W. (2008)
Actors:
Bruce McGill (actor),
Don Kress (actor),
Stacy Keach (actor),
John McCain (actor),
Toby Jones (actor),
Madison Mason (actor),
Saddam Hussein (actor),
James Cromwell (actor),
Ioan Gruffudd (actor),
Richard Dreyfuss (actor),
Scott Glenn (actor),
Josh Brolin (actor),
Rob Corddry (actor),
Andrew Sensenig (actor),
Jason Ritter (actor),
Plot: Oliver Stone's biographical take on the life of George W. Bush, one of the most controversial presidents in USA history, chronicling from his wild and carefree days in college, to his military service, to his governorship of Texas and role in the oil business, his 2000 candidacy for president, his first turbulent four years, and his 2004 re-election campaign.
Keywords: 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, abuse-of-power, alcoholism, ambition, americana, archival-footage
Genres:
Biography,
Drama,
History,
Taglines: Get Ready A life misunderestimated.
Quotes:
George W. Bush: [Looks around the countryside] I think we missed the side road!
George W. Bush: I believe God wants me to be president!
George W. Bush: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me... and won't get fooled again.
George W. Bush: Whose job is it, to find these damn weapons?
George W. Bush: Who's ever remembered the son of a president?::Laura Bush: John Quincy Adams!::George W. Bush: Yeah, but that was like, three hundred years ago wasn't it?
Thatcher: Following in your father's footsteps there, Bushy?
George Herbert Walker Bush: You want an ass-whipping?::George W. Bush: Try it old man!::George Herbert Walker Bush: Go ahead, take a swing!
Asian Journalist: Mr. President, what place do you think you will have in history?::George W. Bush: History? In history we'll all be dead!
George W. Bush: God bless us all!
Barbara Bush: Is he imbibing something I don't know about?