Underplayed Gems

Being W (2008)

Being W poster
Directed by
Karl Zéro
Genre
documentary film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
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How it feels

A French documentary comedy about George W. Bush. It covers his life and presidency in five chapters based on the letter W, using his famous verbal slips and gaffes for laughs.

satiricalplayfulirreverentanecdotallightdeadpanmockumentary-style

What happens

George Walker Bush in „Being W.“ (Originaltitel: Being W. – Dans la peau de George W. Bush) ist ein französischer Dokumentarfilm des Journalisten und Satirikers Karl Zéro und des Regisseurs Michel Royer aus dem Jahr 2008. Er beschreibt in satirischer Weise den Werdegang und die Amtszeit des 43. US-amerikanischen Präsidenten George W. Bush in fünf Kapiteln, deren Bezeichnungen sich am Anfangsbuchstaben „W“ des zweiten Vornamens Bushs orientieren. Der Film greift vielfach auf peinliche Versprecher des Protagonisten, so genannte „Bushismen“, zurück. Die deutsche Synchronstimme lieh Lutz Mackensy dem Protagonisten, der in dem Original vom Stimmenimitator Jim Meskimen gesprochen wird. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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