British actor Gary Oldman was infuriated by what was done to the movie in the editing room, and wasn't shy about saying so.
BBC: Actor Gary Oldman has claimed his latest movie, The Contender, has been re-edited as anti-Republican propaganda.
Oldman claims the studio behind the political thriller paid for an edit to suit the political persuasions of DreamWorks' owners Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg and David Geffen.
In an interview with Premiere magazine, Oldman and his manager Douglas Urbanski said the movie was biased.
Urbanski said the film, which opened in the US on 13 October, was "almost a Goebbels-like piece of propaganda".
He suggested that next month's presidential election was a factor in the changes, which he claims were paid for by DreamWorks and carried out by the film's writer and director Rod Lurie.
Oldman told Premiere that when DreamWorks bought the finished film, Lurie was paid by DreamWorks to edit it so that Republicans in general were portrayed as villains.
The actor and his manager claim the question of who is just and who is not was left ambiguous before the final cut, and that Oldman actually saw his character as "the only true patriot".
That film was ludicrous crap, anyway. Just watch the hysterical speech by Jeff Bridges at the end of the movie to see how out of touch with the reality of real governing and politics the writers are.
Yes! Thanks for your reply. I remember at the time that Oldman said he felt like he had been sucker punched by the weasels.
But not nearly as subtle.
It will be interesting to see if this thing is trotted out in time for the Hillary campaign. It's my opinion that the Democrats, who are currently taking seminars on how to talk to religious folk, may want to spike this thing even if it sounded like a good idea back in 2000.