Talk:Death of a President

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Contents 1 Editorializing 2 Borough Films 3 Cheney being president 4 Reaction section 5 Trivia; Kim Il-Jong 6 Starring?? 7 Use of actual war footage 8 Fair use rationale for Image:Deathofapresidentcnnscreen2.jpg

[edit] Editorializing

I took out the lines "internationally unpopular". Wikipedia is an encyclopedia, not the editorial page of a newspapaer

Interesting. Its actually been quite popular overseas, a quick google will pull this stuff up, so perhaps "internationally unpopular" is also inaccurate or plain incorrect?

[edit] Borough Films

Borough Films is linked to this, but there is no 'pedia info. Chris 21:36, 2 September 2006 (UTC)

The director has given his first interview, maybe someone should try to implement some of the info in it. Here's the link: [1]

[edit] Cheney being president

I wonder how they will play this out, as he stated "'If nominated, I will not run,' 'If elected, I will not serve,'"

In a situation such as described in the documentary, his assumption of the Presidency would involve neither nomination nor election, but the line of succession.

[edit] Reaction section

After seeing Inside Edition with an interview of the film's director, and general knowledge on how politicians react to these things, it's important to note that Hillary Clinton and most if not all of the GOP in Texas hasn't actually SEEN the film! Wouldn't thier comments end up being baseless? --Chicobo329 23:12, 20 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia; Kim Il-Jong

Bush's speechwriter says Kim Jong-il's name badly; she says it more like Kim yil-Jong. (I know it's just a film, but in the film's reality you would expect the speechwriter to the President of the USA to be able to pronounce the names of foreign leaders.) It takes place about 12 minutes into the movie, after she mentions the 'Sea of Japan' incident.JimmmyThePiep 18:26, 3 November 2006 (UTC)

What you say is true... but I'm not sure it's notable enough to warrant any inclusion in the article. It's just a fictional character mispronouncing somehting. BoosterBronze 00:56, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Oh; okay. I thought it could go in a trivia section. (On tv.com that's where'd go.) Nmind then..JimmmyThePiep 08:49, 12 November 2006 (UTC)

Not to mention the fact that it's Kim Jong Il, not Kim Il Jong.141.157.220.156 19:43, 9 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Starring??

Shouln't this movie be credited as starring Bush, Cheney and other political figures, considering the moving is centered around them?

mh —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 72.142.11.84 (talk) 12:23, 15 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Use of actual war footage

IMO the most disturbing image of the film is not of Bush being shot (which of course was fabricated) but the actual footage of an Iraqi insurgent getting shot in the head. Since this is a fictional drama, this actually makes the film one of the few "entertainment" pieces in which the actual death of someone is shown. (Oliver Stone's JFK, which includes the Zapruder assassination film in its entirety, is another example). I wonder if this is worth noting? 68.146.41.17 14:13, 27 April 2007 (UTC)

Especially since this is precisely the type of footage of the actual fighting in Iraq that is being seen in Britain and elsewhere in Europe and the world, but is almost wholly unseen on our media outlets here in the U.S. Alinnyc 05:08, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Deathofapresidentcnnscreen2.jpg

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BetacommandBot (talk) 07:05, 1 January 2008 (UTC)