Video/News: Showtime Documentary Films To Premiere THE PUTIN INTERVIEWS June 12

UPDATED: Thurs 6/08/17 – Added New Teaser

UPDATED: Thurs 6/01/17 – New Key Art, New Trailer and First Look videos

In a press release:

PUTIN PONDERS McCAIN

SHOWTIME^® RELEASES A NEW EXTENDED CLIP FROM THE PUTIN INTERVIEWS

WHERE VLADIMIR PUTIN OFFERS A HISTORICAL ANALOGY TO SENATOR JOHN McCAIN

New Trailer Features Director Oliver Stone Discussing The Making Of The Four-Part Event

Premiering Monday, June 12 At 9 PM ET/PT

NEW YORK – June 8, 2017 – Showtime Documentary Films has released a new extended clip from Oliver Stone’s unprecedented conversations with Vladimir Putin, THE PUTIN INTERVIEWS. The clip is pulled from hour four of the special, which features Stone’s most recent discussion with the Russian president this past February, following the U.S. presidential elections. In the newly released clip, Putin offers his opinion of his former Cold War foe, Senator John McCain, that sheds light on how Putin views today’s global affairs in a historical context. Additionally, a new video for THE PUTIN INTERVIEWS was released that features a behind-the-scenes look and interview with Stone, about the making of the television special.

THE PUTIN INTERVIEWS will have its world television premiere on SHOWTIME over four consecutive nights starting on Monday, June 12 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
The Putin Interviews | Vladimir Putin Shares His Thoughts on John McCain w/ Oliver Stone

———— Original Post 6/01/17 ————

In a press release:

SHOWTIME^® RELEASES POSTER ART, NEW TRAILER AND FIRST EXTENDED CLIP

FOR THE PUTIN INTERVIEWS

Historic Four-Part Event Premieres On Monday, June 12 At 9 PM ET/PT

NEW YORK – June 1, 2017 – ShowtimeDocumentary Films has released the first extended clip, new trailer and poster art for THE PUTIN INTERVIEWS, a revealing series of conversations between renowned filmmaker Oliver Stone and Russia president Vladimir Putin. THE PUTIN INTERVIEWS will have its world television premiere on SHOWTIME over four consecutive nights starting on Monday, June 12 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

First Look: The Putin Interviews | ‘Vladimir Putin on Edward Snowden’

New Trailer: The Putin Interviews | Oliver Stone Gets to Know Vladimir Putin

Granted unprecedented access to both Putin’s professional and personal worlds, Oscar^®-winning writer and director Oliver Stone (Platoon, Snowden), with the help of his longtime documentary producer Fernando Sulichin, interviewed the Russian leader more than a dozen times over the course of two years, most recently in February following the U.S. presidential elections. Since first becoming the president of Russia in 2000, Putin has never before spoken at such length or in such detail to a Western interviewer, leaving no topic off limits. In scope and depth, THE PUTIN INTERVIEWS recalls The Nixon Interviews, the series of conversations between David Frost and Richard Nixon that aired in the spring of 1977, 40 years ago.

The project joins an esteemed list of documentaries under the Showtime Documentary Films banner, many of which focus on the lives and legacies of culture-defining figures, including the Emmy^®-nominated film LISTEN TO ME MARLON, WEINER and ZERO DAYS. Other upcoming Showtime Documentary Films that will debut on the network include RISK, the latest documentary from Oscar winner Laura Poitras (CITIZENFOUR), giving viewers an inside look at WikiLeaks, Julian Assange and those who surround him; WHITNEY. “CAN I BE ME,” exploring the incredible career and complicated life of Whitney Houston; and a feature-length documentary about the extraordinary life and times of comic legend John Belushi.

————Original Post May 1, 2017————

In a press release:

SHOWTIME DOCUMENTARY FILMS TO PREMIERE THE PUTIN INTERVIEWS – A FOUR-HOUR TELEVISION EVENT

FEATURING CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN VLADIMIR PUTIN AND OLIVER STONE

Russian President Speaks Candidly on U.S. Election, Trump, Syria, Snowden and More

Interviews Presented Over Four Consecutive Nights Starting Monday, June 12

NEW YORK – May 1, 2017 – ShowtimeDocumentary Films will release THE PUTIN INTERVIEWS, a revealing series of interviews between renowned filmmaker Oliver Stone and Vladimir Putin, the Russian president who has reemerged as the central antagonist and wild card to the United States on the world stage. THE PUTIN INTERVIEWS will have its world television premiere on SHOWTIME over four consecutive nights starting on Monday, June 12 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.

First Look THE PUTIN INTERVIEWS:

Granted unprecedented access to both Putin’s professional and personal worlds, Oscar^®-winning writer and director Oliver Stone (Platoon, Snowden), with the help of his longtime documentary producer Fernando Sulichin, interviewed the Russian leader more than a dozen times over the course of two years, most recently in February following the U.S. presidential elections. Since first becoming the president of Russia in 2000, Putin has never before spoken at such length or in such detail to a Western interviewer, leaving no topic off limits. In scope and depth, THE PUTIN INTERVIEWS recalls The Nixon Interviews, the series of conversations between David Frost and Richard Nixon that aired in the spring of 1977, 40 years ago.

“If Vladimir Putin is indeed the great enemy of the United States, then at least we should try to understand him,” Stone said.

During these wide-ranging interviews, Putin confronts the controversies engulfing the increasingly fragile relations between the U.S. and Russia today, including his views on President Donald Trump and allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, NATO, and fostering turmoil in Syria, Ukraine and elsewhere.

Prodded by Stone, Putin traverses a host of critical topics in sharp detail, including Putin’s rise to the Presidency, and long-term grip on power, his personal relationships with Clinton, Bush, Obama and Trump – as well as Yeltsin and Gorbachev. He also talks of the legacies of Stalin and Reagan, as well as the surveillance state and Edward Snowden’s flight to asylum in Moscow, and the resignation of U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

Providing intimate insight via sessions held throughout the Kremlin, Sochi and Putin’s official residence outside of Moscow, the four-hour film captures the essence and complexity of the Russian leader and his approach to the U.S. and the world, while incorporating dramatic footage of key events. The exchanges are often pointed, always thought-provoking and occasionally surreal – including a remarkable sequence where Stone introduces Putin for the first time to Stanley Kubrick’s Cold War satire Dr. Strangelove which they watched together – all serving to illuminate the mindset of one of the least understood but most important players in the geopolitical world today.

In his highly personal interviews for his documentaries Comandante, Looking for Fidel,Persona Non Grata and South of the Border, Oliver Stone previously parried with Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez and Benjamin Netanyahu, among others. Stone has received three Academy Awards^® – Best Director for Platoon and Born on the Fourth of July and Best Adapted Screenplay for Midnight Express, along with four other Oscar nominations and three Golden Globes^®. He was also the winner of an Emmy^® for the television movie, Indictment: The McMartin Trial. Other noteworthy films by Stone include W. and Salvador. This marks Stone’s return to SHOWTIME, five years after THE UNTOLD HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, which had the biggest premiere telecast ever for a Showtime docu-series, and still ranks as one of the network’s top docu-series ever.

THE PUTIN INTERVIEWS is produced by Fernando Sulichin, New Element Media and Rob Wilson. Sulichin previous credits include The Untold History of the United States, South of the Border, Comandante, Snowden, Savages and Malcolm X.

The project joins an esteemed list of documentaries under the Showtime Documentary Films banner, many of which focus on the lives and legacies of culture-defining figures, including the Emmy-nominated film LISTEN TO ME MARLON, WEINER and ZERO DAYS. Other upcoming Showtime Documentary Films include RISK, the latest documentary from Oscar winner Laura Poitras (CITIZENFOUR), giving viewers an inside look at WikiLeaks, Julian Assange and those who surround him; WHITNEY. “CAN I BE ME”, exploring the incredible career and complicated life of Whitney Houston; ERIC CLAPTION: A LIFE IN 12 BARS, and a feature-length documentary about the extraordinary life and times of comic legend John Belushi.

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