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Article: Stone's next prexy pic.(Oliver Stone on his portrayal of Hugo Chavez on his documentary)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- December 11, 2008
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It looks like Oliver Stone enjoys being in the company of presidents. The helmer is following up his Bush biopic "W." with a documentary about Venezuela's controversial President Hugo Chavez.
Stone has been working on the untitled doc for six months and is hoping to have it ready for next year.
"It's about Chavez and the South American revolution," Stone told Daily Variety in a reference to the wave of leftist pols elected to office in Latin America in recent years.
Stone was with Chavez in February during the dramatic rescue of hostages that Chavez helped to broker from the militant Colombian FARC group. The ...