Bush on big screen as elections approach

Bush on big screen as elections approach
By DAVID GERMAIN, AP Movie Writer
46 minutes ago


LOS ANGELES - President Bush is getting another big-screen close-up.


Two films touching on Bush open the same day, one about a country trio ashamed the president's from their home state, the other chronicling his fictional assassination.

As Michael Moore's Bush-bashing hit "Fahrenheit 9/11" showed two years ago, politically charged films are not likely to affect elections. But "Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing" and "Death of a President," both debuting Friday, are positioned as talking points for the midterm elections 10 days later.

"Films don't influence elections. People have to," said Barbara Kopple, who directed "Shut Up and Sing" with Cecilia Peck. "If there's something they see in a particular film, maybe they'll explore it further. If it hits at just the right spot, they may go out and help to change something."

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This photo released by The Weinstein Company shows fans supporting Natalie Maines and the Dixie Chicks in a scene from Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck's documentary 'Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing.' The film recounts the fallout after Maines told a London concert crowd in 2003 that she and band mates Martie Maguire and Emily Robison were ashamed that Bush is from Texas, the remark coming on the eve of the U.S. war in Iraq.(AP Photo/The Weinstein Company)


This photo released by The Weinstein Company shows the Dixie Chicks, from left, Natalie Maines, Martie Maguire and Emily Robison in a scene from Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck's documentary 'Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing.' The film recounts the fallout after Maines told a London concert crowd in 2003 that she and her band mates were ashamed that President Bush is from Texas, the remark coming on the eve of the U.S. war in Iraq.(AP Photo/The Weinstein Company)