Oliver Stone's take on George W. Bush
Oliver Stone, the video-armed thorn in the side of conservative causes, is turning his camera on the president.
In Stone's new movie, Josh Brolin stars as the president, Richard Dreyfuss as Vice President Cheney and Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush. My colleague John Horn visited the set in Louisiana and writes about it in today's Los Angeles Times. You can read Horn's piece here.
Called "W," the movie takes the angle -- well trod by other arm-chair psychologists -- that the Bush presidency can best be understood as a conflict between the current president, Bush 43, and his father, Bush 41, played by James Cromwell.
Patrick Goldstein, whose new Los Angeles Times blog the Big Picture is stirring notice in Hollywood, has also blogged on it, here.
-- Johanna Neuman
Photo: Sidney Ray Baldwin / Lionsgate
Will love between Bush and his wife be on display in Mr. Stone's upcoming movie.
I ask this question after watching Barack Obama and his wife, man and wife truly in love with one another. Then I try to recollect when last we the people have seen the same signs of love between Bush and his wife. Is the first lady simply standing by her man for reasons other than love? If Mr. Stone movie is true to the facts, love will not be on display.
Posted by: Hosea | June 29, 2008 at 10:45 AM
Well we know Oliver can be counted on for a truthful portrayal don't we.
Posted by: Dexter Peabody | June 29, 2008 at 02:33 PM
Call it "Born on Third Base"
Posted by: russell | June 30, 2008 at 02:23 AM
DJ Monkey doing George W. Bush in drag from their music video for the film "W The Movie".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_BCuw70AOs
Posted by: LStephens | October 04, 2008 at 09:20 AM