Bush assassination movie gets U.S. deal (Reuters/CNN)

[eppur_se_muova]

TORONTO, Ontario (Reuters) -- After you kill off President George W. Bush in a fictional film, what do you do? How about make a deal.

Gabriel Range, the British producer/director/creator of "Death of a President," the fictional documentary that sight unseen became one of the most talked-about movies of the Toronto Film Festival, has sold U.S. distribution rights to Newmarket Films, which handled Mel Gibson's equally provocative movie "The Passion of the Christ."

Newmarket, which reportedly paid $1 million for the film, is expected to give "President" a wide release within the next few months. It will air on Britain's Channel 4 next month.

Range's film opened on Sunday night to a sell-out festival crowd, which sat respectfully through it and applauded briefly at the end. Those who remained after the screening peppered the filmmaker with questions on how he achieved his special effects.
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He also uses special digital effects to superimpose the head of the president on that of an actor pretending to be shot, and he creates a flowery eulogy delivered by President Dick Cheney at the funeral of his predecessor.
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more: http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/12/filmfest.president.reut/index.html

"President Dick Cheney"...:scared:OK, it's a horror film, but itsn't that going too far?

[Cooley Hurd]

1. I'll watch it...

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[Benhurst]

3. I'm ready.

:popcorn:

[Anakin Skywalker]

4. Come on, ABC! How about

you show this movie, just for equal time's sake?

[ProudDad]

5. I'd pay to see the movie

just to see that bastard get shot...

[MrPrax]

6. Can't wait...

In fact when they set the British television date, I will be actively looking for the Bit the next day.

(no I am not giving Mel's buddies money for something that was meant for TV in the first place)

[sofa king]

7. I'm not into wish fulfilment pictures.

Although Ferris Bueller's Day Off was pretty good.

[Tellurian]

8. Any ideas of what the Pugs will do to stop the movie from showing here?

Leesee..

* Buy up all the theaters?
* Give a Tax Break to NOT see the movie?
* Submit names of people that HAVE seen the movie?
* HiJack all the DVDs trading them in for $$$$

[sofa king]

9. I think they'll be all about this picture.

It's in such poor taste that it can only succeed it harming those people who oppose the White House and their criminal schemes. It will stir up the knuckle-draggers, and Rove can just sit back and say, "hey, we can't do anything about it because of all those anti-censorship laws we need to strike down."

[Tellurian]

12. Well, then..

change the ending..

superimpose Chaney's head on the shooter..

You gave a rational scenario..

These people can't control their animal instincts.

[sofa king]

15. I guess that's why they're in denial about Darwin!

[humbled_opinion]

24. Yep this is Rovian Genius the controversy is sure to be worth

a point in the polls i.e., base stirred..don't be surprised to hear how it is the Liberals that are promoting this film.

[seafan]

10. Lord Bush to star in his own *crucifixion*? Great pre-election propaganda.

When I read that the same film production company also created the Passion of the Christ, my hackles stood up.

What better way to garner *sympathy* for Dear Leader than to portray him as a martyred saint...

The past 6 years are an indescribable nightmare. We're praying that the dawn comes soon.

[bamacrat]

11. Get the popcorn and twizzlers!!!

[HuffleClaw]

13. they will FREAK

should be amusing to see the lengths to which they'll go over this.

[chat_noir]

14. already freaking on the IMDb board

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0853096/board/threads/

C'est tres amusement.

[orleans]

16. thanks for the tip. i just posted in there--haven't done it since early

2005 about a friend of mine. (if you read a far leftie post over there it might just be mine!)

[Eurobabe]

23. Bwahaha - cons really go to movies?

LOL. LMAO off at some of the dimwitted posts on that thread.

[orleans]

17. oh yes, having lots of fun over there! n/t

[Vidar]

25. Minor compared to what the fudies & Catholics did to Ron Howard

over the DaVinci Code.

[Lisa]

18. I hope they paid that poor actor well! All that work, and then ...

... we don't even get to see him, because they superimposed Bush's face over his own.

Kind of like when Timothy Bottoms played Bush in that "DC 9/11" movie, and after struggling through embarrassingly-lame dialogue and situations, they plopped in actual footage of Bush giving the climactic speech at the end -- and the audience is left saying "what happened to the other guy?".

[NVMojo]

19. I wanna buy a dvd copy!!!

[NVMojo]

20. what the film festival says about D.O.A.P.

http://www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/2006/media_centre/news_releaseItem.asp?id=261

[Dulcinea]

21. Fair is fair.

If we must deal with a fictionalized account of the events leading up to 9/11, this film should get an equal opportunity.

[Eurobabe]

22. Chickens come home to roost, relax FREEPERS it's only fictional

Just like Path to 9/11.