The Bone Collector

Starring: Oliver Stone, Tom Cruise Original UK Premiere: 1999 Dvd Release: 13th September, 1999 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound, Region 2 Encoding

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The second film in Oliver Stones Vietnam trilogy moves from the brutality of war in Platoon to its equally traumatic aftermath. Based on the memoir of combat veteran Ron Kovic, the film stars Tom Cruise as Kovic, whose gunshot wound in Vietnam left him paralysed from the chest down. He is deeply embittered by neglect in a veterans hospital & by the shattering of his patriotic idealism because of the horror & futility of the Vietnam conflict. While painfully & awkwardly adjusting to his disability & a changing definition of masculinity, Kovic joins the burgeoning movement of antiwar protest, culminating in a climactic appearance at the 1976 Democratic national convention. Born on theFourth of July is a powerfully intimate portrait that unfolds on an epic scale & is arguably Stones best film . Cruises Oscar-nominated role is uncompromising in its depiction of one mans personal anguish & political awakening.

Oliver Stone is an Academy Award -winning American film director. Stone attended Yale & the New York University. He has won two Academy Awards for Directing for Platoon & Born on the Fourth of July. A distinct feature in Oliver Stones movies is the use of a multitude of different cameras & film formats, from VHS to 8mm film to 70mm film. Stone has written or taken part in the writing of every film he has directed, except for U Turn. He also had a hand in the screenplays for Midnight Express, Conan the Barbarian, Scarface, Year of the Dragon, 8 Million Ways to Die & Evita. Critics contend that Stone is a conspiracy theorist & that his films manipulate the viewers & distort history; in spite of that, many consider Stone one of the best directors in Hollywood & the most controversial as well. Posters Of Any Given Sunday

Editors Choice: U Turn, Any Given Sunday, Natural Born Killers, The Bone Collector, Nixon, Born On The Fourth Of July, Heaven And Earth, Box Set, View DVDology

Tom Cruise is an American film actor & producer who has starred in a number of top-grossing movies. His first leading role in a blockbuster movie was in 1983 s Risky Business. // Cruises parents moved frequently when he was a child, residing in a number of locations throughout the United States & Canada, including Ottawa, Louisville, Kentucky, Glen Ridge, New Jersey, where he attended Glen Ridge High School & Wayne, New Jersey. Before going into acting, Cruise attended a Franciscan seminary & aspired to become a Catholic priest. He received Academy Award nominations for Born on the Fourth of July & Jerry Maguire, both as Best Actor ; & for Magnolia, as Best Supporting Actor. In 1996, he became the first actor in history to star in five consecutive films that grossed $100 million in domestic release. Impossible & Jerry Maguire. Impossible & its sequels, Vanilla Sky & The Last Samurai. The company also co-produced The Others. In 1990, 1991 & 1997, People magazine rated him among the 50 most beautiful people in the world. Posters Of Tom Cruise

Editors Choice: The Last Samurai, Vanilla Sky, Jerry Maguire, Minority Report, Collateral, Eyes Wide Shut, The Bone Collector, A Few Good Men, View DVDology

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