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Richard David Boyle (March 26, 1942 – September 1, 2016) was a journalist, photographer, and author from the United States. He wrote the 1972 book Flower of the Dragon: The Breakdown of the U. S. Army in Vietnam: An Eyewitness Account of the Day-to-Day Environment of American Soldiers in Vietnam.
- American
- Richard David Boyle, March 26, 1942, San Francisco, California, U.S.
- Author, photojournalist, journalist
- September 1, 2016 (aged 74), Philippines
- People
- Politics
- Violence
- Controversy
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The film follows the alleged adventures of real-life gonzo photojournalist Richard Boyle (James Woods). It's 1980, and Boyle is desperate to cover the emerging conflict. The problem is, he's not so much a few sandwiches short of a picnic as also lacking the coleslaw, the strawberries, the swiss rolls, the fizz, a hamper and a blanket. With his equa...
The up-and-coming warlord is Major Max, a thinly-veiled version of the real Roberto D'Aubuisson. D'Aubuisson was an army major assigned to the Salvadoran Special Services. After the coup in October 1979 he left the army, taking intelligence files and officers with him, to set up a network of death squads. The scene in which Major Max is shown raili...
The real assassination of Romero was dramatic enough, though Stone embellishes it, having Romero's shooter taking communion from the archbishop rather than hiding behind a pillar. Boyle is shown, entirely inaccurately, sitting a few seats away. The film gets into problematic territory as it places Boyle at the centre of more and more real events in...
The film reaches a peak of untruth with the fates of photojournalist John Cassady, and Boyle's girlfriend Maria. As the film ends, title cards tell you what happened afterwards to Boyle and to the murderers of Romero. They also tell you that Cassady's photos were published, and that Maria ended up in a refugee camp. The difference is that Boyle and...
Events in El Salvador were as bad as, and worse than, this film shows, but playing fast and loose with reality doesn't make the case.
Oliver Stone's fictionalized account of journalist Richard Boyle's year in El Salvador during very turbulent times in 1980-81. Down and out in San Francisco, Boyle and a colleague Doctor Rock head to El Salvador in his beat up car. There he manages to reunite with former girlfriend Maria and her younger brother.
When the Salvadoran Army starts using American supplies to combat the rebels, Boyle's friend and fellow photojournalist, John Cassady (John Savage), is killed during the battle. Boyle and María eventually leave the country for the United States.
- March 5, 1986
- Oliver Stone, Gerald Green
5 de mar. de 1986 · Its protagonist is Richard Boyle, a real-life sometimes journalist who collaborated with Mr. Stone on the screenplay.
- Oliver Stone
15 de ago. de 2014 · Pulling inspiration from real-life photojournalist and friend Richard Boyle, Stone turned the real-life exploits into a script and put his house up in order to kick off financing for the...
1986 Directed by Oliver Stone. Dateline: 1980, El Salvador. Correspondent: Richard Boyle, Photojournalist - Guatemala, Iran, Vietnam, Chile, Belfast, Lebanon, Cambodia…
