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| Richard Dreyfuss to play Cheney |
| 2008-05-22 |
| Richard Dreyfuss? He was very good in Jaws, sir. Do we have a file on him? Of course, Mr. Vice President. Get it for me. Right away, sir. CANNES -- Josh Brolin has a vice president. Richard Dreyfuss could soon make the trip to Oliver Stone's White House, entering final negotiations to play Dick Cheney in the provcateur director's upcoming "W." The role is the last major position in the Bush administration to be filled; the West Wing is already occupied by the likes of Brolin (President Bush) Thandie Newton (Condoleezza Rice) and Elizabeth Banks (Laura Bush). He should do it as a musical. The 60-year-old Dreyfuss has never played a U.S. leader, but has had a few related roles. He starred as an opposition senator to Michael Douglas' commander in chief in 1995's "The American President," Sucked. as Alexander Haig in a television movie about Ronald Reagan Sucked. and played the president of a banana republic in the 1980s comedy "Moon Over Parador." I thought that was about The QED-produced "W," which has been granted a waiver by SAG, begins shooting this month in Shreveport, La. QED has been selling territorial rights at Cannes' Marche du Film, with the idea that the movie will be released in October, before Americans elect a new president. A DVD release will follow in January timed to Bush leaving office. The suspense! How can I stand it!! |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #7 I liked Dreyfuss in "Moon over Parador", but maybe that was because he played opposite Sonia Braga who is totally hot. But Dreyfuss is no Cheney. What they need is someone like Klaus Kinski or George C Scott who can project an aura of barely contained menace while wearing a suit. And being able to morph into a giant lizard would help, too. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-05-22 18:04 |
| #6 dufuss get in the script, script go in the water, critics in the water...farewell and adieu you ladies of cannes.... |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-05-22 16:35 |
| #5 Who's gonna make the SFX? I mean, for the times when Cheney morphes back into his reptilian form? |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-05-22 15:08 |
| #4 Don't worry, this movie will bomb too and Dreyfuss will get to add to his very long and growing list of crap movies. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2008-05-22 14:08 |
| #3 Long time past to kill tax write offs for failed 'entertainment' speculations. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-05-22 13:47 |
| #2 This was no boating accident! |
| Posted by: BangkokBilly 2008-05-22 13:23 |
| #1 The 60-year-old Dreyfuss has never played a U.S. leader, Try 2000's live version of Fail Safe on CBS. If it hadn't been for Walter Cronkite's inane hints of doom if we elected a Republican, this would have been a pretty good show. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2008-05-22 12:03 |