The story of Dick Cheney, an unassuming bureaucratic Washington insider, who quietly wielded immense power as Vice President to George W. Bush, reshaping the country and the globe in ways that we still feel today.
Governor George W. Bush of Texas picks Dick Cheney, the CEO of Halliburton Co, to be his Republican running mate in the 2000 presidential election. No stranger to politics, Cheney's impressive resume includes stints as White House chief of staff, House Minority Whip and defense secretary. When Bush wins by a narrow margin, Cheney begins to use his newfound power to help reshape the country and the world.Written by
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Daughter and son-in-law (and White House advisors) to President Donald Trump, Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner, attended a showing of Vice, but left halfway through the film. Their motives for leaving the film early are unknown. See more »
Goofs
In the scene of US military planes bombing a target near the beginning of the film, the jets portrayed are Navy F-14s, which are fighter interceptors, whose main purpose is air to air combat and typically did not drop bombs on ground targets, See more »
Quotes
Dick Cheney:
[Speech before end credits roll]
I can feel your incriminations and your judgment, and I am fine with that. You want to be loved? Go be a movie star. The world is as you find it. You've gotta deal with that reality that there are monsters in this world. We saw 3,000 innocent people burned to death by those monsters, yet you object when I refuse to kiss those monsters on the cheek and say "pretty please." You answer me this, what terrorist attack would you have let go forward so you wouldn't seem...
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Crazy Credits
Before the film begins, there is a black background with the words ¨The following is a true story. Or as true as it can be given that Dick Cheney is known as one of the most secretive leaders in history. But we did our fucking best.¨ See more »
The acting was amazing. I'll give you that. The contents made me feel uncomfortable with how liberally slanted it was, and I'm a liberal.