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Chasing the Light Writing, Directing, and Surviving Platoon, Midnight Express, Scarface, Salvador, and the Movie Game

Oliver Stone

An intimate memoir by the controversial and outspoken Oscar-winning director and screenwriter about his complicated New York childhood, volunteering for combat, and his struggles and triumphs making such films as Before the international success of

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The Jordan Harbinger Show

Oliver Stone's memoir was discussed, detailing his life experiences, including his upbringing, Vietnam War experiences, and career in Hollywood. It was mentioned as being recently released, a month prior to the podcast.

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The name of it is Chasing the Light.

— Episode: 411: Oliver Stone | Writing, Directing,...

Episode: 411: Oliver Stone | Writing, Directing, and Surviv...

Oliver Stone's memoir was discussed, detailing his life experiences, including his upbringing, Vietnam War experiences, and career in Hollywood. It was mentioned as being recently released, a month prior to the podcast.

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The name of it is Chasing the Light.

It came out a month ago or so.

Yeah, it's in the book.

Yeah, well yeah. A lot of this is in the book. We're trying to get people to get really interested and then go out and buy it.

I tried to say in the book, Parley suicidal it was a death instinct it was like I have no place in the world.

Episode: 411: Oliver Stone | Writing, Directing, and Surviv...

It was mentioned multiple times throughout the podcast as Oliver Stone's autobiography, detailing his life, career, and experiences, including his time in Vietnam and his drug use.

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Yeah, well yeah. A lot of this is in the book. We're trying to get people to get really interested and then go out and buy it.

The name of it is Chasing the Light.

It came out a month ago or so.

I tried to say in the book, "Parley suicidal", it was a death instinct; it was like I have no place in the world.

I write about that in the book. It's important because the Pentagon always covers that over. They don't want the parents to know their little boy died from friendly fire.

Episode: 411: Oliver Stone | Writing, Directing, and Surviv...

Oliver Stone discussed his memoir, which detailed his upbringing, experiences in Vietnam, and his journey through Hollywood, including his drug use and eventual sobriety.

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Yeah, it's in the book.

The name of it is Chasing the Light. It came out a month ago or so.

I was a book writer really and I really wanted it to succeed but they when they rejected it I felt like I was overreaching myself and then I was out of line.

I wanted to go to the bottom of the barrel. I didn't want to go to school back to school. I didn't want any special treatment. I wanted to be in the army. I wanted to be anonymous and I wanted to be infantry and I wanted to go if you had not because I didn't want to get bored to death in Germany or South Korea.

I write about that in the book. It's important because the Pentagon always covers that over. They don't want the parents to know their little boy died from friendly fire.

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