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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: bijou on January 21, 2008, 01:45:26 PM
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Oliver Stone, the uncompromising director whose subjects have included Presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, Alexander the Great and Fidel Castro, has set his sights on the present incumbent of the White House.
The Oscar-winning filmmaker is working on 'Bush', a project focusing on the life and presidency of George W. Bush, Variety reported. The director is in talks with Josh Brolin, currently starring in No Country For Old Men, to play the lead role.
Stone, who has been highly critical of the president, told the entertainment industry trade paper the film would be "a fair, true portrait of the man", examining areas such as his relationship with his father, President George H.W. Bush, his youth, and conversion to Christianity.
It would tackle questions such as "how did Bush go from an alcoholic bum to the most powerful figure in the world?" Stone told Variety. And it would look at the president's "belief that God personally chose him to be president of the United States and his coming into his own with the stunning, pre-emptive attack on Iraq", he added.
"It will contain surprises for Bush supporters and his detractors," said the director, who has spent his career tackling controversial subjects such as the Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal and Salvador Dali.
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link (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=4ISGDKS0SEG53QFIQMFSFF4AVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2008/01/21/wbush221.xml)
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Guess this burned out druggie hasn't learned from the other Hollyweird types that anti-America/bash Bush movies aren't big money makers with the viewing public.
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*eyeroll* I love how he claims he can be "neutral".
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Oliver Stone to make George W Bush hit piece
There -- fixed it.
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It probably will be just as factual as his JFK. :whatever:
The only thing that movie had in common with reality is that well, yes, there was a guy named Kennedy and he was president.
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Pot. Kettle. Black
In previous interviews, Stone has described Bush as "a synthetic person…a C-student at Yale. An ex-alcoholic who believes in Jesus. What could be more dangerous?"
Stone, who has fought his own battles with drink and drugs, attended Yale at the same time as the president but dropped out after a year.
jaggoff has been. It is quite obvious that he's trying to get this film out before November to help the Dems.
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Another thought: Who the Hell is gonna give him money to make this movie? He's been making flop after flop recently.
Oops, forgot about George Soros.
:thatsright:
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Another thought: Who the Hell is gonna give him money to make this movie? He's been making flop after flop recently.
Oops, forgot about George Soros.
:thatsright:
Mark Cuban dumped money into "Redacted", he even came to a military board and tried to justify it along the lines of troop support. There are people out there who will throw money at it.
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Another thought: Who the Hell is gonna give him money to make this movie? He's been making flop after flop recently.
Oops, forgot about George Soros.
:thatsright:
Mark Cuban dumped money into "Redacted", he even came to a military board and tried to justify it along the lines of troop support. There are people out there who will throw money at it.
...a fool and his money...
Michael Savage is right; Liberalism IS a mental disorder.
:censored:
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Pot. Kettle. Black
In previous interviews, Stone has described Bush as "a synthetic person…a C-student at Yale. An ex-alcoholic who believes in Jesus. What could be more dangerous?"
Stone, who has fought his own battles with drink and drugs, attended Yale at the same time as the president but dropped out after a year.
jaggoff has been. It is quite obvious that he's trying to get this film out before November to help the Dems.
The director is in talks with Josh Brolin, currently starring in No Country For Old Men, to play the lead role.
If he is just now "in talks", there is no way the movie will be out before the November elections. Stone's ego will not allow a rushed project. "JFK" was in post-production mode for months and months and months after the actual filming was finished, which took over a year (if I remember correctly).
A movie about the life of George W. Bush? That's made-for-TV stuff. No, this film will not be a success.
Stone is a has-been director. No one but himself gets excited about his projects. President Bush will be a fading memory in a year. No one will give a flying duck about his "life". The working title is a real winner, too. :yawn: