Published in July 14th, 2008
As the world breathlessly awaits his next film, W, I took a peek at Oliver Stone’s bio in Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Stone#Biography
Seems he’s led an interesting life, to say the least: Jewish stockbroker father, Catholic mother, raised Episcopalean, convert to Buddhism; attended exclusive schools; parents divorced; as a teen he discovered Dad was, umm, “doing” a number of the neighborhood ladies; Dad escorted him to a prostitute while he was just a lad, perhaps to prep young Ollie to follow in his philandering path; Dad paved his way to various jobs; he dropped out of Yale (twice), served eighteen months in VietNam (in combat) where he earned a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star; graduated NYU; prolific, controversial, and successful film director who often blatantly and willfully fabricated...