First Pic Of Brolin As Oliver Stone’s Bush
Gee, do you think Oliver Stone will truthfully portray George Bush?
I’m sure we can count on Ollie to give us an unbiased and accurately detailed portrait…
Right?
Shooting begins in less than two weeks on W (or dub-ya, as it’s spelled out in the initial sketches for the poster), but not everything is exactly where it should be, and not only here in the house where the First Family’s residence will be re-created. The 32,000-square-foot soundstage the production is renting across town stands empty, waiting for the Oval Office and Cabinet Room sets to get trucked in from Los Angeles.
The screenplay still needs work too. It’s gone through two rewrites since an earlier draft leaked to the press last month (some skeptics took it as an April Fools’ joke), but Stone would still like one more pass at it (”It’s evolving,” he says). And while most of the cast has been assembled and outfitted with prosthetic noses and hairpieces — Josh Brolin will play President George W. Bush and Elizabeth Banks will star as Laura — there is one major character still in search of an actor: a heavy named Dick Cheney.
Stone is famous for courting controversy with dramas like JFK (1991) and Nixon (1995). But with W, the 61-year-old filmmaker isn’t merely courting it — he’s grabbing controversy by the lapels and giving it a big wet smacker. For the first time, he’s turning his cameras not just on a living president but on one who’ll still be knocking around the White House when the movie premieres late this year.
As if that weren’t provocative enough, Stone could end up releasing the film as early as October, at the height of a presidential campaign in which one of the major issues will undoubtedly be the legacy of the guy on the screen.
The movie has become a lightning rod before Stone has shot a single frame. If that bootlegged script is any indication, the film will feature such flag-waving moments as the Commander-in-Chief nearly choking to death on a pretzel while watching football on TV and a flashback of him singing the ”Whiffenpoof” song as a frat pledge at Yale, not to mention scenes in which he refers to his advisers by dorky nicknames — ”Guru” for Condoleezza Rice, ”Turdblossom” for Karl Rove, ”Balloon Foot” for Colin Powell — while discussing plans for the invasion of Iraq with the coolness of a late-night poker game.
Read the full EW article here.
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probably due the same as redacted
should be counted as a donation to obama
May 8th, 2008 at 11:14 amCan Oliver (kidney) Stone portray anything accurately? He’s a nut-job and a willful liar. Only puke piles of his own ilk will pay any attention to the film. Well, them and the Public School System. Parent’s, don’t forget to debrief your little ones regularly. I do with my 4 and you would not believe (yes, you would) the trash they are being fed at school…in the classroom. I have fun tweaking my kids teachers from time to time about evolution, global warming and stuff. It’s just great to see them squirm.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:28 amStone is a big flacid peckerwood. This will be ripped to shreds as inaccurate and polically motivated, then it will become redacted part 2.
May 8th, 2008 at 11:45 amThe great thing is that Bush could care less. It will not be a blip on his screen of focus. I think he learned a lot being the son of a former President. It’s a waste of money and time. By the way, isn’t there another actor available for President spots other than James Brolin. It’s like he’s Barbara Streisand’s personal political buffoon….
May 8th, 2008 at 12:20 pmOliver (Kidney) Stone! That one should stick!
May 8th, 2008 at 1:14 pmJust noticed the photos of Stone. Is it me or does he look like all those gym teachers who insist on watching the boys shower after every class?
May 8th, 2008 at 1:16 pmJust noticed the photos of Stone. Is it me or does he look like all those gym teachers who insist on watching the boys shower after every class?
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Ewwwwww! Gads!
Brolin, who is much younger than W, sure makes a very old looking W by about 10-15 years …
May 8th, 2008 at 1:20 pmIf somebody ever does a film on Kidney Stone, I’ve got the perfect actor to play him and I doubt he’ll need makeup:
Old Cheswick from One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. I’ll bet Stone acts like Cheswick too.
May 8th, 2008 at 2:04 pmIt’s a crime that there are people who don’t know who Cheswick was. PERFECT!
May 8th, 2008 at 2:30 pm