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March 11, 2012
11:34 • 1 year ago
Tags: game change john mccain sarah palin hbo ed harris julianne moore
To answer your question, no, John McCain was not a fan of his portrayal in “Game Change,” and watched a Phoenix Coyotes game instead last night. “I don’t use coarse language very often,” McCain said of the HBO film. “I have a larger vocabulary than that.” 

To answer your question, no, John McCain was not a fan of his portrayal in “Game Change,” and watched a Phoenix Coyotes game instead last night. “I don’t use coarse language very often,” McCain said of the HBO film. “I have a larger vocabulary than that.” 

March 7, 2012
16:43 • 1 year ago
Tags: game change sarah palin john mccain ed harris julianne moore from nationalpost
nparts: In anticipation of HBO’s upcoming film, Game Change, we have a look at how the movie’s two lead actors, Julianne Moore and Ed Harris, prepared for taking on the respective roles of Sarah Palin and John McCain. Moore: “I knew I would have to do a tremendous amount of research. It’s daunting to play somebody who is not only a living figure, but a hugely well-known one. So, for me, the most important thing was accuracy. I wanted to be as accurate as I could in my characterization. It was just four years ago, after all.” Harris: “My respect and my understanding of Mr. McCain, Senator McCain, certainly deepened. I spent a lot of time reading some of the books he had written with Mark Salter, particularly Faith of My Fathers, which is an autobiographical account of his time growing up; his father and grandfather being admirals in the navy, him knowing from a young age that he was going to be going to Annapolis; his years as a prisoner-of-war, and the aftermath of that, and his decision to go into politics.” OK, who’s looking forward to this?

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In anticipation of HBO’s upcoming film, Game Change, we have a look at how the movie’s two lead actors, Julianne Moore and Ed Harris, prepared for taking on the respective roles of Sarah Palin and John McCain.

Moore: “I knew I would have to do a tremendous amount of research. It’s daunting to play somebody who is not only a living figure, but a hugely well-known one. So, for me, the most important thing was accuracy. I wanted to be as accurate as I could in my characterization. It was just four years ago, after all.”

Harris: “My respect and my understanding of Mr. McCain, Senator McCain, certainly deepened. I spent a lot of time reading some of the books he had written with Mark Salter, particularly Faith of My Fathers, which is an autobiographical account of his time growing up; his father and grandfather being admirals in the navy, him knowing from a young age that he was going to be going to Annapolis; his years as a prisoner-of-war, and the aftermath of that, and his decision to go into politics.”

OK, who’s looking forward to this?

01:11 • 1 year ago
Tags: mary kaptur joe the plumber samuel wurzelbacher palin 08 game change ohio ohio congressional joe the plumber congress

In other news, Joe the Plumber won a congressional primary today.

It’s under “Samuel J. Wurzelbacher.” Sam will face off against Mary Kaptur in November.

March 5, 2012
19:48 • 1 year ago

Three conversation-starting moments from HBO’s “Game Change”

Tags: game change hbo john mccain julianne moore l.a. times la times palin sarah palin steve schmidt woody harrelson

  • oneAides realize early on that Sarah Palin, John McCain’s running mate, will have to learn a lot about history and current events to keep up in the public spotlight. When asked if she needed to take a break, she declined, saying “this is flippin’ awesome!”
  • two “I am not your puppet! You have ruined my reputation! I am ruined in Alaska,” Palin said in a meltdown over the phone due to when Nicole Wallace, a campaign press guru, pushed a series of talking points on the vice-presidential candidate.
  • three Near the end of the campaign, when Palin was a “loose cannon” and had a “swelling ego,” she told McCain: “We have to win this thing — I so don’t wanna go back to Alaska!” Despite this, Palin returned to her job for nearly a year after the election. source

» Sure to stir presidential emotions: The made-for-TV movie regarding the “rise of Sarah Palin” airs March 10. Though HBO claimed the movie is a “balanced portrayal” of events, Palin’s Super PAC has already labeled the movie “fact change.” Which may be true. ”Game Change” may have taken some dramatic liberties from the book, but you’ll be the judge of that.

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May 16, 2011
13:59 • 2 years ago
Tags: john mccain ed harris game change julianne moore sarah palin dead-ringers from theweekmagazine
entertainmentweekly: EW’s exclusive first look at Ed Harris as John McCain in Game Change. (Previously: Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin.) Pretty much a dead ringer, right? Today in people apparently born to play John McCain.

entertainmentweekly:

EW’s exclusive first look at Ed Harris as John McCain in Game Change. (Previously: Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin.) Pretty much a dead ringer, right?

Today in people apparently born to play John McCain.

 

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