Robert Redford as a leading man? 1968 was a very long time ago.
Look for it to go straight to video after a quick token release in a few dozen theatres.
Posted on 09/04/2014 3:42:50 PM PDT by BuckeyeTexan
James Vanderbilt's Truth, the high-profile movie chronicling the scandal that derailed Dan Rather's career, has gotten the greenlight to begin shooting this fall.
Brett Ratner's RatPac Entertainment and Echo Lake Entertainment will finance the movie, starring Robert Redford as the iconic news anchor and Cate Blanchett as Mary Mapes, Rather's producer. At the same time, FilmNation has come aboard to represent international rights and will pre-sell the project to foreign buyers at the Toronto Film Festival, which kicks off Thursday night (based on the cast, it's sure to whet appetites).
Mythology Entertainment is the driving force behind Truth, which was first announced in July.
Based on Mapes' 2005 memoir Truth and Duty: The Press, the President, and the Privilege of Power, Truth centers on the on the firestorm and ensuing "Rathergate" scandal that erupted in September of 2004 after Rather reported that George W. Bush had received special treatment while serving in the Air National Guard during the Vietnam War, a report that was based on some documents that were suspected to be forgeries.
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Robert Redford as a leading man? 1968 was a very long time ago.
Look for it to go straight to video after a quick token release in a few dozen theatres.
Deadline writes “Shortly after they uncovered evidence of prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, CBS News producer Mapes and former CBS News anchor Rather thought they found the story of their careers as Bush’s reelection campaign was getting underway and he was facing competition from Democratic candidate and Vietnam vet John Kerry. The story, based on documents purportedly from the files of Bush’s deceased National Guard commanding officer, alleged that the president’s powerful father, then an ambassador and future president, made calls to put him atop the list for the Texas Air National Guard.”
With the Republicans outraged, CBS began an internal investigation to see whether the documents they used to slander Bush were false. Mapes was fired for her lapse of judgment; she still maintains that the documents were real and Rather and Mapes were targeted by conservatives.
As Jim Robinson,
Johnny Whittaker is still alive I saw him doing promo for Family affair on METV
Thank you for this.....
That would make sense. Anderson Cooper is also one of those Vanderbilts.
Rumor has it that Jim Thompson will play JimRob.
Bwahahaha. That is too funny.
So: one of their minions was caught falsifying a story intended to take down a Republican president. The situation was so clear-cut that she and her boss were both fired from CBS News. She responded by writing a dishonest, self-serving book attempting to justify their actions. The book was instantly accepted and sold aggressively by a major publisher - despite the author's complete lack of credibility. Now it becomes the basis for a major motion picture that will define how the clueless remember their slander and lies - as a heroic attempt to tell the truth that was silenced by hateful conservatives.
A few years ago, FR might have been effective in countering the Left's narrative. Those days are gone.
There will be a ‘deep throat’ who REALLY knows the truth of how evil W is, and Rather will be the Woodward who just gets a little carried away in pursuit of the truth.
hmm. I could be wrong but those Bush era anti-war films made a pittance. Guess these big money financiers are ok with wasting money that won’t return a huge profit.
I suspect they are going to omit the role Dan Rather played in the equally fake “Secret prison” scandal where one of his peons got caught running his own prison in Afghanistan. They were going to pin that on our forces.
Mythology and entertainment- that is certainly appropriate.
Apologies. I didn’t see your post..and posted it again about an hour ago.
A beautiful sight. Nicely done.
Except for Fahrenheit 911, IIRC, the supposed biggest grossing “documentary” of all time.
Awesome how the eclectic group of pj warriors figured this out in real time.
I wonder if “Kenneth” will make an appearance?
Redford’s latest attempt at “history” depicted Ayers & Dohrn as harmless hippy lovebirds
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