Sydney Pollack to direct HBO Film about 2000 election controversy

[sabra]

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Sydney Pollack to direct HBO Film about 2000 election controversy

The infamous Bush-Gore 2000 election that saw George W. Bush become president by 537 votes after a highly controversial ballot in Florida will be made into a film directed by Oscar-winner Sydney Pollack for HBO Films. With a spring 2008 release date, it marks the second film announced in a month about Bush politics that will be circulation during the 2008 presidential campaign, including the Warner Bros. film about the CIA Leak Scandal and Valerie Plame.

The chad will hang again as the film tracks what Time Magazine called “The Wildest Vote in History” and the Florida recount from the confused Election Day and the subsequent rejection of 175,000 votes. The month-long drama finally ended with the Supreme Court calling further recounts unconstitutional as the court feared different standards in different parts of the state. It was the first time since 1888 that the winner of the popular vote lost the presidency and had many Democrats crying foul as George Bush’s brother Jeb was Governor of the state and his appointees and party had key positions that may have affected the outcome of the count.

Yet this film has no partisan opinion according to HBO and the producers. HBO Films president Colin Callender told the Hollywood Reporter “It doesn’t take sides,” he said. “It’s a fascinating look at democracy where the rubber meets the road — a look at the election process like we have never seen it before.” Executive producer Paula Weinstein of Spring Creek said to Variety “It’s about a major event in American history, but it has no particular agenda or ax to grind.”

The film will go into production sometime in the next several months and will air on HBO in Spring 2008, likely followed by the Plame movie. By which time there could be TV movies about the present scandal over politically motivated firings by the Attorney General, aspects of the Iraq war, Halliburton or any of the other perceived Bush scandals.

[global1]

1. I Hope That The Movie Exposes The Repug Stacked Preppy Riot.....

[bryant69]

3. That would be nice

We'll have to see.

Bryant
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[Cameron27]

2. It should be good.

Pollack directed Tootsie and Out of Africa among other things. He seems like a very down to earth guy.

[Shakespeare]

4. Heh. It doesn't have to take sides.

If they tell the truth, that'll be damning enough. ;-)