Oliver Stone Returns to Vietnam in “Pinkville”
August 28th, 2007 in Action, Directors, Movies, War
Oliver Stone is set to bring the Vietnam War back into the limelight with the production of his latest film, Pinkville. Based on a true story, the film will tell the tale of real-life General William R. Peers who investigated the infamous 1968 My Lai Massacre of Vietnamese civilians, during which 300 to 500 people, including mostly women, children, and the elderly were killed by U.S. soldiers.
So far Bruce Willis and Channing Tatum are due to star in the film, and the studio is currently in talks with Michael Pena. Willis play General Peers, and Tatum will play Hugh Thompson Jr., an army helicopter pilot who helped stop the killings by flying between the attackers and the My Lai villagers. Pena will play Captain Ernest Medina, the officer in charge of commanding the troops who was charged for the massacre, but later found to be not guilty.
This film will no doubt strike a chord with soldiers currently embroiled in the Iraq War, as well as both sides involved in the finished, but not forgotten, Vietnam conflict.
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November 15th, 2007 at 10:05 pm
This sounds like an important movie that needs to be made. As the most powerful nation in the world, America needs to set the example for honor and conduct in combat. I was a US Navy Hospital Corpsman and I auditioned to be an extra in Pinkville. If I am hired, and hired to play one of the US soldiers involved in the massacre, I would do so with integrity to the character, if only to show what happens when our fighting forces fall under poor leadership. It would be my honor to be involved in such a project, even if called upon to show a darker side of our men in uniform.
November 16th, 2007 at 8:06 am
I am interested in “extra” work in movies and film. I have lots of experience in Toronto, but I was grew up in Syracuse. I attended Sears & Switzer’s acting classes in Toronto.
Alvin Cook
September 2nd, 2008 at 3:33 am
This movie will bomb and rightfully so, Oliver Stone’s fuck America first attitude is tiring.