'Assassination' director deceived White House ('Death of a President')

WND ^ | September 12, 2006

[IrishMike]

The maker of a controversial movie that portrays President Bush as an assassination victim admits he hid his true intentions from White House officials in order to film footage of the commander in chief on a visit to Chicago.

Gabriel Range, the 32-year-old British director of "Death of a President," told the Los Angeles Times his crew received official White House press credentials by proving they were affiliated with Britain's Channel 4, which will air the film this fall.

Range, who filmed the president's arrival at the airport and his speech to the Economic Club of Chicago, spent six months in the city, where he filmed anti-war rallies and staged other rallies himself without attracting press attention, the Times said.

The film, which debuted Sunday night at the Toronto Film Festival, has been denounced for centering on the fictionalized death of a sitting president. .....

Actor Kevin Costner, who was in Toronto to premiere a film of his own, has come out in opposition to "Death of a President," saying Range failed to consider how Bush's family would react to scenes of the president being assassinated.

"It's awfully hard if you're his children, his wife, his mother, his dad; there's a certain thing we can't lose as human beings, which is empathy for maybe the hardest job in the world," Costner said, according to Contactmusic.com. "Whether we think it's being performed right or not we can't, like, wish ... or think that's even cute."

[Names Ash Housewares]

Can legal action be taken if he lied?

[KStorm]

Gabriel Range can go to hell.

[madison10]

Gabriel Range can go to hell.

For lying...he probably will.

[pissant]

A Michael Moore wannabee. Leftists are maggots.

[xzins]

Good for Kevin Costner's sane comment.

[the invisib1e hand]

can't wait until the dirt starts coming out of the corners of this freak's life.

did he incubate in one of folds of Michael Moore's flesh?

[reefdiver]

I'm worried , I'm old enough to remember the Kennedy Kill. I was in 3rd grade. It always stuck with me then, that for some reason American Presidents who were elected in years like 1960 - or 2000. always with a 0 at the end were the ones for some reason who were killed. You guy's will be able to answeer this better than me

[IrishMike]

A hollywierd with a brain and common sense.
One of the few.

[Names Ash Housewares]

Reagan broke "the curse".

Superstitiousness has no scientific merit. Worry about more important things.

[Earthdweller]

I keep thinking.....The artist, revealing his inner most fears and desires.

I'll hold further judgment until I see it but it sounds sick at the onset.

[OldFriend]

Notice that bubba is silent on this film.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I'm waiting for the sequel, "The Death of a Snot-nosed, Limey Director Who Kissed a lot of Liberal @$$ In Hopes of Winning an Award."

[F.J. Mitchell]

"Leftists are maggots."

Leftists are carrion, maggots serve a purpose by eating carrion and ridding the world of the stench.

You owe maggots an apology, Pissant.

[Fred911]

I'm sure I'm not alone in my decision to avoid this piece of cr@p.....something I do not need to support

[SE Mom]

Unbelievable.

He's too clever for his own damn good.

[lowbridge]

Notice that bubba is silent on this film.

He's in the film as the mysterious guy on the grassy knoll.

[CedarDave]

This guy will probably get an Oscar nomination and the director of United 93 will be passed over.

[roses of sharon]

The President will be fine, no leftist wants to deal with President Cheney.

More like this guy will die first, if he ever sets foot in a Red State, lol.

[pissant]

To all the maggots, I apologize. And dem carrion is not fit for your meals.