Bush assassinated? New film depicts it

estranged4life · #1 09-01-2006, 01:33 PM

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14608725/

British TV network defends its airing of 'Death of a President'

LONDON - A British television network plans to broadcast a dramatic, documentary-style film about a fictional assassination of U.S. President George W. Bush, the network's head said Thursday.

The program uses actors and digital manipulation of real footage to show a fictional account of Bush being gunned down after delivering a speech in Chicago, Peter Dale, the head of More4, told a news conference.

"Death of a President," also scheduled to be shown at the Toronto Film Festival in September, focuses on all those linked to the pretend crime - including nearby anti-war protesters, suspects, Secret Service guards and investigators, Dale said.

More4, which is the digital offshoot of Britain's Channel 4 network, plans to show the program on Oct. 9.

The White House declined to comment on the network's announcement, saying it would not dignify the program with a response.

"It's an extraordinarily gripping and powerful piece of work, a drama constructed like a documentary that looks back at the assassination of George Bush as the starting point for a very gripping detective story," Dale told reporters.

"It's a pointed political examination of what the war on terror did to the American body politic," he said.

Dale said he expected the film would upset some, but defended it as a sophisticated piece of work.

"It's not sensationalist, or simplistic but a very thought-provoking, powerful drama," he said. "I hope people will see that the intention behind it is good."

"Death of a President" is directed by Gabriel Range, whose 2003 TV movie "The Day Britain Stopped" showed what might happen if the country's transportation network ground to a halt.

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michelle2677 · #2 09-01-2006, 02:01 PM

thanks for getting my hopes up......

BlackWidow · #3 09-01-2006, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by michelle2677

thanks for getting my hopes up......

we can only wish it were true...

SuzeQuze · #4 09-01-2006, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by BlackWidow

we can only wish it were true...

Careful, you'll be put on that "list".

irishgrl · #5 09-01-2006, 05:43 PM

I bet Im there

ah well, such is life....

estranged4life · #6 09-02-2006, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by SuzeQuze

Careful, you'll be put on that "list".

see if I care (I don't!)

But I see hope for the future, the following image is that hope:

DavidMn · #7 09-02-2006, 02:27 PM

As much as I find President Bush to not be to my liking, I find it disturbing that these people would actually make a film depicting his possible death.