George Bush movie details emerge

When Westmonster first read the ABC report claiming that Oliver Stone was working on a George Bush biopic - featuring No Country For Old Men's Josh Brolin in the leading role - we took one look at the date and assumed this wasn't to be taken seriously. April 1? Nice one, guys. Try harder.

It seems - oh so horrifically - that we were wrong. Media attention has been growing and growing, with pieces in The Guardian and now Slate expanding on the initial story. The movie - now entitled W - has been subject to a script leak, and copies are now fluttering around and delighting journalists everywhere. The project is now even listed on IMDB. If this is a joke, it's a mightily well-organised one ...

It was always going to be tough following up World Trade Centre. After all, once you're responsible for what is officially one of the worst cinematic atrocities ever made, how do you keep up that sense of noteriety? Well, if anyone knows, then it's going to be none-too-shy troublemaker Oliver Stone. Stone has already taken on the JFK story, and also tackled certain Jodie-Foster-impressing tactics in The Day Reagan Was Shot. Stands to reason that he'd rustle up another candidate for his firing line.

And what a firing line it is. Having taken sneak peeks at sections of the script, Westmonster can safely say that - if it is real - the narrative makes Dude, Wheres My Car look like Dekalog-era Kieslowski. Think Michael Moore with a drama A-Level, and you're about halfway to the Awful Truth (pun entirely intended). Fancy a dialogue snippet? Go on, then:

"Did you tell her I don't like motherfuckers who gas their own people?! Did you tell her I don't like assholes who try to kill my father?! Did you tell her I'm going to kick his SORRY MOTHERFUCKING ASS ALL OVER THE MIDEAST?!"

Cut to: audience leaving.

Written by C J Davies on 7 Apr 2008 11:56 PM. Permalink