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October 17, 2008
At the Movies: Stone plays it safe with even-handed ‘W.'
By CHRISTY LEMIRE
AP Movie Critic
AP Movie Critic
All he wanted to do was watch baseball and drink beer all day. Sounds like a reasonable request.
| W. |
 Director: Oliver Stone Cast: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Banks, Ellen Burstyn, James Cromwell, Richard Dreyfuss, Scott Glenn, Thandie Newton, Toby Jones Rating: PG-13 for language including sexual references, some alcohol abuse, smoking and brief disturbing war images Running time: 129 minutes |
Instead, George W. Bush ended up being chosen as leader of the free world. Twice.
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