W Movie

W is a 2008 film by director Oliver Stone. The movie chronicles the life of President George W. Bush, from his college days through the beginning of the Iraq war.¹

Fast Facts

1. Release date: October 17, 2008
2. Director: Oliver Stone
3. Producers: Oliver Stone, Ethan Smith, Bill Block and Moritz Borman
4. Screenwriter: Stanley Weiser
5. Distributor: Lionsgate
6. Original title: Bush²
7. Shot on location in Shreveport, Louisiana³
8. Stone says W "not as psychologically heavy" as his 1995 Oscar-nominated Richard Nixon biopic, Nixon¹
9. Purported early draft of the W script obtained by several media outlets in April and May 2008^{3 4 5}
10. Oliver Stone and George W. Bush both attended Yale around the same time, though Stone doesn't remember meeting Bush then⁶

Cast Information

• Josh Brolin as George W. Bush
• Elizabeth Banks as Laura Bush
• Ellen Burstyn as Barbara Bush
• Thandie Newton as Condoleezza Rice
• Ioan Gruffudd as Tony Blair
• Richard Dreyfuss as Dick Cheney
• James Cromwell as George H. W. Bush
• Jeffrey Wright as General Colin Powell
• Scott Glenn as Donald Rumsfeld
• Toby Jones as Karl Rove
• Rob Corddry as Ari Fleischer

Bar Brawl Arrests

On July 12, 2008, W actors Josh Brolin and Jeffrey Wright were arrested during a bar fight in Shreveport, Louisiana. The pair were charged with interfering with police.⁷ Seven people, including several W crew members, were taken into custody at the Stray Cat bar.⁸

W Trailer

In July 2008, the W teaser trailer began appearing online. The trailer features clips of George W. Bush carousing in bars and drinking at gatherings, and then being lectured by his father, George H. W. Bush about his behavior.⁹

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