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''Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States'', also known as ''The Untold History of the United States'',〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="The Untold History of the United States" (2012) )〕 is a 2012 documentary series directed, produced, and narrated by Oliver Stone. ==Production and release== Oliver Stone and American University historian Peter J. Kuznick, began working on the project in 2008. Stone, Kuznick and British screenwriter Matt Graham co-wrote the script. The documentary miniseries for Showtime had a working title ''Oliver Stone's Secret History of America''. It covers "the reasons behind the Cold War with the Soviet Union, U.S. President Harry Truman's decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan, and changes in America's global role since the fall of Communism." Stone is the director and narrator of all ten episodes. The series is a re-examination of some of the under-reported and darkest parts of American modern history using little known documents and newly uncovered archival material. The series looks beyond official versions of events to the deeper causes and implications and explores how events from the past still have resonant themes for the present day. Stone said: "From the outset I've looked at this project as a legacy to my children, and a way to understand the times I've lived through. I hope it can contribute to a more global insight into our American history." The first three episodes of the series premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 6, 2012, which Indiewire described as "extremely compelling" and "daring". The series was personally presented by Stone at the Subversive Festival on May 4, 2013, in Zagreb, Croatia, which next to film screenings also included debates and public lectures by prominent intellectuals such as Slavoj Žižek and Tariq Ali. Stone described the project as "the most ambitious thing I've ever done. Certainly in documentary form, and perhaps in fiction, feature form." Production took four years to complete. Stone confessed "It was supposed to take two years but it's way over schedule". The premiere was finally set for November 12, 2012.〔()〕 Stone spent $1 million of his own money on the budget, which had inflated from $3 million to $5 million. The series premiered on Showtime in November 2012. The executive producers were Oliver Stone, Tara Tremaine and Rob Wilson. A book by the same name was also published. On October 15, 2013, Oliver Stone announced that ''Untold History of the United States'' would be released on Blu-ray. All 10 episodes of the show would be featured on 4 discs, and the Blu-ray release would also include various bonus content, as well as 2 prologue episodes. The first prologue episode would deal with World War I, the Russian Revolution and Woodrow Wilson. The second prologue episode would highlight the pre-World War II era of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Untold History on Blu-ray )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Untold History Education Project )〕 On March 4, 2014, Stone announced via his own website that the series was officially available on DVD.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Untold History of the United States" now on DVD )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Oliver Stone's Untold History of the United States」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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