W. (2008)
Country: US/AUS/HK/SW/CHI
Technical: DeLuxe/2.35:1 129m
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Ellen Burstyn, James Cromwell, Richard Dreyfuss, Scott Glenn, Toby Jones, Stacy Keach
Synopsis:
As he wrestles with how to respond to the crisis of 9/11, George W. Bush looks back over episodes from his life, including his early failures to live up to his father's expectations, his campaign for Governor of Texas and his alcoholism and born-again Christianity.
Review:
Political montage of a kind now de rigueur from Stone. The performances and general restraint save it from a shrug of the shoulders. Some of the scenes and characters are perhaps too familiarly from the recent past, but it is admirable how such a film can be made in a democracy.
Country: US/AUS/HK/SW/CHI
Technical: DeLuxe/2.35:1 129m
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Ellen Burstyn, James Cromwell, Richard Dreyfuss, Scott Glenn, Toby Jones, Stacy Keach
Synopsis:
As he wrestles with how to respond to the crisis of 9/11, George W. Bush looks back over episodes from his life, including his early failures to live up to his father's expectations, his campaign for Governor of Texas and his alcoholism and born-again Christianity.
Review:
Political montage of a kind now de rigueur from Stone. The performances and general restraint save it from a shrug of the shoulders. Some of the scenes and characters are perhaps too familiarly from the recent past, but it is admirable how such a film can be made in a democracy.
Country: US/AUS/HK/SW/CHI
Technical: DeLuxe/2.35:1 129m
Director: Oliver Stone
Cast: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Ellen Burstyn, James Cromwell, Richard Dreyfuss, Scott Glenn, Toby Jones, Stacy Keach
Synopsis:
As he wrestles with how to respond to the crisis of 9/11, George W. Bush looks back over episodes from his life, including his early failures to live up to his father's expectations, his campaign for Governor of Texas and his alcoholism and born-again Christianity.
Review:
Political montage of a kind now de rigueur from Stone. The performances and general restraint save it from a shrug of the shoulders. Some of the scenes and characters are perhaps too familiarly from the recent past, but it is admirable how such a film can be made in a democracy.