The BUSHIT movie on TV, Sept 7th

[Mari333]

Several incidents in the Iraq war—the semi-fictional Saving Private Lynch saga, the made-for-TV toppling of Hussein's statue, the outrageous Top Gun photo op with which Bush announced victory—are ready to be excerpted in Republican Party 2004 campaign propaganda. DC 9/11 is that propaganda: The "Battle Hymn of the Republic" swells as Bush flies into ground zero, where he astonishes even Rove (Allan Royal) by spontaneously vaulting a police barricade to hop on the rubble and grab the microphone. A nearby fireman, compelled to tell the president that he didn't vote for him, swears allegiance, mandating Bush to "find the son of a bitch who did this." Once Bush realizes that "today, the president has to be the country," Rove considers the image problem solved. Bush, he explains, has become commander in chief and taken back "control of his destiny." The climax is Bush's televised, prime-time September 20 speech—a montage of highly charged 9-11 footage that ends with the real-life, now fully authenticated Bush accepting the adulation of Congress as he fingers the talismanic shield worn by a fallen New York police officer.....


http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0335/hoberman.php

[veganwitch]

1. i believe this is a dupe

[gWbush is Mabus]

3. link please

link please

[searchingforlight]

2. I, for one, will boycott this!

[RummyTheDummy]

4. Fortunately it's on Showtime

Not too many people will see it. I'd watch it for a good laugh though.

[Mari333]

5. My husband and I intend to watch it for laughs

We will have a light dinner, however...

[MoonGod]

6. Bush's 9/11 speech on Sept 20?

You mean this one?

http://enemyoftheearth.org/feature.asp?idnum=612

[nostamj]

7. i'm hoping for a 'so bad it's hilarious'

but... it will probably just plain suck.

it would be fun if it was bad enough to become a 'cult classic' on the order of Rocky Horror with lots of audience interaction

i will be watching though... (with a sturdy barf bucket by my side)

[ElementaryPenguin]

8. Who directed it, since Ed Wood is dead? Watch "Outer Planet 9"

The Chimp Story is bound to be the worst thing ever committed to celluloid!! All the makings of a "Rocky Horror Show" cult classic!!! I haven't read - is it a musical by chance???

[nostamj]

9. director info...

http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hc&id=1800054314&cf=gen&intl=us

reminds me, I need to get back to work on my *! musical...

[MoonGod]

10. Wow... looks like a winner...

... his last feature film was the Razzie-nominated Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

Other career highlights include Leprechauns 3 and Leprechauns 4: In Space

http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0872062/

[nostamj]

11. not quite A-list for the bush leaguer...

the fact that Timothy Bottoms is playing * (after doing THAT'S MY BUSH") gives it an instant 'camp' value...

[Lisa]

12. he did a great job of playing a whining loser

... Sonny Crawford in "Texasville" -- Bottoms portrayed him as if he'd been smacked over the head with a 2 x 4. Very nice acting -- in the story, the town is kept busy trying to look after Sonny and keep him out of trouble. I loved the part where he drove his truck into the side of the house (kind of like Bush actually did, in fact).