Can't be done since the natural lead passed away in 1992.
Posted on 01/20/2008 8:13:12 PM PST by RDTF
Oliver Stone has set his sights on his next directing project, "Bush," a film focusing on the life and presidency of George W. Bush, and attached Josh Brolin to play the title role. The director has begun quietly shopping a script by his "Wall Street" co-writer Stanley Weiser.
Pic will be produced by Moritz Borman, who teamed with Stone on "World Trade Center" and "Alexander," and Jon Kilik, a producer of "Alexander" as well as "Pinkville," the pre-strike project about the Army's investigation of the My Lai massacre in Vietnam that Stone expected to direct until United Artists pulled the plug late last year.
Borman said Weiser's script was completed before the WGA strike and was ready to shoot and that many of Stone's "Pinkville" crew jumped right into "Bush." If financing materializes quickly enough, the film could start production by April and could be in theaters for the election or the inauguration.
One need only Google the words "Stone" and "Bush" to find plenty of the director's critical comments about the Bush administration's invasion of Iraq. Despite that, the director said he's not looking to make an anti-Bush polemic. His goal is to use seminal events in Bush's life to explain how he came to power, using a structure comparable to "The Queen."
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More anti-Bush, anti-war BS?
“More anti-Bush, anti-war BS?”
Most likely. Consider the source.
Personally I can’t wait. Why didn’t Stone cast actor Sam Bottoms, who played Dubya in both the silly sitcom “That’s my Bush” AND the heroic 9-11 TV movie?
(and the stoner surfer dude “Lance” in Apocalypse Now)
from the article:
Stone declined to give his personal opinion of the president.
“I can’t give you that, because the filmmaker has to hide in the work,” Stone said. “Here, I’m the referee, and I want a fair, true portrait of the man. How did Bush go from an alcoholic bum to the most powerful figure in the world? It’s like Frank Capra territory on one hand, but I’ll also cover the demons in his private life, his bouts with his dad and his conversion to Christianity, which explains a lot of where he is coming from. It includes his belief that God personally chose him to be president of the United States, and his coming into his own with the stunning, preemptive attack on Iraq. It will contain surprises for Bush supporters and his detractors.”
What are these people going to do come next year, after She Who Must Not Be Named is crowned Queen?
They will be forbidden to make ANY movie critical of the Komintern.
More than that. Failing in their attempt to destroy and manipulate Bush, they are instead turning their attention to rewriting history, through fabrication, namely cinema. Stop Loss, Redacted, Sirana, what has changed? morefilth and lies. Hold fast brothers.
With the way the Commie Left is goin’ we’re gonna see “brown shirts” making waves in this country.
And somewhere Frank Caliendo punches a wall...
Sounds like another movie that will disappear from the shelves of Hastings in a hurry...when I hide them under the book shelves (already hidden all copies of Sicko and “My Life So Far”).
Where’s the Bill Clinton movie, hmmmmm? A lot more juicy than any Bush movie could ever be. Has it all, rape, strongarm tactics, lies, cheating, scorned wife, bimbo eruptions, dead bodies laying around, drugs, goofy and out of control brother, impeachment trial, stolen silverware, bombing of a WWII ally, Serbia to cover for an affair with intern, etc. etc. etc. But no, Stone chooses to do Bush. Gee, I wonder why....
Where’s he getting the financial backing for this? Anyone in Hollywood, regardless of their politics, should be able to predict that a film like this just won’t sell tickets.
But World Trade Center was fine.
When was W an alcoholic bum? Stone is such an a**hole.
What with his father and step moms input this will probably be one huge p.o.s. hatchet job.
The little homos will be longing for the days when Bush was the President!
Carolyn
How did Bush go from an alcoholic bum to the most powerful figure in the world?
Duplicity beyond comprehension.
If this creature were the last person on Earth drowning in quicksand, I would love to be there mocking the pitiful struggle for his last breath.
They will be forbidden to make ANY movie critical of the Komintern.
The will lapse into their "Leni Riefenstahl" mode and make saccharine biopics in tribute to le Grand Benefactor.
Can't be done since the natural lead passed away in 1992.
I knew he was an alcoholic but according to the NYT, I guess only Republicans who have a problem are bums.
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