The major Hollywood motion picture:
RAID ON ABBOTTABAD – How Barack Obama and a Team of Navy SEALS Changed the Course of History
The cast will include (other suggestions are welcome):
DENZEL WASHINGTON as The President
JAMES CAAN as The Veep
GLENN CLOSE as Hillary
ED HARRIS as Robert Gates
There may be made for TV movies before this, but this will be the big, all-stars movie, with a massive weekend roll out and a red carpet gala covered by the major networks. The cameos will be legendary (suggestions welcome).
When will it be released? (Poll open until 11 p.m. on Sunday, May 8)
Update 5-8-2011: Thanks to BigFurHat for the movie poster:
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Wasn't Citizens United the one about a movie and elections….
The way this story keeps changing with new facts that may not be so flattering to the president, he might soon wishing for everyone to just forget about this completely.
The GOP should instead come out with a "How I Bungled The Announcement of the Japanese Surrender In WWII" movie starring Joe Isuzu.
Darn, I was hoping for a role for
Jim Carrey….
The cast of SNL would be better for this class act……
With a Tina Fey cameo as Sarah Palin……don'ch know!
@BB-Idaho – "The Press Spokesman"
One of my first thoughts after the bin Laden news… after F-yeah, was who's going to buy the movie rights to this story?
Denzel deserves a better role.
I heard today that, even though the SEALS normally are under orders not to divulge sensitive info, they were required to sign non-disclosure agreements. Sounds weird as heck, but I put nothing past this administration. All the better to be sure yours is the only story that comes out, I guess. Of course, maybe one day the WH will come out with what really happened instead of all this wishy-washy garbage. I doubt it will be in this administration, though.
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CALL ME CRAZY – but, I am wondering why they released any details about this raid at all. It seems to me that the Obama administration totally blew it when they let out all the second by second details about what type of troops went in on what kind of helicopters, what types of photos we have, etc. I think our nation would have been best served if they simply announced that Bin laden was killed in a covert mission, period.
Now, we have all of these soap operas about what exactly happened in what order, who shot who, etc. Their story even seems to change from day to day. What benefit did they expect to derive from divulging all of this information? Now, on top of this nonsense, we have to wonder what Hollywood is going to do with this raid? This all makes the entire Obama administration look like the rookies they truly are because they don’t know how to even manage the news about what should have been a totally covert operation with no details whatsoever given to the public.
Does it occur to anyone that all the bad guys we are looking for all over the world will now move into basement apartments in high density urban settings with escape tunnels because we gave away all of the excruciating details about how we go after bad guys. It just seems to be total stupidity to me.
I also don't understand releasing the news of Osama's death so immediately, if the cache of insider information at his compound contains meaty particulars of who's who, Pakistani contacts (some/many of whom no doubt are officials), safehouses and plots, as our side contends. The mad scramble must be on as everybody scatters and takes counter measures and political cover.
Why not wait at least a week to make the announcement to give us time for intel assessment and targeting, while the news of bin Laden's timely demise gets leaked out through back channels inefficiently and unconfirmed at best?
Doesn't feel right. It's as if this administration is controlled by events and kneejerk responses to domestic perception rather than being in charge of executing long-term winning strategies for our side. Obama went for the quick slam-dunk polling win by going public immediately, giving him a bounce which has nearly dissipated, sadly, due to, i think, his self-congratulatory tone and b/c many of us realize he tipped off al-Qaeda and accomplices unnecessarily. Heck, not all of us are even sure Obama wanted to get Osama, given some reports he was cornered into OK'ing the order.
I think another choice should be added.
O Just before the indictments are handed down
Bob Uecker would be a better Veep,,, in the film and real life.
Silly rabbit, it'll get released whenever Axelrod tells them to release it.
I've got your theater poster right here –
http://iowntheworld.com/blog/?p=74716
bigfurhat
How about casting Homer Simpson as the Veep instead? I think most will agree it's a better fit.
"Darn, I was hoping for a role for Jim Carrey"
He can play Press Secretary Jay Carney.
Dennis Quaid as Leon Panetta…
Moniqu'e as the 1st Sasquatch…
Matt Damon as the ISI double agent, "Imam X"….
Tim 'Tiny' Lester as Barack Obama…..
Will Ferrell as "General" Joe Biden….
Barbara Streisand as Hillary…
James Cann? Darn, he's one of the good guys! Why, oh why, are you putting him in this clinker of a smell-o-vision pot-boiler?
I would go if they had Bill Maher play Usama bin Laden … just to see him die.