Wasnt Penns daddy a card carrying communist?
Posted on 12/11/2004 5:45:11 PM PST by txradioguy
In a movie that's being described as "the feel-good al-Qaida date flick of 2005," Bush-hating actor Sean Penn will star as a suicidal hijacker who tries to crash a commercial airliner into Bush's official residence, the White House.
The Penn presidential assassination movie is fiction, of course, as clearly indicated by the title: "The Assassination of President Nixon."
Still, Penn's decision to make a film that parallels the only part of the 9/11 attacks that wasn't successfully executed (thanks to the brave passengers aboard United Flight 93) has even Bush-hating Hollywood nervous.
"It was very hard to find distribution for the film," director Neils Mueller told the New York Daily News. "People have such a profound reaction."
No kidding.
Still, Mueller insists that Penn's movie, set for release during Christmas week, no less, wasn't inspired by the 9/11 attacks, but instead on a 1999 book based on the true story of would-be presidential assassin Sam Bicke.
Sam who?
Exactly. Somehow we doubt the Bicke flick would have appeared on Penn's radar screen but for 9/11.
Where's Mr. Hand when we need him?
You have got to be kidding!
Even Sean L00ney T00ns Penn couldnt be crazy enought to do this....or would he?
Whos the love interest? Jenneane Garafablow?
This would have been like someone in 1944 taking a part in a movie about bombing American ships.
I predict this film will crash and burn. This just proves there are no depths to which Hollywood will not descend in order to pursue money. Totally disgusting.
Christmas week?! Look, there's easy ways of committing suicide, he could consider re-marrying Madonna for instance.
Wonder if Oliver Stone will produce it?
Wasnt Penns daddy a card carrying communist?
Holiday fun for the whole family!
Being the conspiracy nut Stone is I'm surprised he hasn't done one about how FDR supposedly knew about Pearl Harbor and did nothing to stop it. Then again he probably didn't want to trash a good lefty President.
The David Horowitz syndrome?
Hey Sean ...Life is like a maze of doors. That open on the side you are on. Keep on pushing boy, hard as you try, you gonna wind up where you started from.
Hooray, another hollyweird movie I won't be watching.
I find it hard to swallow that the movie wasn't motivated by what happened on 9-1-1, but have never heard of that "would-be presidential assassin" guy, or his book.
"Bowling for Baghdad"
Not to worry... the Hollywood folk are already telling us how "daring" and "brave" this flick is.
Oh, yes, daring and brave. You know, it really bites that President Bush's administration has stopped Hollyweird from making their movies, and has severely limited their free speech! Oh, wait...
I think Mr. Hand needs to give Spicoli a good talking to.
With Sean Penn, it ain't no fantasy.
Would that be Robert Dinero?
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