Posted on 09/18/2016 8:46:18 AM PDT by brucedickinson
Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to Barry, a film about a formative year in the life of a young Barack Obama, following its premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival this month. According to Deadline, the streaming service beat out several other distributors to land the rights to the critically-acclaimed film from director Vikram Gandhi, which premiered September 10 in Toronto. Netflix was said to have spent $4.5 million to acquire the film, though the final number was not confirmed.
Barry tells the story of one year in the life of the future president, as he attends Columbia University in New York City in 1981 and is faced with “questions about race, culture and identity.”
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I predict it will sweep the Oscars. Best of everything.
The girl playing Michelle needs to be about two heads taller and about three ax handles in body width.
Watch. This farce of an autobiography will become mandatory viewing for PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS grades 5 - 12. (Probably on OBAMA’S birthday.)
Some enterprising young would-be cinematic artist will, I predict, begin an excellent and thriving career by buying up the rights to this turkey and giving it the Woody Allen, “What’s Up, Tiger Lily” treatment.
Does it show him as a catcher in the bathhouses?
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