Posted on 01/20/2008 8:15:40 PM PST by CaptainK
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.
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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 Her.
The Brolin men love to play Republicans in Hollywood hatchet jobs.
Barbra must be thrilled.
Eh - “Nixon” was surprisingly fair - even sympathetic. Frankly, I’d be curious to see how this comes out.
It will be in good company with “Alexander” and “Pinkville.”
I hope they lose their shirts on it if it goes through. What a putz.
Nixon came off a lot better in Stone’s film of him than Jim Morrison did in Stone’s film of him. A lot of aging hippies were made at Stone for doing a hatchet job on one of their heroes.
Yup, reminds ya of Susan Sarandon and little Timmy Sarandon doesn’t it?
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.
Personally, I think the Clinton impeachment would make a better movie. At least there were some facts to work with, unlike this proposed loser.
Do you think there’s any chance Stone will portray Pres. Bush as “Avenger of the Bones”?
“Little” Tommy Sarandon isn’t very little anymore - recently saw a picture and he’s been a growing boy (chins, ego, etc.)
HA...I guess these folks don’t mind losing money. This project will end up like the last 3 anti-American films. MAJOR MONEY LOSERS...
It surprises me he can still get backing for his films.
They should lose their shirts. Republicans won’t spend money on junk and libs won’t want to watch. But whatever they spend will be a little boost to the economy, of whatever country they make it in. :)
Bush responded to an ad, “ex alcoholic bum needed to be president of the US. Bring resume.” That's Stone's angle on the movie right there.
If you look around at all of the failed Iraq-war movies currently out...all financed by someone, they all failed miserably at the box-office and most folks expect DVD sales to be lame. So I’m guessing Stone will find a dimwit to finance it...although don’t expect more than $40 million to be poured into this, and few if any...big name stars. To sit and do a movie project on this particular topic...the guy is probably five years late.
The interesting thing...should Hillary win...will be the movie atmosphere in four years...where we can have a real-true dark comedy on someone who was Bill’s wife...who became president. This will be an enjoyable movie to watch.
Yeah, these movies lose money, but their poison doesn’t stop in the lobby. They get bought by leftists teachers and a generation of kids will be brought up believe this (the leftist version of reality) is what really happened. Katrina, Bush, War on Terror ... they’ll believe the movie version over any other source.
Now you’ve got Hill Clinton claiming credit for the success of the surge. And after some movie gives it to her, she’ll be the one who did it in the minds of millions. See: “Charlie’s War, Criminal Absence of Reagan and Weinberger”.
Ask Sean Penn and Barbara Streisand to produce. And Susan Sarandon, if you need more special effects money.
Can you imagine how many high school social studies hours will be devoted to the screening of this lunatics celluloid fantasies?
I don’t know anything about Josh Brolin’s politics, but he sure is a heckuva fine actor.
Stone’s World Trade Center movie was quite good, and a box-office success.
>>>I don’t know anything about Josh Brolin’s politics, but he sure is a heckuva fine actor.<<<
Read the December GQ magazine (borrow at the library) and you’ll find out.
here’s a hint: his dad is married to Streisand.
They have a movie “Hillary” out but I hear they won’t let it in the theaters because it is an election movie.
I guess what we need is a movie “Carter”. I didn’t remember Carter’s slogan but I saw it was something like “Time for a Change”.
Remarkably like the candidate’s slogan today. And look at the change they got with Carter. I would argue that much of the problems we have today are from Carter.
First the crap Nixon movie, now the crap Bush movie.
funny that, as Timmy Sarandon-Robbins...errrr Timmy Robbins-Sarandon’s ego and chin grow his stature shrinks. In the “family unit” and in general.
I know about his father’s politics, but sometimes the next generation rejects the folly of its elders...
guantanamo will reopen as a resort to re-educate right wingers, christians, and gun owners
I thought that World Trade Center was very good as well. It seems like Stone likes to do the opposite of what is expected of him sometimes. Maybe this will be ok.
Oliver Stone to make "fair" movie about George W. Bush
From the article
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In 2002, he shot a flattering documentary about Cuban leader Fidel Castro for HBO
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'nuff said
Hmmm...
All the problems our nation faces today are the fault of Carter and Clinton.
Can you imagine what the reaction would be if someone made a move critical of Roosevelt during WWII? But today leftist fascists like Stone can do or say anything against our wartime President. This is intolerable and this film Must Be Stopped. If this was WWII, Stone would be arrested and imprisoned for giving aid and comfort to the enemy. Can’t something like that be done today?
Thanks for the ping nit!
I saw it thia am. If you really want to enjoy it, rent it, and turn on the commentary. It is with the actual rescued cop and several first responders who were there that day. They talk about the heroism of the people you see flitting in and out of the picture.
“think the Clinton impeachment would make a better movie”
Definitely - tawdriness sells movie tickets
Thanks. I might do that.
"That wasn't the real Jim Morrison in the movie.That was Oliver Stone in leather pants."Ray Manzarek.
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