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This newly re-posted W. trailer is very slightly different than the one that was taken down last night. Yesterday's version had a stern admonishment spoken by James Cromwell's George Bush, Sr., to Josh Brolin's Dubya: "What are you cut out for? Fighting, chasing tail, driving drunk? What do you think you are? A Kennedy? You're a Bush. Act like one." In today's version the words "what are you cut out for? Fighting, chasing tail, driving drunk?" have been cut.
The same trailer has been posted on Daily Motion.
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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on July 28, 2008 at 8:38 AM
comment #1
bmcintire says ...
It still appears to be in this cut.
Posted by bmcintire at July 28, 2008 9:02 AM
comment #2
The Winchester says ...
Yeah, the line's still in there.
Posted by The Winchester at July 28, 2008 9:06 AM
comment #3
JVD says ...
Number for the day -- 13. There are 13 executive producers credited in the trailer. Hey financiers, give a penny, get a credit that will get you laid in the blue states.
Posted by JVD at July 28, 2008 9:06 AM
comment #4
Mr. Blood Vessel says ...
Great Job Oliver Stone!
Let's give southerns more reasons to relate to him!
Posted by Mr. Blood Vessel at July 28, 2008 9:28 AM
comment #5
Mark says ...
As far as one-term prez's go, I believe somewhere down the road, there will be a John-Adamsesque renaissance in how people remember Herbert Walker Bush. He has a great life story, part of which being, like Adams, raising his eldest and namesake to the whitehouse and a respected reconnection with his Jeffersonian rival Bubba.
Posted by Mark at July 28, 2008 9:44 AM
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Michael says ...
That's one of the greatest trailers I've ever seen.
Posted by Michael at July 28, 2008 9:49 AM
comment #7
Mark says ...
btw, Gruffudd has on one of the worst Tony Blair wigs that I have ever seen.
Posted by Mark at July 28, 2008 10:00 AM
comment #8
JD says ...
If this movie has the bizarre, satirical quality of this trailer, it could be amazing. It certainly looks like Josh Brolin is injecting a wry sense of humor into his performance. I just hope Stone doesn't go all sympathetic and sentimental like he did in Nixon. In my opinion, Bush deserves the most hateful, mean-spirited, and cold-bloodedly comedic biopic since Mommie Dearest.
Posted by JD at July 28, 2008 10:14 AM
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Rev. Slappy says ...
Michael Sheen wasn't available to play Tony Blair?
Posted by Rev. Slappy at July 28, 2008 10:34 AM
comment #10
frankbooth says ...
I assume Cromwell is trying to avoid a Dana Carvey-style impersonation, but he may have gone too far in the other direction. He doesn't sound like Bush Sr. at all.
"Ass-whipping?" Really? Do well-bred folks from Kennebunkport really go at it like trailer park residents on Cops? Maybe they do after they've been living in Texas for a while.
Finally, Scott Glenn looks freakish. Can't understand bad wigs and/or makeup in big-budget films. Toby Jones is perfect, though.
Posted by frankbooth at July 28, 2008 10:58 AM
comment #11
Walter Sobchak says ...
I don't think Rove looked evil enough. Couldn't Stone have re-imagined him as having a long, twirlable, pencil-thin moustache?
You know, artistic-license and all that?
Posted by Walter Sobchak at July 28, 2008 11:01 AM
comment #12
frankbooth says ...
But it still looks oddly intriguing -- though they're crazy if they think people are gonna see this in theaters. HBO, DVD, yeah. But who's gonna go opening weekend besides people who post here?
Posted by frankbooth at July 28, 2008 11:03 AM
comment #13
frankbooth says ...
Do you just save and re-post the same comment, Walter?
And actually, he looks plenty evil.
Posted by frankbooth at July 28, 2008 11:08 AM
comment #14
Edward says ...
As interesting as this traler makes the film look, I still don't want to waste 2 hours watching a film about George W. Bush.
Posted by Edward at July 28, 2008 11:31 AM
comment #15
Sweetbubba says ...
They can use clips from the movie, unedited, on SNL's next season!
Posted by Sweetbubba at July 28, 2008 11:52 AM
comment #16
Walter Sobchak says ...
"Do you just save and re-post the same comment, Walter?"
Yes.
I don't think Rove looked evil enough. Couldn't Stone have re-imagined him as having a long, twirlable, pencil-thin moustache?
You know, artistic-license and all that?
Posted by Walter Sobchak at July 28, 2008 12:39 PM
comment #17
nemo says ...
I agree with frankbooth on both Scott Glenn's ridiculously bad Rumsfeld wig, and on Toby Jones's half-formed homunculus perfection as Karl Rove.
""Ass-whipping?" Really? Do well-bred folks from Kennebunkport really go at it like trailer park residents on Cops? Maybe they do after they've been living in Texas for a while."
This is a re-enactment of the famous "mano a mano" episode, although I've never read the phrase "ass-whipping" in connection with that episode:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush_substance_abuse_controversy
The most notorious episode, reported in numerous diverse sources including U.S. News & World Report, November 1, 1999, Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq by Robert Parry, First Son: George W. Bush and the Bush Family Dynasty by Bill Minutaglio, and W: Revenge of the Bush Dynasty by Elizabeth Mitchell, has 26-year-old George W. Bush visiting his parents in Washington, D. C. over the Christmas vacation in 1972, shortly after the death of his grandfather, and taking his 16-year-old brother Marvin out drinking. On the way home George lost control of the car and ran over a garbage can, but continued home with the can wedged noisily under the car. When his father, George H. W. Bush, called him on the carpet for not only his own behavior but for exposing his younger brother to risk, George W., still under the influence, appears to have retorted angrily, "I hear you're looking for me. You wanna go mano-a-mano right here?" Before the elder Bush could reply, the situation was defused by brother Jeb, who took the opportunity to surprise his father with the happy news that George W. had been accepted to Harvard Business School.[4]
Posted by nemo at July 28, 2008 12:57 PM
comment #18
Chad says ...
17 producers in the billing block. That has to be some sort of record.
Posted by Chad at July 28, 2008 1:39 PM
comment #19
Yves says ...
Looking forward to a fan-cut version with "Spirit In The Sky" in the first 40 seconds. Richard Dreyfuss looks spectacular as Cheney. I hope there's a sequel.
Posted by Yves at July 28, 2008 2:27 PM
comment #20
SmilingPolitely says ...
17? I count 11.
For comparisons sake: something low budget like "Saw" has 9 producers. And something mega-budget like "Transformers" has 12.
So 11?
A record?
Worth noting?
Hardly...
Posted by SmilingPolitely at July 28, 2008 5:04 PM
comment #21
Chad says ...
Push pause at the 1:29 mark
1. Ethan Smith .... co-producer
2. Suzie Gilbert .... co- producer
3. Eric Kopeloff .... executive producer
4. Albert Yeung .... exectuive producer
5. Thomas Sterchi ... executive producer
6. Paul Hanson .... executive producer
7. Elliot Ferwerda .... executive producer
8. Jon Kilik .... executive producer
9. Tom Oternberg ....exectuive producer
10. Johnny Hon .... exectuive producer
11.Teresa Cheung .... executive producer
12. Christopher Mapp....executive producer
13. David Whealey ... executive producer
14. Matthew Street... exectuive producer
15. Peter Graves.... exectuive producer
16. Bill Block .... producer
17. Moritz Borman .... producer
Posted by Chad at July 28, 2008 6:20 PM
comment #22
SmilingPolitely says ...
You are correct, sir. I apologize. I was going off the IMDB listing and not the teaser.
Posted by SmilingPolitely at July 28, 2008 11:57 PM
comment #23
Geoff says ...
Some of you should really read the early script that's online. It's a big character piece tha plays well.
And Scott Glenn has always had a decent amount of hair evern in his old age. Maybe some extensions were used, but it doesn't seem like a Nicolas Cage deal.
Anyway, this trailer was better than alot of people care to admit.
Posted by Geoff at July 29, 2008 1:42 AM
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