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Richard Dreyfuss is Dick Cheney

May 22, 2008


Richard Dreyfuss is in final talks to play Dick Cheney in Oliver Stone's W, says The Hollywood Reporter.

The role is the last major position in the Bush administration to be filled; the West Wing is already occupied by the likes of Josh Brolin (President Bush), Thandie Newton (Condoleezza Rice) and Elizabeth Banks (Laura Bush).

The QED-produced film, which has been granted a waiver by SAG, begins shooting this month in Shreveport, Louisiana. Lionsgate will release the movie on October 17, before election day, followed by a DVD release in January, when Bush leaves office.

COMMENTS (58)

Posted by:
Wyngarde
May 22, 2008
And the reason for making this movie is?
Posted by:
Fo shizzle
May 22, 2008
Is Paul giamatti playing Karl Rove?
Posted by:
?
May 22, 2008
Wyngarde

Because ignorant fools such as yourself ask questions like that. You also have no idea how ****ed our presidency is.
Posted by:
Sam
May 22, 2008
I wonder if they will include the fact that Cheney made one of the largest donation to charity out of any civil servant?

Somehow I don't think so because it wouldn't fit the agenda to make him look like a evil money hungry puppet master.

In one of the largest sums ever donated to charity by a U.S. public official, Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife Lynne gave away nearly $7 million last year to help the poor and to medical research.


According to income tax information released by the White House on Friday, the Cheneys' adjusted gross income in 2005 was $8,819,006.


The sum was largely the result of Mr. Cheney's stock options from Halliburton and royalties from three books written by Mrs. Cheney.


The Cheneys gave more than three-quarters of their income - $6,869,655 - to several charities, including George Washington University's Cardiothoracic Institute and a charity for low-income high school students in the Washington, D.C. area, Capital Partners for Education.


The Cheneys' charitable generosity stands in marked contrast to that of their predecessors, whose sometimes stingy donations became a national embarassment.


In 1997 for instance, Al and Tipper Gore contributed just $353 to charity, a sum that raised eyebrows even in friendly media circles.


The Los Angeles Times noted, for instance, that the Gores' slender donation "caused some bewilderment in philanthropic circles because of the vice president's 'good guy' image as an advocate for public service and social causes."


The same year the Gores gave $353 to charity, they reported $197,729 in adjusted gross income.
Posted by:
fisbin
May 22, 2008
A last ditch effort by Stone...
Liberals are going to lap this propoganda up like pudding. I do not agree with all of Bush's policies. But I do think there should be some respect for our President, whether you disagree with him or not.
A 9/11 movie didn't give Stone a hit, so he went for the most sensational material left....
Posted by:
the stop button
May 22, 2008
fisbin -

considering WTC was about honoring the firefighters, your dis of it (and your support of bush, who frequently disses the NYC firefighters), is disgusting

I mean, regardless of it being good or bad, it was about actual American selflessness, which is usually an oxymoron
Posted by:
phil
May 22, 2008
I have to say that I hate anything Oliver Stone has ever done. Now I see how theis movie could be funny, I am a liberal, but Jesus we have had enough Bush bashing TV shows, movies, books, etc. We get it, I don't like him never voted for him but enough is enough.
Posted by:
Exekias
May 22, 2008
This movie is unnecessary.
Posted by:
sly
May 22, 2008
Josh Brolin's impression of Bush is gonna be funny as ****. Im goin to see it blazed and laugh my ass off.
Posted by:
j
May 22, 2008
I used to think Stone was ausome, now he just makes crap. Hopefully this will be a turn around for him.

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