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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Stanley Weiser (written by)
Release Date:
17 October 2008 (USA)
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Tagline:
Get Ready more
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Awards:
4 nominations
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NewsDesk:
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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)
(From WENN. 19 January 2009, 11:09 PM, PST)
Brolin And Wright Escape Bar Brawl Charges
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Reduntant and therefore disappointing
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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 |
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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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Oliver Stone's W. (Germany) (TV title)
W. - Ein missverstandenes Leben (Germany) (DVD title)
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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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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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Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): Someone mentions that Laura Bush voted for LBJ. He ran for president in 1964, when Laura was 18. The voting age was 21 until 1972, so Laura could not have voted before 1968.
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Quotes:
George W. Bush:
I believe God wants me to be president!
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Movie Connections:
Features "NBC Nightly News" (1970)
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Soundtrack:
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
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How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?Is "W." based on a book?
Besides George W., who else from his life features in this movie?
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I used to be an Oliver Stone fan. But after Natural Born Killers I read in an interview that he had doubts about continuing his directing career. "I don't think I have another good movie in me".
Well, I still think that he does, but W. isn't it. The reason I like and watch Oliver Stone films is that he has a strong opinion about a subject. One that isn't mainstream, but expresses it in such a way, that he wins his audience and therefore can change popular opinion. The best examples for this are Platoon and JFK.
The life and times of George W. Bush offer enough subject matter to make a powerful, semi-documentary film with hard hitting political and religious views that would sturr up popular belief. Examples: axes-of-evil, God is on the side of good (The US of A), W.'s history of failed business, tale-chasing and alcohol abuse. Add the wheeling and dealing by the Bush-dynasty and you would think it's dynamite stuff.
But it's not. The script is superficial. Tame at best. Anyone who reads the Sundaypaper and watches the nine-o-clock news could have written this movie. It has the character motivation of a soap-opera. Another thing that disappointed me was the lack of insight into the kitchen of the (right-wing) Bush-Administration, more over: the infiltration of the Hawks in the White House. It comes close for a few minutes when Cheney explaines why Iraq is important and should be invaded, But it's not enough (we already knew this!!) because the rest of the movie Brolin walks around clueless and oblivious. Just like W. He really isn't interesting enough to watch for 2+ hours. At least, not in the way it has been constructed by Stone.
This film doesn't add anything new or reveal any new insights. The movie is based on research done by outsiders. Not one insider contributed to this film, and if they did: they were W. supporters because we as viewers stay behind like W. was the full 8 years: clueless.