I can't speak of any inside knowledge to the timing of the release of the film; but since my understanding (from others who have commented) is that if it was shot in 2005...it would have taken a few yrs to get the script; cast the characters; etc...all the usual prep. Anyway, when that ws being rounded up, there's no way they could have had any idea that Mitt would be running for prez.
There goes your conspiracy theory about the production of the film--tho, again, I can't speak to the timing of its release other than this:
When did the TV and Big Screen movies come out about 9/11 from 2001? Was it (a) 2005 (b) 2006 (c) 2007. I don't know for certain which years those three movies came out (2 Big Screen; 1 TV movie), but I venture at least 2 of the 3 were 2006...
Why 2006 and not 2005? Well, just like married folks & employees tend to have something special for those round-number anniversaries (5,10, 15, 20, 25, 50), the media does the same.
So, if you're gonna release a movie about the original 9/11 terrorist act that occurred on U.S. soil, which year would you release a movie about an 1857 event? (a) 2006? (b) 2007? (c) 2008?
Apparently you would answer (a) 2006, so that they could then say they were coming out with it on the 149th anniversary? (Yeah, 149; that's a nice "round number.")
If you want max PR for a film, and you know media outlets are going to be already doing stories on the 150th anniversary, from a pure PR standpoint, you'll try to capture that attention to merge it to point to your film.
“There goes your conspiracy theory about the production of the film”
Since I didn’t have one in the first place, that wasn’t too difficult.