Oliver Stone’s ‘Bush.’
Daily Variety writes that film director Oliver Stone “has set his sights on his next directing project, ‘Bush,’ a film focusing on the life and presidency of George W. Bush.” He has chosen actor Josh Brolin to play the leading part. Stone told Variety that he wants this movie to be a deep introspective:
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.
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Will the movie include the fact that he violated U.S. and International law by ordering the torturing of prisoners? Both non-citizens and citizens alike have been tortured by Bush. I hope Oliver will portray that War Crime.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:33 amI hope when Stone says it includes “Bush coming into his own” he means “his own hand”. Cus I haven’t seen Bush accomplish anything positive so far. Maybe Stone knows how this crappy reality show ends.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:46 amhis coming into his own with the stunning, preemptive attack on Iraq.
So Bush finds himself by committing the cardinal violation of International Law, initiating a war of aggression. Okay…
And I suppose Stone will throw a big surprise to this Bush detractor by presenting Bush, and not Cheney, as the President.
Anyways, what you can be sure about is that the 23%ers will be in a blind rage if there is so much as a scintilla of criticism of His Holiness, Lord Arbusto of Kennebunkport.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:55 amof course, by the time this is realeased, will there be an audience left in this country that will care to revisit anything having to do with this cowboy?
moving on?
January 21st, 2008 at 7:56 amGWB dead enders- hoping for a movie like Stone’s World Trade Center.
The rest of us- hoping for a movie like Stone’s Natural Born Killers.
January 21st, 2008 at 8:02 amjosh brolin playing bush??? - c’mon ollie,give the chimp the tribute he deserves and hand this one to the south park guys where they can make a cartoon and cast alfred e. neuman instead
January 21st, 2008 at 8:03 ami cant figure out why we need a movie about this madman… havent we had enough bush already?
January 21st, 2008 at 8:03 amHow did he go from “alcoholic bum to most powerful figure in the world??”….Simply put: He didn’t.
He “bought it” - free and clear with his pappy’s money!
January 21st, 2008 at 8:07 amThis movie is certain to flop. People are sick of this disgracful moron.
January 21st, 2008 at 8:08 amThis will be the movie where Stone pushes his “Magic Dumbass” theory.
January 21st, 2008 at 8:13 amI hope he doesn’t skip the part where Bush becomes the only American president to run and hide after a disaster, as he did on 9/11. I’ll never forget the nightly newscaster, after bringing the days events up to date, going to commercial with “And where is President Bush?”. Summed up the Traitor-In-Chief right then and there, for all time.
January 21st, 2008 at 8:21 amThis movie could not possibly translate just how messed up the boy king is. It will be toned down and still criticized by the loyalists.
January 21st, 2008 at 8:41 amCant we just wait til he’s dead?
January 21st, 2008 at 8:42 amJust how long will this movie be?
January 21st, 2008 at 8:44 amIt would take weeks to cover all the crimes by themselves
Will Stone talk about the history of the Bush Crime Family?
January 21st, 2008 at 8:45 amWill Stone talk about the drug/alcohol abuse?
Will Stone talk about how Bush destoyed Texas’ economy?
Will Stone talk about stolen elections?
Will Stone talk about how Bush and his Crime Cabal created 9/11?
Boy, King George really calmed down the financial markets with his inept plots of bribing the US citizens.
Nice work Revers King Midas.
Who’s Stone going to cast as Bush? I mean the only person who could fill Bush’s shoes is someone like Herve’ Villaichez.
-GSD
January 21st, 2008 at 8:48 amThis can’t be a positive move for Josh Brolins career… and oh yeah, Bush is still a smuck.
January 21st, 2008 at 8:49 amWill Stone talk about the Hubris, Hegemony and Inept Occupation of Iraq?
January 21st, 2008 at 8:53 amWill Stone talk about the Bush Admin silencing Sibel Edmonds?
Will Stone talk about the Tanking US Economy?
Will Stone talk about the Control of the Media?
What is with Oliver Stone? Wasn’t he good? With World Trade Center and now this he seems to be just reaching for headlines…
January 21st, 2008 at 8:53 amStone=Corporate sellout
January 21st, 2008 at 8:54 amWill Stone talk about the Bush Admin stomping on the Constitution and Bill of Rights? (wiretapping)
January 21st, 2008 at 8:57 amWill Stone talk about the US Attorney Scandal?
Will Stone talk about Plamgate?
Will Stone talk about Secret Prisons?
Will Stone talk about this Admin’s use of torture (wateboarding)?
Stone sees documentaries as an art form.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:04 amWho cares. Stone’s part of the same group that plotted the 9/11 attack that killed U.S. citizens on U.S. soil. This is a continuation of the whitewash.
Comment by sjc001 — January 21, 2008 @ 9:01 am
Hmmm, how was Stone part of 9/11, exactly?
January 21st, 2008 at 9:04 amWho cares. Stone’s part of the same group that plotted the 9/11 attack that killed U.S. citizens on U.S. soil. This is a continuation of the whitewash.
Comment by sjc001 — January 21, 2008 @ 9:01 am
interesting… do tell!
January 21st, 2008 at 9:09 amHow did Bush go from an alcoholic bum to the most powerful figure in the world?
A messed up SCOTUS decision?
January 21st, 2008 at 9:10 amThis will be the movie where Stone pushes his “Magic Dumbass†theory.
Comment by Attaturk — January 21, 2008 @ 8:13 am
My theory includes the “Dumbass” part without the “Magic”.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:12 amFunny enough, it happens to be that yesterday he sets up to pardon himself?? http://www.ifimpresident.com/d1529_Bush_pardons_himself/
The vid there is about how he’s trying to pass legislature or something to make sure he can’t be tried for war crimes.. how appropriate. I’m a little new to all this, sorry if I don’t quite understand it right.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:12 amBush has failed completely at every business he’s owned.
His latest failure, America, is going broke while reverting to 3rd World torture practices.
Bush is a failure by anyone’s standards, even his own.
Bush = Failure
January 21st, 2008 at 9:13 amyou can take the man off of skid row…
but you can’t take the alcoholic bum out of the man.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:17 am.
The caption to this post is a tad disturbing. Tell Oliver to trim a bit.
-GSD
January 21st, 2008 at 9:17 amSHORTER OLIVER STONE: look at me, look at me WHHEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
January 21st, 2008 at 9:18 am.
Will the movie include the fact that he violated U.S. and International law by ordering the torturing of prisoners? Both non-citizens and citizens alike have been tortured by Bush. I hope Oliver will portray that War Crime.
Comment by arguewithmydad
Not unless he wants to spend an evening in Dick Cheney’s bunker getting the Arlon Spector treatment.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:18 amThis will be the movie where Stone pushes his “Magic Dumbass†theory.
Comment by Attaturk — January 21, 2008 @ 8:13 am
Or the Magic WMD theory.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:21 amWow, probing the depths of Bush’s innermost thoughts… this will be a boring short film.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:23 amNot “preemptive” war - preventive war. Troops were not massing on our borders, nor was Saddam threatening us.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:24 amAnybody thinks that one movie will cover Bush’s history and present is a dreamer…
To cover Bush’s life you need at least 30 two hour movies.
And who is going to play Cheney…?!!
January 21st, 2008 at 9:25 amWow, probing the depths of Bush’s innermost thoughts… this will be a boring short film.
Comment by Stupid Git
Yeah, about as exciting as exploring an empty warehouse.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:25 amWho’s Stone going to cast as Bush? I mean the only person who could fill Bush’s shoes is someone like Herve’ Villaichez.
-GSD
Comment by GSD — January 21, 2008 @ 8:48 am
Apparently Josh Brolin, but I’d like to see Johnny Depp playing Bush, and Juliette Lewis as Laura.
‘Cos, you know, Depp’s a great actor.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:25 amAnd who is going to play Cheney…?!!
Comment by tarazan
Karl Rove
January 21st, 2008 at 9:31 amAnd Joe Lieberman will play Rumsfeld in the movie…
January 21st, 2008 at 9:32 amJoe loves wars in the Middle East…that’s a good qualification, to start.
I feel like I’ve been in a ‘B’ Horror movie for the last 7 years.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:37 amRachel Paulose is in Orlando, working on her tan.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:38 amShe wants to play Condi Rice.
For the boots, and cause she’ll get to stomp on some more people.
What’s he gonna title it? Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue?
January 21st, 2008 at 9:39 amOllie, save your money. I’ve had more than enough of the turd-in-chief, and enough is too much. I will NEVER pay money to see a move about that fascist pig-unless it is about his war crimes trial.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:42 amThe Bushites will organize massive protests at theaters nationwide for it’s release.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:45 amAnd it will go straight to DVD instead.
Rachel Paulose is in Orlando, working on her tan.
She wants to play Condi Rice. For the boots, and cause she’ll get to stomp on some more people. -Comment by Nevar
At least she’s out of MN, Nevar. Rachel mirrors Bush somewhat, way over her head in a career she has no business or expertise in.
Now if MN can just get rid of mini-Bush, Gov. Pawlenty, who has done to MN what Bush did to America…
January 21st, 2008 at 9:48 amWill ‘Skull And Bones’, the secret society of The Brotherhood of Death, be shown in the movie?
January 21st, 2008 at 9:48 amWho the hell would want to see this?
January 21st, 2008 at 9:49 amAnd Oliver can use O’Hanlon to do the selling of the movie.
January 21st, 2008 at 9:56 amDumb and dumber II
January 21st, 2008 at 10:00 am‘Cos, you know, Depp’s a great actor.
Comment by Dumb_Fox — January 21, 2008 @ 9:25 am
Didn’t Depp already play Bush?
January 21st, 2008 at 10:06 amOh, sorry that was Sweeney Todd.
This movie will turn out to be just like Bush’s Presidency - a flop.
PS Are voters who are “off the net” (unlike you) informed? They seem to be the ones supporting Hillary Clinton. Place your vote and see some commentary for whatever it’s worth:
http://www.dailykos.com/ storyonly/ 2008/ 1/ 21/ 05324/ 1674/ 39/ 440324
January 21st, 2008 at 10:22 amHe has chosen actor Josh Brolin to play the leading part.
I guess Alfred E. Neuman wasn’t available.
January 21st, 2008 at 10:22 am“What’s he gonna title it? Nightmare on Pennsylvania Avenue?”
Comment by Marie
Natural Born Killers II: Bushwhacked.
January 21st, 2008 at 10:22 amI have a feeling it will only air on Fox.
January 21st, 2008 at 10:25 amWill they name the movie: ‘Plan 9 from outer space II?”
January 21st, 2008 at 10:25 amAnd who is going to play Cheney…?!!
Comment by tarazan — January 21, 2008 @ 9:25 am
mike myers - all he needs to do is pull on his dr evil costume - a dead ringer
January 21st, 2008 at 10:25 amPersonally, I would have gone with Adam Sandler in the title role - after all, who better to play a stupid, malicious little frat boy?
January 21st, 2008 at 10:28 amPersonally, after 8 years of having to endure the man in office, I doubt that I will rush right out and see a movie rehashing the whole thing.
January 21st, 2008 at 10:36 amMcCain:” I will go to see it,if it shows the Surge”.
January 21st, 2008 at 10:36 amWhy not make a movie about someone who will inspire us instead of someone who was so ignorant/misguided/inept, but ultimately destructive of our democracy, our infrastructure and our earth?
January 21st, 2008 at 10:46 amDaily Variety writes that film director Oliver Stone “has set his sights on his next directing project, ‘Bush,’ a film focusing on the life and presidency of George W. Bush.â€
What is Josh Brolin needed for ?
All you need do is film a farm animal taking a dump ……….
January 21st, 2008 at 10:50 amMr. Stone sir!
You already did this movie. change the titles of natural born Killerscall it the Bush Years.
Nobody will know the difference.
But if you want to do a movie on the bushwooshy. How about getting together the cast including Woody and all the other folks who did natural Born Killersand let them emote all over the place.
January 21st, 2008 at 10:51 amIs stone going to show the full 7 minutes of Bush sitting in the classroom after finding out we are under attack? That moment, more than any other, shows how Bush has to be told what to do.
January 21st, 2008 at 10:53 amMartin Luther King Jr… a great leader who would no doubt have a serious problem with THIS:
House GOP Attempting To Rewrite History Of Religion In America
January 21st, 2008 at 11:02 amBy: Logan Murphy @ 6:37 AM - PST
Last December, Republicans in Congress introduced a resolution noting the significance of Christmas and the Christian faith, which eventually passed, blurring the lines between church and state — and they’re at it again, attempting to rewrite American history and further the lie that America is a Christian nation.
[…]
http://www.crooksandliars.com/ 2008/ 01/ 21/ house-gop-attempting-to-rewrite-history-of-religion-in-america/
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oh, and, NO WAY would i pay ANY money to see this “movie”…
January 21st, 2008 at 11:03 ambeen there, done that… evidently stone don’t know the HALF of it…
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And who is going to play Cheney…?!!
Comment by tarazan
They’re going to use the same Animatronics used for the animation of Gollum…
January 21st, 2008 at 11:06 amObviously Stone must have only the superficial knowledge of Bush history available though the MSM. Any biography of W has to start with his grandfather, the Nazi collaborator, and delve deeply into his father’s presence in Dallas when JFK was killed because that apparently is the start of the whole “Texas” affiliation war for profit thing. Oliver doesn’t even know what he doesn’t know or he wouldn’t be undertaking what will no doubt be a fluff piece.
January 21st, 2008 at 11:12 amAnd who is going to play Cheney…?!!
Comment by tarazan — January 21, 2008 @ 9:25 am
January 21st, 2008 at 11:13 amNegotiations are going on right now to get Dickhead’s father , Satan , to play the role………………
Living the Bush years was bad enough now they want me to shell out good money to see a movie about it?! UGH. Thanks but no thanks.
January 21st, 2008 at 11:13 amBesides since John Belushi has been dead for years, who could really capture W’s college years properly the way Belushi in a togal ala Animal House did?
January 21st, 2008 at 11:14 amBesides since John Belushi has been dead for years, who could really capture W’s college years properly the way Belushi in a togal ala Animal House did?
Comment by Shayne — January 21, 2008 @ 11:14 am
January 21st, 2008 at 11:17 amA coma victim to portray Chimpy during morning “rehabilitation” ; which he obviously did a lot of instead of attending classes…………
via C&L (blog roundup):
THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY: A SCANDAL OF EPIC PROPORTIONS THAT WILL HAUNT THE LEGACY OF THE BUSH REGIME
http://downwithtyranny.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 01/ crime-of-century-scandal-of-epic.html
let’s make SURE that “legacy” is haunted… ok?
January 21st, 2008 at 11:18 am.
Stone took heat once before when people confused his “JFK” for a documentary.
No matter what the movies says, they are going to compare it to “Oliver Stone’s pseudo-documentary JFK” and that nothing in the movie should be taken seriously.
January 21st, 2008 at 11:19 amOliver would do better to wait on this project until there’s enough information to tell the entire story. Right now there are too many unanswered questions about what exactly has gone on during Bush’s White House years to be able to make a biopic with anything remotely resembling accuracy.
It would be like trying to make a biopic of Nixon in 1973.
January 21st, 2008 at 11:20 amLiving the Bush years was bad enough now they want me to shell out good money to see a movie about it?! UGH. Thanks but no thanks.
Comment by EvilPoet
heh……like your’re going to have any money left when they git done with us. It better come out soon if average Americans are going to be able to afford to pay to see it.
January 21st, 2008 at 11:23 amif only Marty Feldman was still alive to play the lead role…
January 21st, 2008 at 11:23 amheh……like your’re going to have any money left when they git done with us.
Comment by Fred
Too late. With the tax man on my ass 24/7 I haven’t had any money left for years now.
January 21st, 2008 at 11:38 amI HOPE THE MOVIE ENDS IN HAGUE 2009!!!! WITH THE HAGING OF BUSH AND CHENNEY! BEAUTIFUL ENDING!
January 21st, 2008 at 11:39 amI HOPE THE MOVIE ENDS IN THE HAGUE, WITH THE HANGING EXECUTION OF BUSH AND CHENNEY! BEAUTIFUL ENDING! (better spelling…sorry!)
January 21st, 2008 at 11:41 amhmmm no Thinkfast thread today?
January 21st, 2008 at 11:47 amWouldn’t the movie be better served with Tom Hanks in the lead role ?
After all , he did receive an Academy Award for playing a special person ; now he would get to play a retard…………..
January 21st, 2008 at 11:47 amThere are no words to express how little I care.
January 21st, 2008 at 11:51 amAndy Kaufman could have played W but he’s dead too.
January 21st, 2008 at 11:57 am“It’s a behind-the-scenes approach, similar to ‘Nixon,’ to give a sense of what it’s like to be in his skin,” Stone told Daily Variety. “But if ‘Nixon’ was a symphony, this is more like a chamber piece, and not as dark in tone. People have turned my political ideas into a cliche, but that is superficial. I’m a dramatist who is interested in people, and I have empathy for Bush as a human being, much the same as I did for Castro, Nixon, Jim Morrison, Jim Garrison and Alexander the Great.”
Eww.
About 70% of the country will avoid the movie because they can’t stand the subject and the rest will avoid the movie because they’ll assume that it’ll be too anti-Bush.
January 21st, 2008 at 11:58 amhmmm no Thinkfast thread today? -Comment by Wayne
I guess not, Wayne. I’m assuming it’s due to MLK day…
January 21st, 2008 at 11:58 amIs Oliver looking for an Oscar in the Bush?
January 21st, 2008 at 11:59 amHas Stone lost his freaking mind?
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.
The idea the the boy king came into his own when he launched the illegal and immoral war on Iraq just boggles the mind. That a man withSstone’s rep could actually say it just, hell I don’t have the vocabulary to express how insane it is.
January 21st, 2008 at 12:00 pmHere’s a comment I found about the casting of Josh Brolin:
‘Oh hang on, he’s been in “American Gangster”, “Planet Terror”, “Hollow Man” and “Flirting with Disaster”.
Perfect casting!’
January 21st, 2008 at 12:01 pmFirst of all, they can’t get Herve’ Villaichez to play Dubya, since he is dead, - and he was slatyed to play the lead in the Alberto Gonzales Story, anyway.
But why would we need another horror movie? If people want to see the real Dubya in a doc, they could call up those made by the Europeans before the 2000 election, showing how Dubya’s buddies were absolutely sure that Animal House was a documentary about their frat, with Belushi playing Dubya - REALLY!
I don’t know why the Democrats didn’t pick those up and stop Dubya right there. Political Cowardice!
January 21st, 2008 at 12:03 pmHow ’bout that guy Vern, ‘no whut ah mean?
January 21st, 2008 at 12:03 pmWhat’s Oliver gonna call this epic, “Nightmare On Pennsylvania Avenue”?
January 21st, 2008 at 12:05 pmGreat picks for the lead rolls!…lol How about naming the movie:
January 21st, 2008 at 12:06 pm‘Rain man II’..because bush can really count money FAST…(ours).
Josh Brolin is in training now, trying to open locked doors.
“The Boys From Brazil, Part 2″???
January 21st, 2008 at 12:07 pmThis is a better project for Warner Brothers and the “Loony Tune” characters.
Daffy Duck = Bush
January 21st, 2008 at 12:10 pmElmer Fudd = Cheney
Miss Prissy = Condi Rice
Chickenhawk = Rumsfeld
Foghorn Leghorn = Tony Snow
Wilie Coyote = Alberto Gonzales
Porky Pig = Rush Limbaugh
Here’s a comment I found about the casting of Josh Brolin:
‘Oh hang on, he’s been in “American Gangsterâ€, “Planet Terrorâ€, “Hollow Man†and “Flirting with Disasterâ€.
Perfect casting!’
Comment by mary — January 21, 2008 @ 12:01 pm
mary you left out josh brolin’s latest role in a movie called ‘no country for old men’ - ironically he plays a good ole boy from texas wearing a stetson who steals a lot of money - i am not making this up (fantastic movie by the way)
January 21st, 2008 at 12:10 pmIn “No Country for Old Men” Josh Brolin plays a competent hunter and Viet Nam veteran kind of an anti-Bush. However, Javier Bardem plays the thoroughly evil sociopath bad guy who would be a perfect Cheney.
January 21st, 2008 at 12:14 pmShaun, that’s funny I was looking up Javier Bardems name when you were putting up the same movie. Good movie wasn’t it?
January 21st, 2008 at 12:16 pm“mary you left out josh brolin’s latest role in a movie called ‘no country for old men’ - ironically he plays a good ole boy from texas wearing a stetson who steals a lot of money”
Comment by shaun — January 21, 2008 @ 12:10 pm
No wonder Stone picked him! He’s perfect! Plus, he’s kind of beady-eyed.
January 21st, 2008 at 12:17 pmJosh Brolin also meets the requirement of having a dad that helped him get into the business.
January 21st, 2008 at 12:18 pmI’m no fan of Bush, but Oliver Stone is the LAST person I would go to for an accurate portrayal of anything. The man is a revisionist who never lets the truth get in the way of a good story.
“It will contain surprises for Bush supporters and his detractors.”
And why might that be? Because the events contained in the movie willbe FALSE. I’m sure there were plenty of people surprised by the fabrications he created in JFK.
Every statement in this article implies that the movie will be based on (if not derived wholly from) fact. Key word is IMPLIES. Stone is NOT a documentarian. He is a hollywood director intent on creating a successful movie. If you want a visceral gut reaction - he’s your man… if you want facts and truth - not so much.
January 21st, 2008 at 12:20 pmSlow day, eh TP?
January 21st, 2008 at 12:22 pmAbout 70% of the country will avoid the movie because they can’t stand the subject and the rest will avoid the movie because they’ll assume that it’ll be too anti-Bush.
Comment by mary — January 21, 2008 @ 11:58 am
Yep, combined with Stone’s recent history of flop-ogrpahies. Alexander the Great was a hideous farce.
January 21st, 2008 at 12:22 pm#100 shayne - i thought it was a great movie - and i’ve never heard of javier bardem before i saw it - genuinely creepy - and can you imagine that hair-do on cheney?
January 21st, 2008 at 12:23 pmIt would take a truly great historical filmmaker to do a fair and accurate portrayal of Bush. I seriously doubt that Stone is the right guy to do it. And of course, if Stone’s portrayal is anything less than reverent, he’ll be subjected to the most vicious imaginable attacks from the right–and it’s hard for me to imagine that not affecting his decisions as a filmmaker.
January 21st, 2008 at 12:28 pmComment by shaun — January 21, 2008 @ 12:23 pm
Actually I was thinking that Javier Bardem would seem even creepier with Cheney’s haircut. But then the role of Cheney is more evil than the role of Chigur.
January 21st, 2008 at 12:33 pmJosh Brolin playing Dumbya??? What, was Peewee Herman already booked???
January 21st, 2008 at 12:33 pmI like some of Stone’s movies, but I have to say I think his work is a little, uhm, uneven.
I really enjoyed Born on the Fourth of July, Platoon, and Natural Born Killers, but am not so sure about Alexander, and even less about JFK. These two had great photography, great camera work, and good actors, but the plot left a lot to be desired.
JFK in particular, is little more than a very looong conspiracy theory. I absolutely expect Bush to be Alexander meets JFK. I will probably wait until it comes out on DVD.
January 21st, 2008 at 12:33 pmWho the hell would want to see this?
Comment by Veteranlib56
Mitt Romney
January 21st, 2008 at 12:40 pmWill Stone show any of Chimpy’s pre-Christian activities.
January 21st, 2008 at 12:42 pmLike cheerleading, alcoholism, cocaine abuse and felating other men.
Yep, combined with Stone’s recent history of flop-ogrpahies. Alexander the Great was a hideous farce.
Comment by Keltoi at Night — January 21, 2008 @ 12:22 pm
Hideous Farce? Sounds like a PERFECT PERSON to RE-ENACT the HIDEOUS FARCE of the LAST 7 YEARS! ;)
January 21st, 2008 at 12:43 pmI will probably wait until it comes out on DVD.
Comment by Gregor Samsa — January 21, 2008 @ 12:33 pm
Me too.
At least if it sucks on a dvd, I can still play frisbee with the dog.
Or sell it to Half Price Books and get some of the money back
January 21st, 2008 at 12:47 pmWhen I think of Bush I will always remember that he was a warmonger.
Louis de Cazenave died yesterday. At 110 he was France’s oldest WWI veteran. A quote from him:
‘De Cazenave described patriotism as “a way of making people swallow anything” and war as absurd and useless.
“Nothing can justify it, nothing.”‘
January 21st, 2008 at 12:58 pmpolls show the country is desperately aching to get past the “bush error”. what would make Stone think that anyone other than the 24% deadenders would go see a film on bush? He must be thinking there’s a large masochist community in the country?
January 21st, 2008 at 12:59 pm.
it better be better then that god awful twin towers movie.
January 21st, 2008 at 1:03 pmWho will be cast in the supporting role of Jeffy Lube Gannon? And will we now know whether Bush is a pitcher or a catcher?
Why Stone? Oh yeah, Jane Goodall can’t do it.
January 21st, 2008 at 1:04 pmComment by Wayne — January 21, 2008 @ 12:47 pm
I was actually thinking of using it as a beermat, but I guess a frisbee/DVD combo works well too! ;-)
January 21st, 2008 at 1:05 pmWhy would i pay money to see the Bush Nightmare? I’ve been living the hellish nightmare for 7 long years…
“GEORGE BUSH IS A MALIGNANT NARCISSIST”
” Psychologically speaking, Mr. George W. Bush is what is called a ‘malignant narcissist.’ A narcissist is someone who has become hypnotized and entranced by their own inflated self-image. They have become so self-absorbed that not only are they not in genuine relation with others, but they relate to others (including the environment) as objects to satisfy their own need for self-aggrandizement. A ‘malignant’ narcissist, however, is a narcissist who reacts sadistically to others who don’t support and enable their narcissism. For example, instead of self-reflecting and taking in critical feedback, the Bush administration reacts with ruthless contempt for anyone who disagrees with them. Like a mean and cruel-spirited malignant narcissist, Bush and Co. deny the accusation and try to destroy the messenger. Ultimately, a malignant narcissist wants to annihilate anyone who in any way threatens their illusory self-image and self-serving agenda.”
much more at link…
http://freedom4um.com/ cgi-bin/ readart.cgi?ArtNum=60483
…
January 21st, 2008 at 1:46 pmWPE
January 21st, 2008 at 1:46 pmGWB
Comment by Southern Man — January 21, 2008 @ 1:41 pm
“GWB–An AWOL coward WAR CRIMINAL. 70 Years of Bush Family TREASON”.
Perfect.
January 21st, 2008 at 1:59 pmYeah now Oliver Stone is going to make the freak look good on the big screen. Alcoholic bum? Not just your regular alcoholic bum, this one was born to rich mommy and daddy never had to struggle the way your average alcoholic struggles in real life. Conversion to christianity? Yeah right!! The guy is a devil worshipper skulls and bones freak!! So many people have died because of this war criminal freak. He has ruined this great nation and tainted its reputation overseas with his criminal war. He has ruined the economy, destroyed families and the middle class. Not to mention his involvement in the attacks on 9/11!!! But Oliver is going to make him look good on the big screen. He’s got to make some money out of this! Got to hell Oliver Stone!
January 21st, 2008 at 2:00 pm“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 bum in the world?
January 21st, 2008 at 2:10 pmAfter Oliver Stone’s JFK and Wall Street, which I thought were very good, to compromised Nixon and WTC, he is obviously bought out and/or threatened. Whatever happened to his Panama Invasion story, which showed American troops melting people, killing 3000 innocents, and practicing weaponry for the upcoming Gulf War and subsequent Iraq-Afghanistan occupations? Stone is trying to please everyone, and you cannot when it comes to major events that have more anomalies and holes than Swiss cheese. He is major Chicken-Sheet now, attempting to put a clean face on Bush. Blahhhhhhhhh!!!
January 21st, 2008 at 2:27 pmI think even Stone is going to find it difficult to get this turkey financed. Somebody might want to clue him in that a legacy is the view from well after they leave office. Too soon, director boy.
January 21st, 2008 at 2:37 pmTell Oliver I won’t walk across the street to see it.
January 21st, 2008 at 3:10 pmThey’d better be giving away barf bags at the concession stands…
January 21st, 2008 at 4:41 pmComment by Bonnie — January 21, 2008 @ 3:10 pm
Especially if something thought provoking like American Idol is on and a vat of high fructose something or other might be available.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:03 pmHe should have said journey from alcoholic bum to alcoholic war criminal.
January 21st, 2008 at 5:12 pmHere, I’m the referee, and I want a fair, true portrait of the man.
Be sure to call the false start on the Iraqi invasion, Unsportsmanlike conduct on the suspension of habeus, and of course a personal foul for each and every American and Iraqi killed for his ego.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:16 pmAre they gonna show scenes like when he calls the DOD and has that Anthrax mailed to critical reporters, the guy that took pictures of the Bush twins drunk and members of Congress who did not like the Patriot Act?
Or maybe a scene where he gets told about 911 is going to happen in a month or so and he tells Cheney that their plan is about to be fulfilled?
How about when New Orleans is getting hit with a huge hurricane and he goes to a BBQ?
Or maybe the scene where he decides to invade Iraq without cause, that would be wild.
And there’s always the looting of the treasury, you could have him and Dick sitting in a pile of money wrestling and doing stunts in all the dough they’ve stolen.
Sounds very exciting- but not so much cause it’s true.
Bush/Cheney
Hague Trials ‘09
Buck Fush
January 21st, 2008 at 7:45 pmFirst of all, it’s too damn early to do a film about Bush’s life. Geez, Oliver, let us enjoy being away from the bastard for a bit. I think the reason the Iraq films are tanking is because people are just sick of all this crap, and they don’t need to be reminded of it. Same will go with this Bush film. And Stone is probably not the best director to do this anyway, given his propensity to “make shit up”.
Ken Russell should do a film of Bush. He’s still alive. He’ll take liberties, but they’ll be much more interesting than the liberties Stone will take.
January 21st, 2008 at 7:55 pmFolks will go see this movie if the ending includes Bush and Cheney being taken away in handcuffs and orange jump suits to their torture chamber. Let the waterboarding begin.
January 22nd, 2008 at 8:49 amI especially wanna see how they handle the “jam-a-cherry-bomb-up-a-frog’s-ass-light-it-and run away” part…
January 22nd, 2008 at 10:35 amFor a title how about “Dumb and Dubya”?
January 22nd, 2008 at 11:46 am