Oliver Stone's new movie a love song to Hugo Chavez


	Oliver Stone's new movie a love song to Hugo Chavez

kelvin273

9-9-2009 2:05 AM

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film, foreign affairs, hugo chavez, latin america, oliver stone

kelvin273 says:

Personally, I stopped taking Oliver Stone seriously after he appeared on celebrity Jeopardy and couldn't answer a single history question.

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9-9-2009 7:13 AM

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I never knew about the Jeopardy episode, but I would enjoy seeing it......doesn't surprise me though.....

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