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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

He will never get the financing for this. Hollywood is about making money, not scoring political points.


58 posted on 01/16/2014 10:57:55 AM PST by buffaloguy
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The title will be The Senator’s Wife

the star, Oscar winner Meryl Streep and the producer, The Weinstein Co. The target: the NRA. The formidable chairman of The Weinstein Co., Harvey Weinstein confirmed to Deadline today they will be taking on the NRA gun lobby head on with a film entitled The Senator’s Wife which will star the Oscar-nominated actress Streep (August: Osage County) and other top talent in a movie he described as “the new Mr. Smith Goes To Washington” — the beloved Frank Capra film that starred Jimmy Stewart about one man’s fight against corrupt politicians in Washington.

Weinstein announced on The Howard Stern Show that “they’re (the NRA is) going to wish they weren’t alive after I’m done with them.” Weinstein who has been one of the strongest supporters of President Barack Obama, in this film will expose the NRA for their behind-the-scenes machinations of what Obama himself called “intimidation” and “lies’ that ended up defeating legislation that would have expanded background checks on gun sales.

http://www.deadline.com/2014/01/nra-movie-meryl-streep-weinstein-senators-wife/


59 posted on 01/16/2014 11:38:24 AM PST by kcvl
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To: buffaloguy
He will never get the financing for this. Hollywood is about making money, not scoring political points.

Did you forget the sarcasm tag? Hollywood is increasingly a propaganda organ for the state. Weinstein is one of the biggest Obama fundraisers in the country - he'll get as much money as he wants for this effort to poke the NRA in the eye.

62 posted on 01/16/2014 7:45:29 PM PST by Charles Martel (Endeavor to persevere...)
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