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TagsBY BOB HOLT
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
Arizona Senator John McCain told Jay Leno on the Tonight Show recently that he hoped the movie about his 2008 presidential run, “Game Change,” was a silent movie.
The HBO film, based on the book by journalists Mark Halperin and John Heilemann debuts on Saturday night at 9:00 p.m. McCain told the Washington Post that he hasn’t seen the movie, and has no plans to do so.
“I heard enough about the book that it’s taken from unattributed quotes, unnamed sources. But it’s a free country,” said McCain.
And McCain’s 2008 running mate Sarah Palin’s political action committee, SarahPAC, has created its own trailer based on the film, “Game Change We Can Believe In,” and says the film “presents a history that never happened.” Her committee asks HBO to label the film as fiction.
Emorywheel.com reports that the movie opens with Woody Harrelson as McCain campaign manager Steve Schmidt telling McCain, played by Ed Harris, that they need a “game changer.” Schmidt looked toward Palin, played by Julianne Moore. Campaign stress and pressure from media interviews made Palin’s mental state switch between fits of hysteria and moments of emotional paralysis in the film.
Neal Justin of StarTribune.com called the film a “hatchet job” on Palin. He said it included a disastrous interview she did with Charlie Gibson, her shopping spree before speaking at the Republican Convention, and her well-known interview with Katie Couric.
Meanwhile, film "The Undefeated" airs Sunday night at 7 p.m. on the Reelz Channel, that Justin calls Republican propaganda. He says the movie hints that Palin "saved Alaska," started the Tea Party and is the second coming of Ronald Reagan.
Reelz Channel has a low public profile, according to the Wall Street Journal, and is in 62 million homes. The movie first focuses on Palin's life as mayor of Wasilla and then as governor of Alaska.
According to CNN, “Game Change” has faced criticism for only focusing on two chapters of the book dealing with Sarah Palin joining McCain’s campaign as his vice-presidential nominee.
McCain’s wife Cindy told the network, “I am truly sorry if they have depicted her in any fashion other than a strong, independent woman.”
