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'Man on Wire' Re-creates a Jaw-dropping High-wire Exploitnew
Philippe Petit, together with a band of accomplices, snuck into the World Trade Center, still under construction, and strung a wire between the towers, upon which Petit – an extraordinary wire-walker – not only walked, but also danced, hopped, lay down, and even playfully taunted arriving police.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Andy Klein |
08-08-2008 |
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Too Importantnew
World Trade Center deserved a more reliable director than Oliver Stone.
Tucson Weekly |
Bob Grimm |
08-16-2006 |
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Auteur Redemption
World Trade Center doesn't stint on devastation, but ultimately it depicts the towers' smoking remains as a place where souls are reclaimed -- and thus, by implication, where a director's shattered career can also be reborn.
Washington City Paper |
Mark Jenkins |
08-14-2006 |
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One Day in Septembernew
Although heavily sentimentalized, Stone finds the common ground Americans can rally around for relief from the devastation: We are, in the final analysis, good people.
Austin Chronicle |
Marjorie Baumgarten |
08-13-2006 |
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The Feel-Good Movie of the Summernew
Stone makes a movie on a politically loaded subject and tries really, really hard not to make it political, and he's still called a conspiracy nut, this time for not politicizing his subject.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Keough |
08-10-2006 |
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Tags: Oliver Stone, World Trade Center
First Respondersnew
What would you expect from an Oliver Stone film about 9/11? Guess again.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Curt Holman |
08-10-2006 |
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After the Fallnew
Oliver Stone returns.
L.A. Weekly |
Paul Cullum |
08-10-2006 |
Profiles & Interviews
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Born on the 11th of Septembernew
Stone turns to Ground Zero, where everyone's a hero and politics don't matter.
Seattle Weekly |
Brian Miller |
08-09-2006 |
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Oliver's Twist
Surprise, surprise -- in World Trade Center, Oliver Stone shows that he can turn down the bombast.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Scott Renshaw |
08-04-2006 |
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The New Disaster Movienew
The events of September 11 renewed Hollywood's appetite for destruction.
The Village Voice |
J. Hoberman |
05-17-2006 |
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