Iraq: the Movie

Casting is underway for the an upcoming HBO film dramatization of the war in Iraq. Modern film technology has made it possible to assemble actors not only from the present but those from the past as well. Film archives can be tapped and individual performances of virtually any actor over the last century can be reassembled frame by frame and used to portray entirely new roles in the present. This time consuming, but hugely economic, approach vastly expands the population of stars that can be cast in current film productions.

The new movie about the war is tentatively titled "Oops, Sorry about That". As you can well imagine, it requires a cast of thousands and the number keeps surging. The producers are struggling to fill all the different parts. What follows are some of their initial thoughts about who will play whom. Nothing is fixed in stone, in fact they are looking for suggestions from others.

"Oops, Sorry About That"

Cast:

Walter Matthau as Donald Rumsfeld
Monty Whooley as Wolf Blitzer
Woody Allen as George Bush
Sid Caesar as Karl Rove
Wally Cox as Harry Reid
Michael J Fox as Scooter Libbey
Jack Palance as John Kerry
Alan Ladd as General David Petraeous
Spencer Tracey as Tim Russert
Humphrey Bogart as Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
John Kerry as Al Gore
Adrian Brody as Syria's Assad
David Niven as Bush 41
Bette Davis as Nancy Pelosi
Willie Nelson as Don Imus
Rob Lowe as John Edwards

Lili Tomlin as Laura Ingrahm

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(to be continued)