- Golden Globe Awards
Oral History: Oliver Stone and the Vietnam War
Oliver Stone wrote and directed three movies about the Vietnam War, Platoon (1986) with Charlie Sheen, that earned him a Golden Globe as Best Director, Born on the Fourth of July (1989) with Tom Cruise from the memoirs of paraplegic veteran and anti-war activist Ron Kovic, that earned him two Golden Globes for Best Director and Best Screenplay, Heaven & Earth (1993) from the autobiographical books by a Vietnamese woman, Le Ly Haislip. Japanese veterans.