Two-time Oscar®-winner Kevin Spacey leads an outstanding cast in this illuminating, highly entertaining film that pulls back the veil on the headlines to explore the human drama surrounding the most controversial presidential election in U.S. history. Debuts Sunday, May 25th at 9 p.m. on HBO.
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The author of this film,Danny Strong,conducted his “research” so as to avoid certain fundamental facts, most notably that Bill Daley and Warren Christopher did not “wimp out.” Instead of providing to these two key players the same courtesies extended to others in the film (script review; scene approval; rough cut screening), he waited until after shooting had begun to contact either man, then refused to give a copy of the script to Christopher. He and HBO now disclaim any intention to lead the public to believe they they’ll be viewing a faithful rendition of history, claiming that all they want to do is to convey “the essence of the truth,” as Strong put it to the New York Times. What he sidesteps, of course, is that the film is being sold to the public not as the “essence” of what happened in 2000 but as “the story of the 2000 presidential election.” Strong and HBO know that the public treats as fact what is fed to them as “docu-drama,” embracing the tacit proposition that they are flies on the wall, witnessing historic events as they occurred. That what the public is consuming is an ounce of “docu” for every gallon of “drama” is an inconvenient truth, certainly for Danny Strong and HBO. And like it or not, what the viewers treat as fact becomes fact for others in this generation and those following.