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Article: Oliver Stoned.(JFK, NIXON, OLIVER STONE, AND ME: An Idealist's Journey from Capitol Hill to Hollywood Hell)(Book Review)
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- The Washington Monthly
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- November 1, 2002
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JFK, NIXON, OLIVER STONE, AND ME An Idealist's Journey from Capitol Hill to Hollywood Hell by Eric Hamburg Public Affairs, $26.00
AT FIRST GLANCE, THE PREMISE of Eric Hamburg's new memoir, JFK, Nixon, Oliver Stone and Me, seems very cinematic. A cross between Mr. Smith Goes To Washington and The Player, Hamburg's tale of an idealistic young congressional aide who leaves Capitol Hill for Oliver Stone's Hollywood--only to have his dream of making intelligent, socially responsible films crushed by sleazy dealmakers and greedy executives--is quintessential big-screen material: the ruination of ambitions, the defiling of innocents, and a paranoid, drug-addled ...