HBO's Preview of Recount: Casting Almost Good as I Imagined
HBO assured me I'll have a review DVD of their new movie about the 2000 presidential election debacle in Florida, Recount, by Tuesday morning. The movie debuts at 9 p.m. May 25
But until then, looking at the preview now in circulation on YouTube, it seems their casting people came pretty close to the dream cast I assembled when news first leaked about the film last year.
They took my advice about casting an Englishman as the Velvet Hammer, Bush consigliere James Baker, except they went with ace Oscar nominee Tom Wilkinson instead of Anthony Hopkins (maybe they saw Hopkins in the Human Stain and realized how painful it can be watching him try to sound like an American).
Alas, my hope that Eddie Izzard would get the Katherine Harris gig was for naught; Laura Dern looks better in a skirt, anyways.
Here's a preview of the film; I'm still hoping to get an interview with Denis Leary when I spend a few days in New York next week.
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YEA...Laura Dern is made up to look almost as hideous as the REAL Harris (and sounds as hick as well)!!!!! I was worried they'd try and glamorize her (NOT!)
Posted by: floridadem | April 26, 2008 at 04:31 PM
This should be an opener to a lot of voters. So glad to see this subject finally come to light in a format most will actually pay attention to.
Glad to see Mrs. Ben Harper's in it........Laura Dern is quite a good actor.
Posted by: brokenarrow | April 26, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Oh, bother.......I meant eye-opener.
Posted by: brokenarrow | April 26, 2008 at 10:28 PM
i agree -- i can't wait to see the movie next week!
Posted by: Eric Deggans | April 26, 2008 at 11:09 PM