Movies as political puppets
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Films become more politicized as filmmakers seek to influence the upcoming election.
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As Californians, and most Americans, grow accustomed to seeing Arnold Schwarzenegger playing the role of governor, it turns out that selling politics is not that different from selling movies.
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Make up your own playbill for Campaign '08 by matching politicians to the talent pool of actors who could portray them.
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âA Mighty Heartâ is effectively fashioned, as jolting as it is polished, as well as a surprising, insistently political work of commercial art.
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In the Aaron Sorkin-penned film, a wily congressman (Tom Hanks) and a wealthy socialite (Julia Roberts) team up to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan. The result: A snip-snap film that plays like a political sitcom.
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Kevin Keating&#039;s film, the  latest in a seemingly never-ending series of politically themed  documentaries presumably designed to have an impact on the  upcoming elections, deals with former New York mayor and  possible 2008 presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani.
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The film's creators dispute a finding that election rules apply to their promotional ads. Next stop: the Supreme Court.
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New films pegged to Iraq and other flash points are awash in ambiguity.
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The film does, in a way, remind us of the old one.
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Since the invention of the remote control, political campaigns have had a tough time persuading viewers to sit and watch their television ads rather than switching to another channel.
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When it comes to power games, some in Hollywood are beginning to learn a basic lesson of digital politics: the Internet plays rough.
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Reese, Jake and George glam up a pair of politically worthy dramas in Toronto
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The videocassette in film: an unsettling innovation, a romanticized artifact, an LP in an MP3 world.
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A new film festival promises plenty of election-year intrigue, from allegations of political deceit leading up to the Sept. 11 attacks to explanations of the "real reasons" America went to war in Iraq.
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A new simulated election game that lets you play campaign manager to a presidential candidate is both thrillingly and disturbingly similar to real-world politics. A review by Jason Silverman.
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Karl Rove, the Republican most feared by Democrats and the reputed mastermind of President George W. Bush's election success, is the subject of a new film which depicts him as a modern-day Machiavelli.
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Oliver Stone isnât a fan of the decision to invade Iraq, but in his next film he wants to render âa fair, true portraitâ of President Bush, Variety reported. âHow did Bush go from an alcoholic bum to the most powerful figure in the world?â Mr. Stone asked. âItâs like Frank Capra territory on one hand, but Iâll also cover the demons in his private life, his bouts with his dad and his conversion to Christianity, which explains a lot of where he is coming from. It includes his belief that God personally chose him to be president of the United States, and his coming into his own, with the stunning, pre-emptive attack on Iraq. It will contain surprises for Bush supporters and his detractors.â If financing materializes, âBush,â starring Josh Brolin, above, as the president in a screenplay written by Stanley Weiser, who wrote âWall Streetâ with Mr. Stone, will go before the cameras in April and could be in theaters by Election Day or by the inauguration of the next president. âIâm a dramatist who is interested in people,â Mr. Stone said, âand I have empathy for Bush as a human being, much as I did for Castro, Nixon, Jim Morrison, Jim Garrison and Alexander the Great.â.