Oliver Stone to make Venezuela coup film: Chavez

[leftchick]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/venezuela_film_stone_dc

CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone was planning to film a movie about the 2002 coup in Venezuela that briefly ousted the former army officer.

Chavez, a harsh critic of the United States, says U.S. authorities were behind the botched coup that toppled his government for less than two days. U.S. officials dismiss his accusations.

Stone, who won best-directing Oscars for Vietnam War movies "Platoon" and "Born on the Fourth of July," and directed a 2003 documentary, "Comandante," about his meeting with Cuban President Fidel Castro, a Chavez ally, would team up with British producer John Daly, who worked on "The Last Emperor," Chavez said.

"Top news -- two filmmakers join forces to make movie about the coup in Venezuela," Chavez said during his weekly Sunday broadcast. He said his government had given them permission to announce plans for the movie at the Cannes film festival.



Oliver Stone arrives for a screening of 'Platoon' to celebrate the film's 20th anniversary during the 59th Cannes Film Festival May 21, 2006. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday that the Oscar-winning Stone was planning to film a movie about the 2002 coup in Venezuela that briefly ousted the former army officer. (Tom Boland/Reuters)

[Dufaeth]

1. Awesome!

I can't wait. I think it could make a decent flick.

[sarcasmo]

2. This Rocks.

[Monk06]

3. That I want to see. Casting call anyone?

[peacetalksforall]

4. What do people like Tice, Stone, Ross, Edmonds and others do to

keep from being a victim like Kelly? I fear for all these truth seekers.

[pocket]

5. a film that juxtaposes the 1992 and 2002 coups would be cool

.

[mrfrapp]

6. Could be Good

The film, "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" documents the event pretty well, but I reckon a dramatisation (by Stone no less) would introduce even more people to the socialist ideas that Chavez is so interested in. Chavez isn't liberal enough for my liking but he's a useful idiot in the sense that he's proving that socialism works.