Jonathan Last

2004: The Movie
October 7th, 2004

FoxNews.com has a story about John Edwards’s appearance on Regis and Kelly, where he speculates on casting for a movie about the 2004 campaign. Kelly Ripa suggested that Harrison Ford play Kerry. From there:

Edwards responded that someone recently said%A0they had a mental%A0image of him in the movie, A Few Good Men, starring Tom Cruise and Jack Nicholson, “me as Tom Cruise and Dick Cheney as the Nicholson character.” “Can you see it now, Cheney: ‘You need me on that wall, you want me on that wall’ . . . and me saying, ‘You can’t handle the truth!'”

The only problem with this, of course, is that “You can’t handle the truth” is Nicholson’s most famous line from A Few Good Men.

Be that as it may, I’m now commencing open casting for 2004: The Movie. Suggestions welcome.

Anonymous October 7, 2004 at 4:50 pm

casting for John Edwards…Edwards is well-groomed, cute, quite bubbly, and appeals to pre-pubescent girls. The role of John Edwards goes to the lovely Hilary Duff.-CSG

David Hackett October 7, 2004 at 7:18 pm

How about Hillary Duff and Katie Holmes to play the Bush daughters?Hmmmm, Glenn Close as Teresa Kerry? Sharon Stone in a cameo as Hillary Clinton?

Albert October 7, 2004 at 7:58 pm

Scott Peterson as Kerry Celebrity spokesman Ben Affleck

dzzrtRatt October 7, 2004 at 9:40 pm

John Malkovich as Al Gore.James Cromwell as Osama Bin Laden.Steve Buscemi as Terry McCaulliffe.

The Senescent Man October 8, 2004 at 8:22 am

Bruce Willis as George W. BushCat Stevens as Osama Bib Laden

Leslie Nevola October 11, 2004 at 11:29 pm

Hmm… Boris Karloff as Kerry… Ralphie Wiggum (Simpsons) as Edwards. 😀 Hehe.

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