Posted on 11/08/2003 10:04:28 AM PST by Tumbleweed_Connection
Barbra Streisand's bid to have CBS trash Ronald and Nancy Reagan by airing a movie produced by her Reagan-hating proteges may have failed, but Hollywood isn't giving up on smearing Republicans. The Arts & Entertainment cable network is planning to trash Gov.-elect Arnold Schwarzenegger in a biopic next year tentatively titled, "See Arnold Run." A&E's vice president of film drama and performing arts, Delia Fine, said Friday that the Schwarzenegger film would include scenes of his womanizing and abusive behavior towards women. "So much of it is in the public record, and he's obviously admitted to some of it," Fine told Newsday. The A&E VP will reportedly serve as the film's executive producer. Depsite its depiction of the California Republican as a sexual predator, Fine insisted that her film won't be politically biased. "It's interesting to me that these are automatically perceived as political movies, but that's not my take on it at all," she told Newsday. "There's no political agenda here." A&E's so far uncast Schwarzenegger movie will cover his years since coming to America, ending with his election as governor of California, the paper said. "This is one of those stranger than fiction stories that you just couldn't make up," explained another A&E executive. According to Broadcasting & Cable, an industry trade publication, the network is "fast-tracking" production on the Schwarzenegger biopic to time the release for next summer, just as Schwarzenegger is set to hit the campaign trail with President Bush. A&E is also planning a film on Sen. Hillary Clinton based on Gail Sheehy's largely sympathetic biography "Hillary's Choice." The film is set to star Sharon Stone. Though Ms. Fine said A&E had no contact with Sen. Clinton about the film, Clinton has endorsed Stone for the lead role. "She's a good actress and she certainly is beautiful," the top Democrat told a New York radio station in July. "How do I complain about that?" After Sheehy penned "Hillary's Choice" in 1999, she donated thousands of dollars to the former first lady's Senate election campaign. "I think Gail's book is remarkably well-balanced and she did a hell of a job on her research," Fine told Newsday.
I bet she has.. it would be like a French Poodle playing the role of a bassett hound. I want to know when Hollywood is going to produce an expose on Wild Bill??
Look honey, ya had your chance to file charges, now it's all water under the bridge.
Since Margaret Hamilton has passed on, my vote would go to Kathy Bates in the title role.
Oh, really? I must have missed A&E's biography of Bubba, depicting his womanizing and other more heinous character flaws.
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