Yeah, right, Obama is a Movie Star. He's the Democrat version of "Ronald Reagan"...
Posted on 02/23/2008 11:11:36 PM PST by melt
He’s won a Grammy, published best-selling books and taken the lead in the Democratic presidential race, so can an Oscar be far behind?
You won’t see Obama donning a tuxedo for this Sunday’s Academy Awards show, but next year he might very well be there on stage, if not in spirit.
A major documentary about the Democratic presidential candidate is in the works, offering an inside view of his campaign with filmmakers shooting “staggering amounts” of revealing behind-the-scenes footage. The project, currently untitled, has been ongoing for roughly two years, backed by actor-producer Edward Norton’s Class 5 Productions banner and directed by Amy Rice, sister of Andrew Rice, an Oklahoma state senator and U.S. Senate candidate.
Every campaign season brings out camera crews, and this year is no exception. Expect at least three documentaries about Obama to emerge out of this election — not all of them laudatory.
Though Rice has only been involved with small documentaries, and Norton is best known for his acting roles in Hollywood dramas such as “Fight Club” and “American History X,” one advantage these filmmakers enjoy is near-exclusive access: They engaged directly with Obama and won his staff’s trust in the year before he even announced his presidential candidacy.
Many documentaries about political campaigns, such as “The War Room” — the acclaimed 1993 doc about then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton — gain minimal access to the actual candidates. (Clinton hardly appeared in that film.)
Says Norton, “We were interested in tracking the progress of someone from our generation, rather than our parents’ generation, taking the national stage, [and] documenting his impressions and experiences. When we first became involved, we weren’t even sure he was going to run for president, so it’s turned into something far beyond any of our expectations.”
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
Yeah, right, Obama is a Movie Star. He's the Democrat version of "Ronald Reagan"...
HE’S A MOVIE STAR ALRIGHT!
Obama Firestorm (The Globe tabloid picks up the Sinclair story)
GREAT ART WORK!
Now that is scary! LOL!
Thanks.
The before or after? LOL
Who cares? Even meerkats have their own show, and more intelligent!
Both before & after. He's for "Change", remember? : )
Good tag line, for this. “Remember, not all change is good.”
LOL
Oh my, there he is. I'm going to faint. 
Oh yes, he’ll get an Oscar. Think Algore.
You can bet on it. With the liberal army in Hollywood, he’s a can’t miss. Politico must have had an erection just by typing this lefty propaganda.
Oba"Mandingo"....
Weird name frontwards or backwards
Nice morf, but that weird bump you put next to his nose was just wrong!
There is something very disturbing about Socialist politicians starring in movies...
Hey, he allready does Days Inn commercials... >;o)
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