Final_Judgment

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aware of the release of Final Judgment. After all, a full-page advertisement
promoting a book featuring an introduction by Stone appeared opposite a
full-page advertisement for Final Judgment.
When Stone was presented his copy of the book, however, his face
froze when he saw the book's cover and he refused to accept the book,
saying, "Please send it to me in the mail." The "maverick" self-styled freethinker,
Stone, turned his back and walked away, moments later accepting
another package of material presented to him by another individual.
Why was Stone so hesitant to accept this book? Perhaps we have
information that provides the answer. Stone did, in fact, know of the socalled
"French connection" to the JFK assassination documented in Final
Judgment and referenced in the advertisement in the program of the JFK
forum in Dallas.
STONE AND 'THE FRENCH CONNECTION'
You see, shortly after Final Judgment went to press, Ron Lewis, who
was a friend of Lee Harvey Oswald in New Orleans and who also worked in
Guy Banister's "French"-connected operation, revealed something very
interesting about Stone and the "French" connection.
When Lewis, who served as a consultant to Stone during the filming of
JFK, assisted Stone in setting up the movie sets recreating Banister's New
Orleans office, Stone included a number of boxes, ostensibly containing
arms, that were stenciled in Spanish.
Lewis objected to the Spanish, saying, "The writing on the boxes was
in French,"—the arms having been linked to the OAS rebellion, backed by
the Israeli-sponsored Permindex operation, against French President Charles
DeGaulle. But Stone responded to Lewis by saying, "Spanish serves the
theme of the movie better." So, as Lewis commented, "Spanish it was." 761
So it also was that Oliver Stone ignored the "French" connection—a
connection which, in turn, brings forth the Israeli connection to the
assassination of John F. Kennedy. A wise move indeed for a film-maker
whose sponsors had intimate ties to the guilty parties involved in the crime
that Stone brought to grisly life on film.
STONE'S MOSSAD CONNECTION
However, there is one last rather intriguing fact about Oliver Stone and
his widely-promoted film that deserves mention. Although Stone was,
beyond question, the undeniably talented creative genius responsible for
JFK, one must always remember that in the motion picture arena, it is
ultimately money—pure and simple—that determines whether or not a film
will be made. The all-important task of arranging financing falls into the lap
of the film's producer. If one checks the credits for Stone's JFK, one will
find the name "Arnon Milchan" listed as "executive producer."