HBO's Game Change

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Ed Harris will play the John McCain to Julianne Moore's Sarah Palin in HBO's Game Change, Deadline reports.
Harris, 60, will play the presidential candidate and longtime Arizona senator in HBO's upcoming film about the 2008 presidential election.
Game Change, based on the book by Mark Halperin and John Heilemann, will center on McCain's 2008 run for the White House, from his selection of Palin as his running mate to losing to President Barack Obama.
The film will re-team director Jay Roach and screenwriter Danny Strong, whose 2008 HBO film Recount documented the chaos following the 2000 presidential race between Al Gore and George W. Bush and won three Emmys. Roach will also executive produce and Strong will co-executive produce.

Two surprise choices imo for the roles but there are two great actors

Basq

Should have got Tiny Fey for Palin!

old hippy

Basq wrote: »

Should have got Tiny Fey for Palin!

And Alec Baldwin as McCain

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http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/ustv/news/a311171/woody-harrelson-boards-game-change.html

Woody Harrelson has signed to star in forthcoming HBO political movie Game Change.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Harrelson will play Steve Schmidt, John McCain's senior campaign strategist and advisor in the forthcoming TV project.

Syferus

Recount was a pretty great political film so I have high hopes for this. As long as they resist the urge to take too many political potshots I can see this being anything besides very good.

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http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/04/27/julianne-moore-sarah-palin/

Does Julianne Moore look the part of Sarah Palin for her role as the former Alaska governor in the upcoming HBO movie Game Change? You kinda sorta betcha! Below is the first photo of Moore in the role, which starts shooting today and co-stars Ed Harris as John McCain and chronicles the historic 2008 presidential campaign.

Here’s your pic:

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http://www.digitalspy.ie/ustv/news/a316852/three-more-stars-join-hbos-game-change.html

Sarah Paulson, Peter MacNicol and Justin Gaston have become the latest stars to land roles in HBO's movie Game Change.

The drama, based on a book by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin, focuses on John McCain's 2008 presidential campaign.

Ed Harris has already signed up for the role of McCain, while Julianne Moore will star as his running mate Sarah Palin.

Deadline reports that Paulson has now agreed to play McCain's senior campaign adviser Nicolle Wallace. The actress has previously starred in shows such as Deadwood and Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip.

MacNicol, who has recently been recurring as Dr Stark in Grey's Anatomy, will join the Game Change cast as McCain's campaign manager Rick Davis. Meanwhile, Gaston is expected to play Levi Johnston, the boyfriend of Palin's daughter Bristol (Melissa Farman).

Game Change will also star Woody Harrelson, Ron Livingston, Larry Sullivan and Jamey Sheridan.

Richard Dower

No mention of Bristol Palin Liz?....you're letting the team down!

Speedsie

JP Liz V1 wrote: »

........... of Palin's daughter Bristol (Melissa Farman).

Richard Dower wrote: »

No mention of Bristol Palin Liz?....you're letting the team down!

Think she did!

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don ramo

damn got my hopes up there, all i saw was HBO, Ed Harris, and Julianne Moore, then i saw film:(

i dont really care about the election, but ill keep and ear out with the two of them involved,

pickarooney

It's a bizarre choice of subject - the shoddy campaign of a pair of political also-rans. Bit of a first casting an actress who's both older and arguably less attractive than the person she's playing but the photos are convincing at least.

Richard Dower

I conceed...the Palin girls are hot, i've got a secret crush on Bristol. It should be an OK tv movie, if nothing to see the Palin parody.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4YlDkCIoIs

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It premieres on HBO on the 10th of March

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IPhh7mch5zo

Skerries

pickarooney wrote: »

Bit of a first casting an actress who's both older and arguably less attractive than the person she's playing

are you nuts?!!!!

Richard Dower

The HBO film is now out........

pickarooney

Skerries wrote: »

are you nuts?!!!!

Which of the three points makes you question my sanity?

The Black Oil

Presumably Sky Atlantic will pick this up, right?

Mr E

I heard on the Right Hook today that it's on Sky Atlantic sometime around April 23rd (may not be exact date, but close enough).

brennan1979

I saw it and I thought it was quite enjoyable. It didn't demonise her but if even half the stuff in the film about her lack of intelligence or interest in the world outside the US is true then America dodged a bullet by not electing the Republicans. As someone said she could have been only a 75 year old man's heartbeat away from the Presidency.

mikemac1

Very enjoyable, well worth watching

Julianne Moore does a super job

I was cringing when the foreign policy advisors had to point out Germany on the map

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This is on Sky Atlantic tonight at 9pm

kevohmsford

This is definately worth watching. Ed Harris is excellent as John McCain and Julianne Moore is fantastic as Sarah Palin.

Pepe LeFrits

I enjoyed it a lot.

Finally got around to watching this and found it rather good. McCain came across very well, a honest and decent man who sold his soul at the encouragement of his campaign advisers. Palin as off the chart nuts as she is elicited a lot of sympathy. I'd never like to see her in any position of power and her lack of knowledge on world issues is shocking but the film makes you feel pity rather than hatred for her.

Really looking forward to seeing Roach tackle the next election comparing, hopefully there will be some interesting and controversial incidents.

The Black Oil

It's a fascinating story, but does it make for good TV? I thought so.

I don't know if I'd call it a sympathetic portrayal, but I think it's reasonably fair. It depicts Palin as genuine and warm (yes, really). She's her own woman on a human level and politically. Some blame belongs to her, of course. She's politically naive like you can't imagine, not just on geopolitics, but also on national questions. Perhaps more at issue, though, was her head being clearly still stuck Alaska and not focused on the national stage and sticking to the campaign message. The rest of the blame belongs to McCain and his staff. That was a complete cluster****. The vetting was really, really poor. They don't actually spend much time showing us how they picked her, but they do then get into the more behind the scenes stuff and initial apprehensions about her. Then we sort of jumped forward a little to the infamous Katie Couric interview (a few other bits before hand). Maybe some slight massaging going on here to keep the tension going.

Julianne Moore and Woody Harrelson stole the show. McCain is mostly kept to the sidelines (same with Obama). At times I felt sorry for Palin - the toll on her family was obviously enormous. Anyone who was managed like she was, unavoidable in today's politics, would probably crack up a bit. Harrelson's character is firm, not fierce, but plenty ballsy and clearly stuck in the middle of all this mess. If there was one thing I didn't like, it was Palin's first big speech. I think it was how it was shot - tbf, Moore nailed it, but it felt a little disconnected.

Anyway, it's worth a watch and sometimes punctuated with humour - not all of it at the expense of Palin.