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September 13, 2006
Synergery: AOLTimeWarner clips Death of a President
While Newmarket—the company formerly helmed by Bob Berney, who is now boss at TimeWarner subsidiary Picturehouse—acquired the bold what-if mockumentary, Death of a President, about what draconian measures might be meted in America if President George W. Bush were murdered in 2007, TimeWarner/AOL subsidiary TMZ.com gives away the money shot, clipping the apocryphal killing for the edification of idle gossips everywhere. Does it help or does it hurt? Writes a Chicago observer: " I was outside the River East [movie theaters] when they shot that assassination scene at the Marriott hotel a block south. I remember hearing the screas and the police cars and ambulances rushing by, doing take after take. I was told they were shooting a TV pilot, but there were DOAP signs everywhere for the crew parking and extras."
Posted by Ray Pride at September 13, 2006 07:33 PM
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Crazy clip, but a clarification, "Death of a President" was not acquired by Picturehouse, but by Newmarket Films (a company unaffiliated with any studio...) [CORRECTED ABOVE.]
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at September 13, 2006 06:35 PM
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