Biography

Category: Biography
All Genres: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama
Release Year: 2008
Country: USA, Hong Kong
Runtime:
Rating: 6.6 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Oliver Stone
Sound: Dolby Digital, DTS
Taglines:

Writing by: Stanley Weiser – (written by)

Produced by: Bill Block – producer
Moritz Borman – producer
Teresa Cheung – executive producer
Elliot Ferwerda – executive producer
Suzie Gilbert – co-producer
Peter D. Graves – executive producer
Paul Hanson – executive producer
Johnny Hon – executive producer
Jon Kilik – executive producer
Eric Kopeloff – executive producer
Christopher Mapp – executive producer
Tom Ortenberg – executive producer
Ethan Smith – co-producer
Thomas Sterchi – executive producer
Matthew Street – executive producer
David Whealy – executive producer
Albert Yeung – executive producer

Cast: Elizabeth Banks – Laura Bush
Josh Brolin – George W. Bush
Thandie Newton – Condoleezza Rice
Richard Dreyfuss – Dick Cheney
Ioan Gruffudd – Tony Blair
Jesse Bradford – Ws college friend
James Cromwell – George Herbert Walker Bush
Jason Ritter – Jeb Bush
Ellen Burstyn – Barbara Bush
Scott Glenn – Donald Rumsfeld
Noah Wyle – Don Evans

Music: Paul Cantelon
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Plot Outline: Into the life of a widowed professor comes a new love and an unexpected visit from his adopted brother.
Plot: A chronicle on the life and presidency of George W. Bush (Brolin).

Crazy Credits: We know about 2 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
Though hardly recognizable, the Paramount and DreamWorks jingles at the beginning are the original ones heavily altered digitally to be darker and robotic. They then merge with the title sequence music.

Goofs: We know about 2 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Continuity: When Lawrence leaves the hotel room in New York, to meet with his publisher, hes walking down the hotel corridor carrying his tie and a champagne bottle in his hand, however he doesnt remove his tie or buy the champagne until after his meeting.

Trivia: There are 2 entries in the trivia list – like these:

• Josh Brolin prepared for his role as Bush by telephoning hotels and talking to the people simply to hear the accent. He also watched videos of Bush to try and get the style of his walk right.
• Robert Duvall is rumored to have been considered for the role of Dick Cheney.

Category: Biography
All Genres: Biography, Drama, Music
Release Year: 2007
Country: USA, Germany
Runtime: 135
Rating: 6.7 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Todd Haynes
Sound: Dolby Digital
Taglines:

Writing by: Todd Haynes – (screenplay) &
Oren Moverman – (screenplay)
Todd Haynes – (story)

Produced by: Philippe Aigle – associate producer: Dreammachine
Philip Elway – executive producer
John Goldwyn – producer
Andreas Grosch – executive producer
Douglas Hansen – executive producer (as Douglas E. Hansen)
Wendy Japhet – executive producer
Amy J. Kaufman – executive producer
Charlotte Mickie – associate producer: Dreammachine
Hengameh Panahi – executive producer
Charles Pugliese – co-producer
John Sloss – producer
Steven Soderbergh – executive producer
James D. Stern – producer
Christine Vachon – producer
John Wells – executive producer

Cast: Cate Blanchett – Jude
Ben Whishaw – Arthur
Christian Bale – Jack / Pastor John
Richard Gere – Billy
Marcus Carl Franklin – Woody / Chaplin Boy
Heath Ledger – Robbie
Kris Kristofferson – Narrator (voice)
Don Francks – Hobo Joe
Roc LaFortune – Hobo Moe
Larry Day – Government Agent
Paul Cagelet – Carny / Bell-Hop

Music: James Horner
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Plot Outline: Ruminations on the life of Bob Dylan, where six characters embody a different aspect of the musicians life and work.
Plot: Six incarnations of Bob Dylan: an actor, a folk singer, an electrified troubadour, Rimbaud, Billy the Kid, and Woody Guthrie. Put Dylans music behind their adventures, soliloquies, interviews, marriage, and infidelity. Recreate 1960s documentaries in black and white. Put each at a crossroads, the artist becoming someone else. Jack, the son of Ramblin Jack Elliott, finds Jesus; handsome Robbie falls in love then abandons Claire. Woody, a lad escaped from foster care, hobos the U.S. singing; Billy awakes in a valley threatened by a six-lane highway; Rimbaud talks. Jude, booed at Newport when he goes electric, fences with reporters, pundits, and fans. He wont be classified.

Crazy Credits: We know about 3 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
There are no opening credits after the title has been shown.

Goofs: We know about 3 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Anachronisms: During the Los Angeles home sequences, Claires/Robbies telephone number has a 310 area code, which was introduced November 2, 1991. The area code should be 213.

Trivia: There are 2 entries in the trivia list – like these:

• Cate Blanchett wore a sock down her trousers to play Bob Dylan. The actress said it “helped me walk like a man.”
• Colin Farrell was originally cast as Robbie Clark. He dropped out of the film to admit himself into rehab for a dependency on back pain medication. Heath Ledger replaced him. Farrell would later take over for Ledger in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus (2009) after Ledgers death.