http://www.ioncinema.com/news.php?nid=3037 Dub-ya: A Tragedy of Words to be Played out on the Big Screen By Eric Lavallee Wednesday, June 4, 2008 EDT QUICK LINKS » W. » Elizabeth Banks » Thandie Newton » James Cromwell » Scott Glenn » Ioan Gruffudd » Josh Brolin » Jeffrey Wright » Toby Jones » Oliver Stone » Lionsgate Films The heavy weight bout to take place on the 4th of November finally has its pair of marquee names confirmed. Hopefully, during the forthcoming six months-worth of trash talk between the Obama/McCain camps, the media won't lose sight of the person who'll be giving up the oval office seat. What these two candidates are fighting for is someone else's huge mess and come October, Oliver Stone's already highly publicized W. will remind the world on the type of person who had trouble picking up after himself. Written by Stanley Weiser, this focuses on the life and presidency of George W. Bush and how he went from 'being an alcoholic bum to the most powerful figure in the world'. This shows Bush's eventful life -- his struggles and triumphs, how he found both his wife and his faith, and of course the critical days leading up to Bush's decision to invade Iraq. Josh Brolin stars as George W. Bush, Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush, James Cromwell as father Bush, Ellen Burstyn as Barbara Bush, Thandie Newton as Condoleezza Rice, Jeffrey Wright as Colin Powell, Scott Glenn as Donald Rumsfeld, and Ioan Gruffud as Tony Blair. Dick Cheney will be played by the recently announced Richard Dreyfuss. Rookie production company QED International (who financed the portrait of a man who cares very little about his legacy) showed up at the Cannes market with a film that made many people intially bulked at, but they found a domestic release partner in Lionsgate Films who might have something to cheer about in end October, this would be well-received news especially after the recent news of an ugly quarterly report. Below we have some Cannes teaser artwork with many "Bush-isms" - a list of actual quotations that are indicative of the type of person who should stray away from big metaphors and should never stray away from the usage of cue cards.
it's not about liberal and conserative. W will go down as one of the most controversial presidents of all time. arent afraid of change, dont let religion make decisions for them, think.........etc.
Oliver Stone.. I wonder how he's going to work the Cubans into this? Any of y'all think it might've made more sense to wait until the GW Bush presidency is actually over before making a movie about it?
He will go down as one of stupidest/funniest as well <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BqLvBUSJucg&hl=en"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BqLvBUSJucg&hl=en" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>
Political films like this tend to walk a very fine line. Josh Brolin is an intriguing choice, so that alone will motivate me to download it. On a semi-related note, did anybody see 'recount' on hbo? Maybe its just that I have a huge man boner for Kevin Spacey, but I thought it was superb. KS, Ed Begley, and Tom Wilkinson were spot on and the quasi-complicated, bureaucratic legal entanglements were explicitly outlined and made digestible for the layman. Recommended.
I think this movie will probably bomb. Not because Oliver Stone won't make a decent flick, he's made some entertaining "political" movies. I just think people are ready to put Bush behind them and move on. Seems to me that the people that voted for Bush are sick of defending him and the people who despise him are sick of being outraged.
there's really no reason to watch this movie unless you've been asleep at the wheel these past 8 years.........kinda like W
Like Iraq war movies, I don't really care to see this because I see it on tv and read about it every day. It's just way too soon, but then again, All the President's Men came out just 2 years after Nixon resigned.
