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Stone's Next Project: Anti-War Commercial
Oliver Stone's already done JFK. Now he's ready to tackle G.W.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker has signed to direct a TV spot for the liberal advocacy group MoveOn.org. The politically charged commercial will feature an Iraq war vet challenging the Bush administration's rationale for the conflict.
The group began collecting video interviews with soldiers and their families on its Website and via YouTube. More than 20 have been uploaded so far, each lasting less than two minutes. MoveOn members will choose their favorite and then Stone will make a 30-second spot incorporating the veteran's story.
"We have leaders in Washington who say they're 'supporting our troops'—but the people who suffer most from their policies are the troops themselves," Stone, a veteran of the Vietnam War, said in a statement.
"I decided to participate in this project because as a veteran, I know that America needs to listen to our servicemen and women. They've been there, and they know what's really going on. They need to be part of this debate."
The project, titled VideoVets: Bring Our Troops Home, is cosponsored by VoteVets.org, a left-leaning political action committee run by Iraq war veterans whose goal is "holding public officials accountable for their words and actions that adversely affect the troops and veterans." VoteVets helped MoveOn find soldiers wishing to speak out.
"We knew we wanted to do something to tell the personal stories that we were hearing," said MoveOn's creative director, Laura Dawn. "MoveOn has sponsored quite a few vigils over the years and we kept hearing reports of military members standing up and giving personal testimony. We felt the voices of the vets were missing in the public debate about the war."
MoveOn solicited volunteer filmmakers to conduct interviews via email and the response was enormous—more than 700 members from around the country helped film the vets and their families giving opinions on everything from what it means to be a patriot to the realities on the ground in Iraq and the impact the war is having on America's military readiness.
MoveOn members have until midnight next Wednesday to vote. Stone will then reshoot and edit the interview for a tentative air date of May 3.
"It seemed like a natural fit to have a 30-second spot which he would direct," added Dawn.
Last in theaters with 2006's well-received 9/11 drama World Trade Center, Stone will stick with the theme for his next big-screen work, a film depicting the hunt for Osama bin Laden.
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