Path To 9/11 Writer ADMITS Controversial Scene Was MADE UP!

[kpete]

Path to 9/11 Writer Admits Controversial Scene Was ‘Improvised,’ ‘Accidents Occur’

ABC is marketing its docudrama, The Path to 9/11, as “based on the 9/11 Commission Report.” It is defending the films multiple inaccuracies by claiming some scenes were “drawn from a variety of sources.”

But yesterday, writer and avowed conservative Cyrus Nowrasteh admitted that the films most controversial scene was based on nothing at all. Nowrasteh told a right-wing radio station that the scene was “improvised.” From the New York Times:

Mr. Berger’s character is also seen abruptly hanging up during a conversation with a C.I.A. officer at a critical moment of a military operation. In an interview yesterday with KRLA-AM in Los Angeles, Cyrus Nowrasteh, the mini-series’ screenwriter and one of its producers, said that moment had been improvised.

“Sandy Berger did not slam down the phone,” Mr. Nowrasteh said. “That is not in the report. That was not scripted. But you know when you’re making a movie, a lot of things happen on set that are unscripted. Accidents occur, spontaneous reactions of actors performing a role take place. It’s the job of the filmmaker to say, ‘You know, maybe we can use that.’ ”

Nowrasteh’s attitude appears completely inconsistent with ABC Entertainment President Steve McPherson. In promotional materials accompanying the film, McPherson said, “When you take on the responsibility of telling the story behind such an important event, it is absolutely critical that you get it right.”

more at:
http://thinkprogress.org/2006/09/07/accidents-occur/

[DinahMoeHum]

1. Well, well, the cats are coming out of the bag. . .

:evilgrin:

[The Backlash Cometh]

15. House of cards is tumbling down.

[Cha]

2. Cyrus Fucking Nowrasteh and

a fucking bc better get together on this and quit trying to FOOL the American people!

How about a "docudrama" that shows bush fuckin' around on 9/11 and previously on his month long vacation..clearing brush off his hog farm?

[bryant69]

3. It's just funny how all those mistakes and improvs happen to

make Democrats look crappy - I mean what are the odds of that?

Bryant
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[ProfessorGAC]

11. Hey, I'm Trained As A Statistician. . .

. . .and even i can't provide scientific odds on that. He lied, he knows it, we know it, and now he's been caught. Improv my eye! "Not scripted" my eye!
The Professor

[BOSSHOG]

4. The writer and the producers can't possibly be responsible

for any inaccuracies in the film. They are fucking "conservatives." They have no concept of right and wrong, truth and fiction. They are driven by hatred and partisan ignorance, and the knowledge that millions of intellectually lazy Americans will eat up this Clinton bashing garbage and share with their "friends" what they see. And no doubt being good "conservatives" they will pick and choose in this piece of fiction the most inflammatory scenes to keep alive, just like they pick and choose in the bible.

[Avalux]

5. "Accidents Occur" - sure they do - NOT.

They're making a film about the most tragic event in our nation's history, and are so careless as to allow "a lot of things to happen". Suuuuuure......

Make no mistake about it; this film was made exactly the way it was on purpose, and for sinister reasons.

[Sydnie]

13. Right, accidents don't usually occur in the editing room

do they?

[npincus]

6. call it "The Path to Fiction" or "The Path to November 2006"

[tallahasseedem]

9. You are so correct about

"The Path to November 2006"

[Solly Mack]

7. So I can make a movie about how Bush sold technology to China and covered

it up as a spy plane being forced down in China? and make a big out in the open media splash about a secret military spy operation gone awry that covers up the actual happenings... And I can say the whole thing was just so Bush could safely boost his uncles and fathers relationship and business in China without the American people ever knowing what really happend...heck, I'll even leave in the part where Bush apologized for entering China's airspace....even though apologizing isn't exactly something Bush is known for...

just saying...since it's OK to take such liberties...

[rocktivity]

8. I haven't had this much fun since Steve Colbert's Press Club speech

Remember how the MSM tried to make THAT go away? I say we don't stop until they pull it altogether!

:bounce:
rocknation

[warrens]

10. Heads will roll

This is headed toward being the biggest network fuckup in years.

[Wilber_Stool]

12. That's what I like in my documentaries,

truthiness.

[npincus]

14. LOL

[melissinha]

16. get it right, show me that 911 Commission signs off on it

THat is what they claim to be factual, so lets prove it.

[Julius Civitatus]

17. Blaming the actors is a COP-OUT

From my experience in the field, this is what I can say:

1. Nowrasteh is the producer. There is a director, David Cunningham. They make executive decisions about what goes in the can. They can ask the actor to do it as scripted, or they can choose to cut out that scene altogether. As they say in the business, "if it ain't in the script, it ain't in the scene."
   
   
2. Most actors are real professionals that do a fine job with the material they are given. Very few professional actors act like pampered and spoiled divas that can do whatever they want with the script. It may happen with highly paid, spoiled Hollywood superstars, but it doesn't happen with your average working actor. Most working actors are professional, obsessed with getting work, and they try to do the best interpretation of the script they are given, becuase it may affect their ability to get another gig.
   
   
3. Even if the actors went off a limb and improvised some actions and attitudes, they certainly did NOT rewrite those scenes, or came up with ways to consistently make the Clinton administration look bad. Is he trying to blame the actor for scenes involving elaborated locations and dialogs about the CIA catching Bin Laden? Impossible. Doesn't even make sense.

Nowrasteh is a WEASEL for trying to blame his manipulation of facts on the actors. He should be ashamed, and his actors should PROTEST this backstabbing from their producer. They should never work with this idiot again.

[peacetalksforall]

18. This guy, Cyrus Nowrasteh says the scene is 'CONTROVERSIAL;.,

" ...Cyrus Nowrasteh admitted that the films most controversial scene was based on nothing at all."

I think it's not just controversial, it's libelous.

But, I'm not a lawyer.

If there is a legal basis for moving against this Bush Slush Fund paid election effort, it should be against Scholastic. They should me made to recall all their books or dvds or whatever they put out. Let them in turn sue Disney and/or the RNC - whoever is paying Disney.

The worst damage will be on the paper and disc versions, not the ABC showing - it will evaporate unless it makes it to cable and is played forever.

[Octafish]

19. Kick

Johnny Ashcan got warned off flying commercial in July 2001.

Was that in the movie?