Bushisms (2004) (V)

Director:

Elizabeth Reeder

Writers:

Elizabeth Reeder (writer)
Brian Unger (writer)
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Release Date:

9 September 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography | Comedy | War

Tagline:

The accidental wit and wisdom of our 43rd President!

Plot:

A fun-filled collection of some of George W. Bush's more memorable misspeaks. Great commentary by Brian Unger, Jacob Weisberg and Al Franken, plus cartoons by Garry Trudeau and musical appearances by The George W. Bush Singers

Plot Keywords:

George W. Bush | Al Franken | Bushism | Political Comedy | Doonesbury

Cast

Brian Unger	...	Host
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mark Addison	...	The George W. Bush Singers
Tony Alexander	...	The George W. Bush Singers
George W. Bush	...	Himself (archive footage)
Sarah Collins	...	The George W. Bush Singers
D.R. Commander	...	The George W. Bush Singers
Semolina Coolidge	...	The George W. Bush Singers
Kacy Crowley	...	The George W. Bush Singers
Jason Decuir	...	The George W. Bush Singers
Guy Forsyth	...	The George W. Bush Singers
Al Franken	...	Commentary
The George W. Bush Singers	...	Musical Guests
Ryan W. Gossen	...	The George W. Bush Singers
David Gratz	...	The George W. Bush Singers
Vickie Hoch	...	The George W. Bush Singers
Mike Irene	...	The George W. Bush Singers
Kelsey Kilburn	...	The George W. Bush Singers
Chuck Loesch	...	The George W. Bush Singers
Laura Maltz	...	The George W. Bush Singers
Christina Marrs	...	The George W. Bush Singers (as Christina Mars)
Steve McAllister	...	The George W. Bush Singers
Mandi McDaniel	...	The George W. Bush Singers
Amy Ramm	...	The George W. Bush Singers
Bruce Salmon	...	The George W. Bush Singers
Bill Sarver	...	The George W. Bush Singers
Michelle Shocked	...	The George W. Bush Singers
Mary Tang	...	The George W. Bush Singers
Jacob Weisberg	...	Himself
Ashley Williams	...	The George W. Bush Singers

Directed by
Elizabeth Reeder

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Elizabeth Reeder		writer
Brian Unger		writer
Jacob Weisberg		writer

Produced by
Adrian Loudermilk	....	producer
Elizabeth Reeder	....	producer

Original Music by
Adam Albright-Hanna
Robert Hestand

Cinematography by
Geoffrey Donne
Mark Melville
Chris Westerman

Film Editing by
Andrew Jackson
Tom Siiter
Chris Westerman

Costume Design by
J.J. Jones

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jude Gerard Prest	....	second unit director

Animation Department
Chris Routly	....	animator

Other crew
Anthony Bryngelson	....	production assistant
D.R. Commander	....	moose wrangler
Kelsey Kilburn	....	production assistant
Mandi McDaniel	....	production assistant
Amy Ramm	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Ingrinable Productions LLC

Distributors

• Prism Leisure Corporation (2005) (UK) (all media)
• Siren Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (all media)
• Siren Visual Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
• Siren Visual Entertainment (2006) (New Zealand) (DVD)
• St. Clair Entertainment Group (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• St. Clair Vision (2004) (Canada) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Horizon Video  post-production

Also Known As:

George W. Bushisms (USA) (alternative title)

Runtime:

USA:62 min | USA:61 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Filming Locations:

Austin, Texas, USA

Company:

Ingrinable Productions LLC

Movie Connections:

Featured in Last Laugh '04 (2004) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Little Boy Bush

Almost as stupid as its main character

The local library just acquired this DVD. It looked interesting, so I checked it out and watched part of it. This movie has a great premise: a collection of George W. Bush's most hilarious and idiotic mistakes. Every second the president is on the screen is hilarious as he bumbles his way through the English language with quotes like "I believe that humans and fish can coexist peacefully" and "The literacy of our children are appalling". He even makes up words such as "misunderestimate" and "subliminable". It's great fun for anyone who isn't a complete Bush Fanatic.

However, the way it's presented falls flat on its face. The camera will show a five second clip of the president to make you laugh. Then it follows up with some text just in case you didn't catch what he said. Then it shows some snobbish liberal talking-head that makes INCREDIBLY STUPID sarcastic remarks about what the president said, and then makes some more sarcastic remarks to mercilessly beat the dead horse of a joke. By the time it gets to the next title slide announcing that you are about to see another clip of George W. Bush, you will be screaming for mercy from the horrible, horrible boredom. I turned it off after about 15 minutes.

As if that isn't enough, the film is interspersed with silly gimmicks related to the jokes. When the President said "You work hard to put food on your family" the viewers are suddenly subjected to a music video with "The George W. Bush Singers" in which a bunch of people dance around and put food on each other, trying to stretch the humor for 20 minutes longer than it should have lasted. For some reason, they also stuck in a few Bloomsbury comic strips by Gary Trudeau making fun of the president. (Newspaper comic strips just don't make a great transition to the big screen...) In conclusion: 3 stars for an attempt to make fun of George Bush. Too bad it was a big, overblown waste of time.