel by Don Winslow, feels a hell of a lot more like his genre crime movies Natural Born Killers and U Turn. +Continue Reading

Platoon Turns 25

This is what #winning actually looks like.

It’s hard to believe that Oliver Stone’s Platoon turns 25 this year, but it’s being reissued this week on Blu-ray with a load of special features, including commentaries from Stone and one from Military Advisor Dale Dye. +Continue Reading