Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
#1Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/9/08 at 9:13pm
I don't know what to say.
Oliver Stone's upcoming movie W. is "a chronicle on the life and presidency of George W. Bush".
The cast members that have been announced include:
Josh Brolin as George W. Bush
Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush
Ellen Burstyn as Barbara Bush
James Cromwell as George H.W. Bush
Jeffrey Wright is rumored to be playing Colin Powell.
http://imdb.com/title/tt1175491/
#2re: Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/9/08 at 9:15pmThandie Newton is playing Condi
#2re: Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/9/08 at 9:26pmAs much as I love Oliver Stone's work, I don't think I could sit through this without wanting to throw popcorn at the screen.
Trekkie2
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/7/06
#3re: Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/9/08 at 10:15pmReportedly, The 1st few pages of the real script leaked onto the web today, I read them earlier, but can't find the link anymore... I really hope those pages are fake or are soon given a heavy re-write, because it just seems AWFUL, and I really thought at first that this had a lot of potential.
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#4re: Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/9/08 at 10:20pmI think the number of contracts taken out on Oliver Stone's life will sky rocket after this movie.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#5re: Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/9/08 at 10:30pmWhile Ellen Burstyn is a good actress, she is not right for Barbara Bush. First of all, she's too pretty for Barbara Bush. They should have tried to get Patricia Routledge.
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#7re: Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/9/08 at 11:11pmI heard the pages that leaked were from before the writers strike and that there have been re-writes and many changes since then. We'll just to have to wait and see but I am not at all surprised that some will judge the film before one frame has even been shot.
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#8re: Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/10/08 at 1:14am
I just don't get why the film is being made now. We are living in this administration, what can he tell us about it that we already haven't lived ourselves? I mean, at least Michael Moore (yes, as controversial and ridiculous as he gets sometimes) gives us documentaries that attempt to reveal a new side of things, but I feel the film can't help but being a "Bush administration in summary." Perhaps I'm jumping to certain conclusions a bit too early but that's how I feel about this.
THE QUEEN successfully focused on one single event that gave us some great insight into this powerful woman. It was a greatly interesting character study, as well as a neat film about monarchy and their relationship with the people. I wonder if Stone will be able to make something similar through this administration, but Bush is so dull, dumb, and ignorant that I don't think he would make for an interesting leading character.
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#9re: Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/10/08 at 2:43am
"...but Bush is so dull, dumb, and ignorant that I don't think he would make for an interesting leading character."
Exactly!
Cruel_Sandwich
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/30/05
#10re: Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/10/08 at 3:17am
I disagree.
I think he's a truly fascinating individual, especially if you read any of those "Deconstructing Bush" pop-psychology books.
#11re: Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/10/08 at 6:58am
I don't like the title.
They should call it Hee-Haw instead.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#12re: Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/10/08 at 7:45amGoth, Patricia Routledge as Barbara Bush. Now, that's casting!
#13re: Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/10/08 at 7:52amI was thinking John Goodman would make an excellent Barbara Bush - or Benny Hill.
#14re: Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/10/08 at 9:01am
George Clooney as Barbara Bush. Now, that's casting!
Put him in the wig and pearls and I defy you to tell the difference.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#15re: Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/10/08 at 9:10am
"I was thinking John Goodman would make an excellent Barbara Bush"
Exactly. Barbara Bush was never a pretty woman. She was always matronly. That could never be said about Ellen Burstyn.
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Cruel_Sandwich
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#16re: Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/10/08 at 10:14amI would like to see a remake of DANCER IN THE DARK with George W. Bush playing the Bjork role.
Borstalboy
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/9/04
#17re: Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/10/08 at 10:15amWho in their right mind thinks that this movie is going to make a dime?
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#18re: Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/10/08 at 10:17am*crickets*
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#19re: Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/10/08 at 10:22am
"Who in their right mind thinks that this movie is going to make a dime?"
They are making it for the international crowd. People who hate America love things like this. Just ask Mark Cuban who financed "Redacted".
If anyone ever tells you that you put too much Parmesan cheese on your pasta, stop talking to them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life.
Borstalboy
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#20re: Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/10/08 at 10:29amOh, yes those awful non-Americans your kind hate so much. Forgot about them.
"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing.”
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nmartin
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/3/05
#21re: Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/10/08 at 10:38amJohn Goodman, Patricia Routledge and Barbara Bush are all the same person. I've never seen them together.
#22re: Oliver Stone's GEORGE W. BUSH BIOPIC!
Posted: 4/11/08 at 6:33pmHow about Dame Edna as Barbara Bush? Or Harvey Fierstein?
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