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March 19, 2006
Against All Enemies, The Movie
Keith Demko initially tipped me off to the fact that Richard Clarke's Against All Enemies is on its way to the big screen. The latest news from Cinematical is that the screenplay offers a taut thriller comparable to All the President's Men. The bad news is that Crash-man Paul Haggis is currently planning to direct.
As both Keith and Martha of Cinematical suggest, the big question is casting. Jeffery Wells, who has read the screenplay, reports that George W. Bush only appears off-screen, while President Clinton actually has a substantial suporting role in the film. Wells' suggestion? Cast the ex-Prez as himself. I still think that Brian Cox would make an amazing Richard Clarke. Larry Hagman might be able to pull off Dick Cheney (although Paul Sorvino might work, too). Sam Waterson would make a great Paul Bremer. But who would play Condi Rice? Paul Wolfowitz? Karl Rove (maybe Bob Balaban)? The mind reels. Make your suggestions, serious and otherwise, in the comments below.
Posted by chuck at March 19, 2006 9:05 PM
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I wonder what Clinton's doing in the script. Seems as though the story should start in the summer of 2001. But maybe Haggis plans to make the movie 4 hours long. At any rate, for Bill Clinton they should get, if they can't get Clinton, as cinematical wants, John Travolta. He can recreate his role from Primary Colors, in which he was great!
I'd love it if they'd cast Will Ferrell as Bush, but they won't because then people would think it's a comedy instead of the tragedy the story is.
Posted by: Lance Mannion at March 26, 2006 2:12 PM
I thought about Travolta but wondered if the comedic baggage from Primary Colors would be an issue.
Re-casting Chris Cooper (who played a Bush-clone in Silver City) might work.
Posted by: Chuck at March 26, 2006 2:27 PM