THE BORE
General => The Superdeep Borehole => Topic started by: The Fake Shemp on April 08, 2008, 02:47:09 PM
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Bush biographers mixed on script for Oliver Stone's 'W'
By Stephen Galloway and Matthew Belloni
April 7, 2008
President George W. Bush is a foul-mouthed, reformed drunk obsessed with baseball, Saddam Hussein and a conflicted relationship with his dad. Or at least that's how he's portrayed in the script for Oliver Stone's upcoming feature "W."
But how accurate is that depiction?
As the film preps for its April 21 start date, The Hollywood Reporter sent a copy of the screenplay to four Bush biographers for their comments. The draft is dated Oct. 17, 2007, and has recently been circulated to talent, though a person close to the film said the script has since gone through at least two drafts.
Naturally, what a director does with a script is how a movie is ultimately judged, but because this screenplay depicts a sitting president and the run-up to the war in Iraq, its authenticity is becoming a hotly debated subject -- not to mention the fact that any historical material Stone has touched has become controversial.
Reactions to the script from the biographers were mixed. They said specific scenes are largely based in fact but noted that the screenplay contains inaccurate and over-the-top caricatures of Bush and his inner circle.
"It leaves you with the impression that the White House is run as a fraternity house with no reverence for hierarchy, the office itself or for the implications of policy," said Robert Draper, author of "Dead Certain: The Presidency of George Bush." "Everybody calling everybody else nicknames and chatting about whether to go to war as if they were chatting about how to bet on a football game really misses the mark of how many White Houses, including this one, are run."
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All four Bush biographers cast doubt on one scene in which a wave crashes on a rocky promontory as Bush reveals: "There's this darkness that follows me ..."
"He doesn't think or talk like that," Weisberg said. "The darkness sounds like they've been listening to too much Springsteen. It doesn't ring psychologically true to me."
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Full read here! (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3i1155cb8195120add876286155ef704a6?pn=1)
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Fucking stupid :lol
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THESE WOUNDS THEY HAVE MISHEALED
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That sounds like a line from Spider-Man 3 or something.
"There's this darkness that follows me..."
DUBYA: "Do you remember my father?!"
CHENEY: "What does it matter to you anyway!?"
DUBYA: "EVERYTHING!!!!"
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Clearly Stone is referring to the Rice/Bush affair
(http://www.senderberl.com/rice3.14.jpg)
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"There's this... darkness that follows me," said George as the waves broke on the rocks below. "In my heart. In my soul. And I don't know how to fight it. Help me, please. I need you." Something in his beady eyes glimmered. Was it sorrow.... or shadow.
Amy Rose was unsure. She had tried to help Sonic with *his* inner darkness... but that was over now. She had Olly Rock now, and he was a perfect boyfriend, with incredible special powers. She looked at her iPhone's clock. Next to Sora's head (she had a KH2 wallpaper), she could see that the clock looked like it said that the time was 1:00AM. Amy sighed. She had been drinking too much vodka with George.
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:lol :lol :lol
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This is disappointing. I was expecting this movie to be fair, accurate, and totally unbiased like Oliver Stone's other films.
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That sounds like a line from Spider-Man 3 or something.
"There's this darkness that follows me..."
DUBYA: "Do you remember my father?!"
CHENEY: "What does it matter to you anyway!?"
DUBYA: "EVERYTHING!!!!"
:lol
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I don't remember JFK being this stupid. Then again, I haven't seen it in 2 years.
oh, jfk is pretty fuckin stupid
there's some rocky horror picture show moments of camp
i find it hilarious, so i like it for that reason, but don't expect anything resembling history