Hillary and Bill: The movie

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Ebert Offers Up Wit and Insight Among the Bland
Published 5/8/2008 by Sasha Stone at Awards Daily 2008
... tend to think in terms of white and black or black and girl. I’ve gotten so sick of it, in fact, that I’ve stopped watching or caring. I don’t have a lot of faith in our government but I admire those I know who still do. I will say this much about the Obama campaign: they ain’t see nothing yet. The stuff Hillary’s campaign has been throwing at them is softball compared to what they’ll be getting at the big show. At any rate, here is Ebert as he ponders what kind of movie might be made about Bill and Hill: ...

Exit right.
Published 5/8/2008 at GreenCine Daily
"Wow! Josh Brolin Makes a Convincing George W Bush!" exclaims Elizabeth Rappe at Cinematical. For Entertainment Weekly, Benjamin Svetkey watches Oliver Stone rush W into production. Roger Ebert's been wondering "how you could make a movie of this primary campaign," specifically, the story of "Hillary and Bill": "But where is the story?... The problem with a screenplay based on these events is that there would be a merciless sameness. Where is the drama in the story of a game ...

Political Groundhog Day
Published 5/9/2008 by Karina Longworth at SpoutBlog
... Your Blogger is having some computer issues this morning. While I get sorted, check out this blog post from Roger Ebert , in which he ponders the never ending Democratic primary in cinematic terms. “It must have been a species of torture for the anchors at CNN, who seemed caught in a ...

Roger Ebert Ponders 'Hillary and Bill: The Movie'
Published 5/9/2008 by Kim Voynar at Cinematical
... Ever the astute observer, both of movies and of real life, Roger Ebert posted on his shiny new blog today a great post wondering what Hillary and Bill: The Movie might look like. Ebert talks about great political movies of the past, especially noting two of my own faves, Barry Levinson's Wag the Dog and Warren Beatty's fantastic Bulworth (two of the best political movies ever made). He ponders what a movie -- a narrative, not a documentary -- following the private moments of Hillary and Bill Clinton, during the last days of this seemingly ...