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Clooney, DiCaprio to Make Howard Dean Movie
NY Times ^ | 10/12/07 | Sarah Wheaton

Posted on 10/12/2007 8:11:11 PM PDT by melt

There’s a saying that Washington is “Hollywood for ugly people.” While we won’t comment on that, we will say that this latest news out of Tinseltown makes us wish that life imitated art just a little bit more.

Leonardo DiCaprio and George Clooney are reported to be in early talks about teaming up for a movie, which The Hollywood Reporter is calling a “political thriller,” loosely based on Howard Dean’s innovative but ultimately unsuccessful run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2004.

Mr. DiCaprio is expected to play the young, idealistic communications director who guides an unconventional candidate but is ultimately derailed by dirty politics as usual. So, that means the heartthrob is playing the screen version of Joe Trippi. (Kind of like Robert Redford playing Bob Woodward in “All the President’s Men.”)

(Excerpt) Read more at thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: deaniac; election; film; hollywood; nuts
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Funny, I could have sworn that the horror flick "Scream" had already been made.

1 posted on 10/12/2007 8:11:15 PM PDT by melt
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To: melt

It’ll bomb!


2 posted on 10/12/2007 8:14:36 PM PDT by lilylangtree (Veni, Vidi, Vici)
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To: melt
"YEAAARRRGGGHHH!"

(Director) "CUT! That's not how you say it, DiCaprio. Please put some emotion into it!"

3 posted on 10/12/2007 8:16:44 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (Tagline Removed By Moderator)
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To: melt

Sorry, but Robin Williams already did a movie about a doctor moonlighting as a clown.


4 posted on 10/12/2007 8:17:52 PM PDT by RichInOC ("YEEEAAAAAAAAAAGH!!!")
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To: melt
Based on a Broadway play about the campaign, it says.

A Broadway play about a presidential campaign that failed in the primaries. Only in New York, I guess.

5 posted on 10/12/2007 8:21:13 PM PDT by squidly
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To: SevenofNine

6 posted on 10/12/2007 8:21:44 PM PDT by monkapotamus
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To: melt

Makes me glad Dicaprio got popped in Departed.


7 posted on 10/12/2007 8:22:41 PM PDT by Malsua
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To: melt

Pathetic beyond belief. Arabs and liberals share a lot in common; like extreme delusions and making idols of defeated and ****** up people.


8 posted on 10/12/2007 8:23:04 PM PDT by jveritas (God bless our brave troops and President Bush)
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To: devolve; melt; ntnychik; PhilDragoo

Lol, is Phyllis Diller still alive? They could hire her for the ‘voice-over’!


9 posted on 10/12/2007 8:24:49 PM PDT by potlatch (MIZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MIKAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_MAZARU_ooo_‹(•¿•)›_ooo_))
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To: melt

They’re going to spend millions to make a movie about a loser from the last election? When do we get “The John Kerry Story”?


10 posted on 10/12/2007 8:24:49 PM PDT by LibFreeOrDie (L'Chaim!)
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To: melt
There is a major disconnect between Hollywood so called “stars” and the reality of the rest of the world.

These people are so relentless, treasonous, naive and insidious.

What in the world are they thinking. Do they care the least bit about their own survival and the survival of the system, country and government that supports and feeds them and provides their luxurious and privileged life styles? Do they have a clue?

11 posted on 10/12/2007 8:24:55 PM PDT by garyhope
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To: melt; SunkenCiv

I know that “Howard the Duck” has been made already, and was a monumental flop.


12 posted on 10/12/2007 8:30:09 PM PDT by ValerieTexas
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To: TigersEye

I am so glad I don’t go to the movies. I wait for the DVD’s & I guess this one will have a short run. I wouldn’t ever watch this movie. Why not let crazy Dean play himself?


13 posted on 10/12/2007 8:30:19 PM PDT by pandoraou812 ( zero tolerance to the will of Allah & Muslims ...... dilligaf? with an efg.....)
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To: RichInOC

...or was he a clown moonlighting as a doctor? I can never keep that one straight.


14 posted on 10/12/2007 8:31:51 PM PDT by RichInOC (No! BAD Rich!)
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To: potlatch

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Why?

Who will go see it?

Disney, James Bond, etc.

Mass appeal -

Howard Dean?

Is George Soros laying out 160 million for some reason that anyone really cares about?

Two idiot actors?


15 posted on 10/12/2007 8:41:21 PM PDT by devolve (---- -Secret_Asian_Man_&_Dr.No-No_Sorass_-)
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To: melt

16 posted on 10/12/2007 9:05:31 PM PDT by maine-iac7 ("...but you can't fool all of the people all of the time" LINCOLN)
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To: melt

17 posted on 10/12/2007 9:06:26 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (~~~Jihad Fever -- Catch It !~~~ (Backup tag: "Live Fred or Die"))
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To: melt
Who wants to see movies about nutsos crushing kittens?
18 posted on 10/12/2007 9:08:06 PM PDT by Blogger (Propheteuon.com)
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To: garyhope
Do they have a clue?

No, they are truly clueless.

And for all their fancy trappings, they are classless as well.

19 posted on 10/12/2007 9:12:02 PM PDT by Bullish ( Reality is the best cure for delusion.)
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To: melt
Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket
20 posted on 10/12/2007 9:14:20 PM PDT by magslinger (I will not submit.)
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