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Directed by Oliver Stone.
Josh Brolin stars as George W. Bush in this Oliver Stone biopic that traces the head of state's rise to power from a privileged alcoholic to a born-again Christian whose belief in religious destiny helped move him to the top ranks of political power. Co-written by Stanley G. Weiser, Bush is produced by fellow Stone collaborators Moritz Borman and Jon Kilik, with Elizabeth Banks co-starring as the first lady, James Cromwell as the elder President Bush, Ellen Burstyn as Barbara Bush and Richard Dreyfuss as Vice President Dick Cheney. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
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mercurialmercurial Oliver Stone
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"The first images from Oliver Stone's new film W are now circulating the internet and my curiosity has officially been piqued. Oliver definitely loves dissecting U.S. presidents. Some are saying he has gone crazy, others that he's been crazy. I think he's nearing genius. Thoughts? " [More]
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"It started off seeming like a joke. But Oliver Stone’s Bush biopic was legit — even if it then appeared to indeed be “a joke”. And now, because the internet can’t lay off writing about the thing (Bush=traffic), we are able to see just how much of a joke the thing is. Thanks to The Hollywood Reporter’’s Risky Biz Blog, we can read the first three pages of the script (originally titled Bush, now known as W), which looks like it was written by a student in a high school creative writing class (it was in fact written by Wall Street scribe Stanley Weiser). Well, obviously Bush experts would declare it inaccurate. Are we to really believe that Bush called Karl Rove a “turdblossom”? If the script wanted to get the facts straight, he would have used “butthead” instead. Though we only get the film’s opening, others have seen the whole thing. Earlier this month, ABC chimed in with its review, and this week Slate joined in the fun: Page 20: Now for that near-death experience. While watching ... " [More]
 



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