Bush biographers on Oliver Stone’s ‘W’
p2pnet news | Movies:- He’s a, “foul-mouthed, reformed drunk obsessed with baseball, Saddam Hussein and the conflicted relationship with his dad”.
That’s America’s noble leader as he’s portrayed in the script for Oliver Stone’s upcoming “W,” starring Josh Brolin and James Cromwell as Bush 2 and 1, respectively, says the Hollywood Reporter.
Is the description accurate?
The newspaper sent copies of an October 17, 2007, screenplay to four Bush biographers for their comments, it says, pointing out someone, “close to the film” says the script has since gone through at least two drafts.
Reactions were mixed, says the story, going on the biographers 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”.
Stone, “declined comment for this report,” and screenwriter Stanley Weiser, who wrote W said, “I have no comment other than the fact that I have read 17 books on Bush.”
But, “All four biographers confirmed the accuracy of one striking scene in which a young Bush challenges his father to a fistfight after coming home drunk,” says the Hollywood Reporter, adding:
“And while they recognized the nickname ‘Turdblossom’ for Rove, they were less familiar with ‘Balloon Foot,’ which Stone’s Bush uses for Colin Powell. And some felt that ‘Pooty Poot’ for Vladimir Putin was taken from New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, not Bush himself.”
Overall, “the biographers said they were not opposed to the story of America’s 43rd president being told by Stone,” although Peter Schweizer (The Bushes: Portrait of a Dynasty) is quoted as saying”
“I understand this is a movie, not pure history,” but if Stone, “wants to portray this as an accurate accounting, he has some serious work to do.”
Hollywood Reporter – Bush biographers mixed on script for Oliver Stone’s ‘W’, April 7, 2008
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April 9th, 2008 at 10:11 am
The best thing I can think of about Bush, is that he will be out of the presidency in a few months! Other than that, not much else to say…….
April 10th, 2008 at 7:07 pm
You have to admit, his administration has been…interesting…from a historical standpoint. I believe they’ll be studying what happened here the same way high school kids study the end of the ottoman empire, and how through a combination of factors inherent in their system and just plain bad luck, they got 5 disastrously bad sultans in a row, bringing the empire from its lofty heights to the depths of total anarchy in just a few generations.
October 16th, 2008 at 1:34 pm
Stop trying to be smart, it’s an epic failure.
October 19th, 2008 at 11:14 am
The guy is a compolete idiot….i still dont beleive it theres gonna be an election,,,if Roco wins, watch out…if Mac winns God save us!