Search - The Ultimate Oliver Stone Collection (Salvador / Platoon / Wall Street / Talk Radio / Born on the Fourth of July / JFK Director's Cut / The Doors / Heaven and Earth / Natural Born Killers / Nixon / U-Turn / Any Given Sunday Director's Cut) on DVD

K. K. (GAMER)
Reviewed on 4/24/2020...

5/5 Rating - Platoon - Many Academy Awards and best picture and director Oscars. A classic great Oliver Stone war movie!

4/5 Rating - Wall Street - A classic with Charlie Sheen and Michael Douglas. A must for Wall Street fans!

3/5 Rating - Nixon - Interesting back story of Nixon but very troubling how deep the corruption went. Some of the scenes were really played out well by Director Oliver Stone. Welsh Actor Anthony Hopkins was a bit of a mismatch with his foreign accent kicking in at times, which took away from his impact as Nixon. Stone's edit team should have caught this with edits to make it right. Worth the watch!

2.5/5 Rating - Talk Radio - Entertaining and shocking at the same time!

2/5 Rating - U-Turn - Started out strong, fizzled in the middle badly and the ending was pretty weak but could have been worse. Your best bet would be to watch the first forty minutes or so and then shut it off. This would be when Penn goes to the mountains with Lopez. Lopez had some really poor acting in this but I did enjoy Thornton's acting as always.

2/5 Rating - Any Given Sunday - Fun and a must watch for football fans!

2/5 Rating - Born on the Fourth of July - This delved into some area that veterans face that everyone else misses. Very hard to watch at times. We should salute our veterans more often since they keep our freedom!

2/5 Rating - The Doors - A deep and dark look into world of Jim Morrison of the Doors...

2/5 Rating - JFK - Many people really like this but I found it to be way too drawn out, excessively long and boring at times. A must watch for JFK and conspiracy fans!

2/5 Rating - Natural Born Killers - This had alot of potential and I'm a big fan of Woody Harrelson but it seems to just fizzle out...

1/5 Rating - Salvador - I could not get into this and did not like it.

1/5 Rating - Oliver Stone's America - Did not like.

1/5 Rating - Bonus Disk - Did not like and was boring.

Michel D. (michelann) from WALNUT GROVE, MO
Reviewed on 7/7/2012...

The Ultimate Oliver Stone Collection is awesome! Some of the best and most entertaining movies of all time have been written and/or directed by Oliver Stone and this boxed set contains his very best. I went searching for Born on the Fourth of July and came across this set that also includes Platoon, Salvador, Natural Born Killers, Nixon, and JFK most of which I already had but they took up more shelf space than this set…. So I just swapped out those individual movies and got this set! Also includes Any Given Sunday, UTurn, Wall Street, Talk Radio, and Heaven & Earth, and some great interviews with Stone himself. This is a true bargain and filled with so many fantastic movies!!

HARD AS STONE AND TWICE AS REVEALING BOX SET!

Nix Pix | Windsor, Ontario, Canada | 10/21/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"The Oliver Stone Collection (Redux) is the second time out that Warner has trundled this great director's wares on DVD. The first collection was limited to titles that Warner held the rights to. This time we get a comprehensive collection of the master's work; 14 films in all, representing Stone's brilliant work from virtually every studio in Hollywood - save Paramount. The set contains Stone's most prolific masterpieces (Platoon, Natural Born Killers, Born On The Fourth of July, Any Given Sunday), his most ridiculed and underrated set pieces (JFK, Nixon, Wall Street, The Doors) and his largely forgotten precursors to greatness (Salvador, Talk Radio) which, in hindsight, are great masterworks in their own right.

Synopses in brief:
Talk Radio: A hard-edged journey into the spiraling out of control life of a radio shock jock who is on the verge of a crying gag.
Salvador: A burned out freelance photographer's interest in journalism is rekindled amidst the civil unrest in war ravaged El Salvador.
Platoon: A troupe of soldiers enter the hellish nightmare that was Vietnam and lose their souls to the inner struggle that has no heroes or winners.
Wall Street: Martin and Charlie Sheen butt heads after the latter goes to work for unscrupulous corporate raider, Gordon Gecco (Michael Douglas). Heavily dated in its oh, so 80s subject matter.
Born On The Fourth Of July: A no-holds-barred, bare knuckled account of the folly and shame of an ungrateful country that befell returning Vietnam vets.
Natural Born Killers: A seething, scathing attack on the legal justice system and media hype that transforms the terrorizing debauchery of a couple of reprobates - Mickey and Mallory into `Robin Hood-like' vigilantes.
The Doors: The calamitous highs and debilitating lows of rock legend Jim Morrison get the robust treatment in this high octane rock-u-mentory that puts "Rock Star" to shame.
JFK: The stunning conspiracy theory saga that attempts to offer up alternative theories to the Warren Commission's report on President Kennedy's assassination. An eclectic, thrilling roller coaster of a movie with a slam bang finish!
Nixon: A rather straight-forward retelling of Nixon's highs and lows with Sir Anthony Hopkins doing his best to hide the fact that no one is quite like Tricky Dick but the man himself. Paul Sorvino is hauntingly on point as Henry Kissenger and Joan Allen gives a most intelligent read of first lady, Pat.
Any Given Sunday: A hard-edged look at the world of professional sports and how corruption, greed and the competitive spirit collide. Cameron Diaz and Al Pacino stage some rough-house politics to will a ferocious team out of its losing streak. Hot stuff!

This collection gives you a solid batch of transfers; the one disappointment remaining "Born On The Fourth of July" which still has not been anamorphically enhanced for widescreen televisions. Otherwise, picture quality throughout is superb. Colors are rich and vibrant. "Wall Street" exhibits the most dated picture quality of the lot. Some pixelization is evident on both "Nixon" and "Talk Radio." "Platoon" and "JFK" exhibit a flawless and impeccably balanced transfer quality with very clean, reference quality whites and deep, rich solid blacks. The audio on most films is pristine. Again, the earlier films in the collection (from Salvador to Wall Street) have a more tinny treble and hollow sounding bass, but this is to be expected. Special features vary according to each disc. All come with at least an audio commentary provided by Stone. There's also a host of extra features on Stone himself, his life and life's work, as well as a preview of his latest project, "Alexander." For the price this box set is an absolute must for any collector!

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Not a Good Deal!

Wolf | Usa | 06/13/2005

(2 out of 5 stars)

"This DVD set consists of one outer and two inner Boxes, each has 4 glassy DVD case, 3 double, 1 single. DVDs are not indipendent in this set, so if you want to buy it used, beware of the condition of the box. some movies like "THE DOORS" and "Nixon" are originnaly two discs editions but only first discs are included in this dvd set and worse is, there is a word "disc 1" printed of them which indicates that these are the first DVDs of a 2 disc set and that makes you feel there is something crude about this box set! and there is something really crude!
the quality of boxes and print is low. outer box could easily be damaged or worn and it's very loose. it's not a good deal, specially at the price of 116 dollars!"

COLLECTION ALMOST PERFECT

Magpie | NH United States | 10/25/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This filmmaking collection is almost perfect, but not quite superior to, the previous Oliver Stone collection that was released. All of his directorial efforts starting with Salvador are included, and they are packaged similar to the way television series dvd sets are packaged (like Grey's Anatomy and Lost), with two overlapping discs per side of the package. Platoon is the special edition that was released by MGM/UA many years back, it is not the most recent special edition. Salvador, Wall Street, and Talk Radio are all the single disc special editions that are available separately. Born On The Fourth of July is the remastered version that was released not too long ago (picture is vastly improved with more natural hues and tones). The Doors, JFK, Nixon, and Any Given Sunday are separately available as two-disc editions and only the first discs of each (basically only the movie) are available in this set. Heaven and Earth and U-Turn are the same as what is available separately, and finally Natural Born Killers is the RATED version of the film, not the Unrated released by Trimark. The picture is much better than the Trimark Unrated release of the film but it is missing up to three minutes of footage needed to achieve an R rating. The NBK disc does include deleted scenes, commentary, and a theatrical trailer. I'm not sure why Warner Bros doesn't release the Unrated version since it does with all of its other films (except for Eyes Wide Shut, I suppose) but whatever. The extra disc on this set includes Stone's recent documentaries Persona Non Grata and Looking For Fidel. It does not included Comandante which is still not available in this country (you can get a Region 2 copy on Amazon.co.uk but you'll need a region free player to play it). There is also a little blurb about Alexander included. Oh, and the documentary Oliver Stone's America is also included including the full version of his student film Last Year In Vietnam. So, all in all this is a great buy. If you really end up wanting the two-disc editions of some of the films after you watch them, you can always buy them later. If you buy this, Alexander (either or both versions), and his upcoming World Trade Center, you will own almost all of Oliver Stone's directorial efforts for a pretty cheap price all things considered. Enjoy!"