what's it cost to replace the rear brakes on an E-Type these days... 8^)
Posted on 12/22/2007 7:43:39 AM PST by bahblahbah
Former Texas Congressman Charlie Wilson and his ex-fiancee, Joanne Herring, won a second victory at Monday's L.A. premiere of "Charlie Wilson's War."
The ex-lovers - who supplied the mujahedeen with the guns they needed to chase the Russians out of Afghanistan - succeeded in detonating parts of the script that suggested Wilson and Herring had also seeded the events of 9/11.
Herring, played by Julia Roberts in the Mike Nichols film, tells us she "practically choked" when she read Aaron Sorkin's original screenplay. The movie ended with a shot of the Pentagon in flames, implying that Herring and Wilson (played by Tom Hanks) had abetted Osama Bin Laden and his Al Qaeda crew.
"Can you ever predict a war?" she argues. "The shelf life of a Stinger missile is five years. There's no weapon we got them that can be used today."
Herring also didn't cotton to the way Sorkin had Roberts swearing, spouting evangelical screeds and engaging in martini-fueled romps with Hanks.
"I didn't like the cursing, the drinking, the blatant sex," says the 78-year-old thrice-married Houston socialite, philanthropist and former talk show host. "They turned me into a kooky, hypocritical tart."
After sharing the script with Wilson, she says, "We wept and wailed and gnashed our teeth." Then they brought in some legal muscle - Dick DeGuerin, the Houston attorney who represented Robert Durst, the deranged New York real estate heir who, as Herring notes, "killed his neighbor and chopped him in pieces. Dick got him off."
DeGuerin got the attention of Universal and the producers, who flew Wilson and Herring to meet the stars in Morocco, which was doubling as Afghanistan.
"Tom Hanks said to me, 'I've been in love with you for six months, give me a kiss!' I was delighted to. And Julia Roberts was so lovely.
"They still wouldn't let me on the set," she adds. "I said, 'What do you think I'm going to do - roll on the floor and foam at the mouth?'"
Assured that the script would be changed, Herring flew to the L.A. premiere with Houston pals, who included former Secretary of State James Baker. To everyone's great relief, she and Wilson liked what they saw on the screen.
Herring admitted that, just like in the movie, she wore slinky dresses to meet men in power.
"That's the only way anyone would listen to me," she laughs. "I'm a Christian, but even Christ liked to have a good time."
Sorkin needs to go douche thyself.
Joanne Herring has a website that pretty interesting. http://joanneherring.com
The film is deeply-flawed propaganda.
May it bomb at the box-office.
As soon as this film came out I knew that another shoe had to drop and sure enough, it seems like Hollywood can’t make a movie without somehow promoting some leftist myth.
The writer uses the CIA agent (great performance by Phillip Seymore Hoffman, very funny) at the end to say that we traded one evil, the soviets, for the unknown evil of fundamentalist moslems.
I didn't think this was as heavy handed as West Wing, and we both found the movie entertaining and interesting since we've been reading it was close to actual story.
Maybe it was just Hollywood's idea of a happy ending, after the Marxists had been taking it on the chin the whole movie.
I'll do my part - not pay to see it.
if the lib/dem a-hole sorkin is involved ~ it ain’t worth seeing.....
plot = republicans and USA bad....lib/dems & anti-americans good....
now no one has to see it!!!!
what's it cost to replace the rear brakes on an E-Type these days... 8^)
National Treasure 2 seemed non political except making Confederates the bad guys and Lincoln a hero.
I won’t be spending my hard earned dollars to see it.
Why do these idiots always think not telling the truth is the answer?
The History channel had a piece on Nathan Bedford Forest the other day and the conclusion was Confederates Bad, Union Good.
Herring admitted that, just like in the movie, she wore slinky dresses to meet men in power. "That's the only way anyone would listen to me," she laughs. "I'm a Christian, but even Christ liked to have a good time."
LOL!
I would presume that the lot of women in Afghanistan is vastly improved by the removal of the Soviets.(sarcasm)Then there was the boycott of the Olympics in Moscow. Another triumph for the then President Carter.
“”” LOL! “””
The first husband was divorce a long time ago, the second died, and the last one was just recently. You do realize there are biblical reasons for divorce don’t you?
The first husband was divorce a long time ago, the second died, and the last one was just recently. You do realize there are biblical reasons for divorce don’t you?
Yes, I do, and were those other two divorces because her husbands cheated on her?
As for the 'LOL" it was for more of the comment below.
Herring admitted that, just like in the movie, she wore slinky dresses to meet men in power. "That's the only way anyone would listen to me," she laughs. "I'm a Christian, but even Christ liked to have a good time."
In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel...(1Tim.2:9)
Yes, there are good reasons for divorce, and if someone tries marriage again, it’s understandable. I, myself, was married twice, and both of them died. I suppose someone could make something out of that, too.
OK, I laughed at that too.
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