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Overview
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Stanley Weiser (written by)
Release Date:
17 October 2008 (USA) more
Tagline:
Get Ready more
Plot:
A chronicle on the life and presidency of George W. Bush. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(50 articles)
Sellers Tops Presidential List
(From WENN. 19 January 2009, 11:09 PM, PST)
Brolin And Wright Escape Bar Brawl Charges
(From WENN. 6 January 2009, 11:00 AM, PST)
User Comments:
A Few Pieces Of An Historical Puzzle more (259 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Josh Brolin | ... | George W. Bush | |
| Colin Hanks | ... | Speechwriter #1 | |
| Toby Jones | ... | Karl Rove | |
| Dennis Boutsikaris | ... | Paul Wolfowitz | |
| Jeffrey Wright | ... | Colin Powell | |
| Thandie Newton | ... | Condoleezza Rice | |
| Scott Glenn | ... | Donald Rumsfeld | |
| Richard Dreyfuss | ... | Dick Cheney | |
| Bruce McGill | ... | George Tenet | |
| Wes Chatham | ... | Fraternity Enforcer | |
| Jesse Bradford | ... | Fraternity President | |
| Sean Stone | ... | Fraternity Pledge #1 | |
| Ben Mayer | ... | Fraternity Pledge #2 | |
| James Cromwell | ... | George H.W. Bush | |
| Juan Gabriel Pareja | ... | Oil Worker |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Bush (USA) (working title)
Oliver Stone's W. (Germany) (TV title)
W. - Ein missverstandenes Leben (Germany) (DVD title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language including sexual references, some alcohol abuse, smoking and brief disturbing war images.
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Runtime:
129 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #44818) | UK:15 | Canada:G (Québec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Manitoba/Ontario) | Portugal:M/12 | Ireland:PG | Finland:K-7 | Australia:M | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Argentina:13 | Germany:12 (DVD rating) | Germany:12 | Brazil:14 | Hong Kong:IIA | Singapore:NC-16 | Mexico:B
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Filming during the middle of Summer in Louisiana meant that elaborate prosthetic makeup could not be used, due to fears the humidity would melt the actors' faces. more
Goofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Cheney says "Atta met Saddam's intel chief in Czechoslovakia." Czechoslovakia split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 1993, ten years earlier. more
Quotes:
George W. Bush:
Who's ever remembered the son of a president?
Laura Bush:
John Quincy Adams!
George W. Bush:
Yeah, but that was like, three hundred years ago wasn't it?
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Movie Connections:
References "60 Minutes" (1968) more
Soundtrack:
TV Tag B more
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Who or what is "W"?A Note Regarding Spoilers
Is "W." based on a book?
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Oliver Stone and Josh Brolin manage the impossible by giving a present reality a sort of farcical look. Frightening to see how easily the farce and the reality merge and marry in the most natural way. George W, eats his way into history. The most mediocre of men drowning in a pool of his own making and in a way, drowning all of us with him. But, somehow, neither Stone nor Brolin describe a monster. On the contrary, here the monstrosity is in our hands. The man was voted (sort of) twice. Richard Dreyfuss IS Dick Cheney. A terrifying truthful performance. Thandie Newton is the one really out there. She plays her "yes woman" like Talia Shire in the Godfather III. Very bizarre, but fun. So, the biggest surprise is that Stone didn't come with a hatchet but with a magnifying glass. Seeing what we already knew but a bit larger made for a riveting evening at the movies.