Friday, July 6, 2007

"Platoon" Director Throws Stones At Bush, Ahmadinejad

Moviemaker Oliver Stone has responded to Iranian critics who called him "part of the Great Satan" in their refusal to make a movie about President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

The Doors director had approached Iranian officials earlier this year with plans to turn the life of the country's leader into a biopic. But with Iranian/American cultural relations at a new low thanks to the portrayal of Persians in films like "300" and Stone's "Alexander", Middle Eastern film authorities denied the filmmaker access to Iranian locations. Responding to Stone's request, Ahmadinejad's media advisor said, "While it is true that Oliver Stone is considered to be among the opposition in the U.S., the opposition is still part of the Great Satan."

The director is taking the snub in his stride, stating,"I've been called a lot of things, but never a Great Satan. "I wish the Iranian people well and I only hope their experience with an inept, rigid idealogue president goes better than ours."

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