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20-06-03, 23:20
NEW YORK -- SHOWTIME takes its NO LIMITS attitude to the White House in its newest Original Picture tentatively titled DC 9/11, it was announced today by Jerry Offsay, President, Programming, Showtime Networks Inc.
The film will be executive produced by Robert Halmi, Sr. (Dinotopia, Arabian Knights and the Showtime Original Picture, THE LION IN WINTER), with Lionel Chetwynd (Kissinger and Nixon and the Showtime Original Picture, VARIAN'S WAR) producing. Chetwynd also serves as the film's writer. The film, a Lionel Chetwynd production, will be directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith (the Showtime Original Pictures SIGHTINGS: HEARTLAND GHOST and HAPPY FACE MURDERS).
DC 9/11 stars an ensemble cast including Timothy Bottoms (That's My Bush!) as President George W. Bush, Scott Alan Smith (The Parlor) as White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, Lawrence Pressman (American Pie) as Vice President Dick Cheney, Penny Johnson Jerald ("24") as National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice, David Fonteno (Analyze That) as Secretary of State Colin Powell, Mary Gordon Murray (One Life to Live) as First Lady Laura Bush, John Cunningham (States of Control) as Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Greg Itzin (Adaptation) as Attorney General John Ashcroft and George Takei (Star Trek) as U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta.
The movie is scheduled to air shortly before the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks which stole the hearts of all America and the lives of many in New York, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. Production for DC 9/11 will begin in April.
DC 9/11 takes an inside look at the Bush Administration, beginning with the day of the attacks, and following the President's journey to Ground Zero, culminating with his now famous national address nine days after the attacks. The film covers the many difficult decisions and tasks faced by the President and his staff as they were challenged by the possibility of the "first war of the 21st Century." Eschewing their own feelings and healing process, the President and his team instead tended to the needs of a wounded country. Based on real life accounts the docudrama will interweave actual footage from these haunting events.
The film will be executive produced by Robert Halmi, Sr. (Dinotopia, Arabian Knights and the Showtime Original Picture, THE LION IN WINTER), with Lionel Chetwynd (Kissinger and Nixon and the Showtime Original Picture, VARIAN'S WAR) producing. Chetwynd also serves as the film's writer. The film, a Lionel Chetwynd production, will be directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith (the Showtime Original Pictures SIGHTINGS: HEARTLAND GHOST and HAPPY FACE MURDERS).
DC 9/11 stars an ensemble cast including Timothy Bottoms (That's My Bush!) as President George W. Bush, Scott Alan Smith (The Parlor) as White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer, Lawrence Pressman (American Pie) as Vice President Dick Cheney, Penny Johnson Jerald ("24") as National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice, David Fonteno (Analyze That) as Secretary of State Colin Powell, Mary Gordon Murray (One Life to Live) as First Lady Laura Bush, John Cunningham (States of Control) as Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld, Greg Itzin (Adaptation) as Attorney General John Ashcroft and George Takei (Star Trek) as U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta.
The movie is scheduled to air shortly before the second anniversary of the September 11 attacks which stole the hearts of all America and the lives of many in New York, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C. Production for DC 9/11 will begin in April.
DC 9/11 takes an inside look at the Bush Administration, beginning with the day of the attacks, and following the President's journey to Ground Zero, culminating with his now famous national address nine days after the attacks. The film covers the many difficult decisions and tasks faced by the President and his staff as they were challenged by the possibility of the "first war of the 21st Century." Eschewing their own feelings and healing process, the President and his team instead tended to the needs of a wounded country. Based on real life accounts the docudrama will interweave actual footage from these haunting events.