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Oliver Stone re-enlists for Vietnam duty with My Lai film |
The rest of Hollywood might be training their camera lenses on the
war in Iraq, but veteran director Oliver Stone is preparing to
re-enlist for Vietnam, it was reported Tuesday.
Stone, who won best director Oscars for his Vietnam War-related
dramas "Platoon" and "Born on the Fourth of July," is planning a
new film about the investigation into the 1968 My Lai massacre,
Daily Variety reported.
The 60-year-old director is close to sealing a deal with United
Artists to finance the film, titled "Pinkville," while actor Bruce
Willis has been confirmed to play the army chief who led the
investigation into the killings.
Up to 500 Vietnamese civilians, including many unarmed women,
children and elderly, were killed by US troops in the My Lai
massacre, one of the most notorious episodes of war crimes ever
committed by American forces.
Revelations surrounding the massacre are often said to have played
a key role in turning American public opinion against the war in
Vietnam.
Stone's next project following his 9/11 drama "World Trade Center"
was expected to be a film about the CIA's attempts to capture
Al-Qaeda kingpin Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan.
Instead "Pinkville" will focus on the probe into My Lai with Willis
playing Army General William R. Peers, who supervised the inquiry.
Actor Channing Tatum will play Hugh Thompson, a military helicopter
pilot who curtailed the killing by placing his craft between
villagers and soldiers and warning troops he would open fire if any
more civilians were killed.
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