‘A life misunderestimated’

August 18th, 2008 at 11:20am Will Pfeifer

That’s the tagline for Oliver Stone’s Bush biopic, W, which arrives in theaters Oct. 26. Here are the posters that go with it, featuring Josh Brolin in the big chair. (Images courtesy of Hollywood Elsewhere.)

 

In case you were wondering, “misunderstimated” is a word (or non word) our president has used. More than once.

So what do you think of this ad campaign — and, more generally, this movie? Obviously Stone is no Bush fan, but I thought his underrated 1995 biopic NIXON was surprisingly sympathetic. NIXON, by the way, arrives on DVD tomorrow in a new edition, and is worth another look. I’ll probably review it in the next few weeks.

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