Sony takes on 'Enemies' for Clarke book

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April 10, 2004


Sony takes on 'Enemies' for Clarke book


By Gregg Kilday
Sony Pictures has optioned film rights to Richard Clarke's nonfiction best seller "Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror" for producer John Calley.

"Enemies" -- which was published last month by the Free Press, a subsidiary of Simon & Schuster -- has been at the center of the current national debate about America's readiness to respond to terrorist threats before Sept. 11. Clarke, who was a counterterrorism expert in the administrations of both Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, appeared before the 9/11 Commission the week the book was published. During that hearing, he testified that the Bush White House didn't consider terrorism "an urgent issue" in the months before the al-Qaida attacks on New York and Washington.

His political memoir, currently in second place on Amazon.com's sales ranking, offers Clarke's assessment of the anti-terrorist efforts of the past four White Houses, all of which he worked in. "The book, written in a compelling, highly readable style, at times almost seems like a fiction thriller," Amazon.com reviewer John Moe wrote.

Calley, who stepped down as chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Entertainment in the fall, is producing such films as Mike Nichols' "Closer," an adaptation of Patrick Marber's play about two couples that is scheduled for a December release, and the big-screen adaptation of the fiction best seller "The Da Vinci Code," along with producer Brian Grazer and director Ron Howard.


Clarke was repped by ICM in the deal.

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1. "Sony takes on 'Enemies' for Clarke book"

The part of George Bush will be played by Pee Wee Herman.

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2. ...yes and the Devil will be making a cameo appearance to play Cheney.

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3. Can they put a movie out by September?

Only Rice can play Rice...she is something else.

They have to find someone who smiles constantly while talking and frowns well when listening and talks over with feigned authority.

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4. We need this by Fall: All The President's Men (& Woman) Part 2

As John Dean says "Worse than Watergate" so a sequel to All the President's Men and Condi should be the working title.