This ought to be worth a look.....
On Sat, May 18, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Bruce Majors <[email protected]>wrote: > > > -------- > > > > http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/13/some-of-the-juiciest-bits-of-rodham-the-hillary-clinton-movie-biopic-sex-scandal-more.html > > Some of the Juiciest Bits of ‘Rodham,’ the Hillary Clinton Movie Biopic: > Sex, Scandal, More > > The most powerful woman in the world is about to get the Hollywood > treatment. > > Hillary Clinton <http://www.thedailybeast.com/topics/hillary-clinton.html>, > the former first lady, senator, and secretary of state—who is > *maybe<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/05/04/americans-are-ready-for-a-female-president-finally.html> > * running for president in 2016—is the subject of a new feature film > about her youth. *Rodham* focuses on 1974, when the 26-year-old was a > determined—and relatively humorless—lawyer working as a member of the House > impeachment inquiry staff in Washington, D.C. When she wasn’t helping > impeach Nixon, Rodham was struggling to maintain a long-distance > relationship with a suave Arkansas law professor by the name of Bill > Clinton, who was himself busy running for the House of Representatives in > his home state. > ** [image: Hillary Clinton: The Movie] ** > > Illustration by The Daily Beast > ** ** > > *Rodham *was written by Young Il Kim, a relatively unknown South Korean. > Though casting and filming haven’t begun, the movie is set to be produced > by Wyck Godfrey and Marty Bowen of Temple Hill Entertainment (*The > Twilight Saga*) and directed by James Ponsoldt, whose coming-of-age drama > *The Spectacular > Now<http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/01/24/the-spectacular-now-starring-shailene-woodley-and-miles-teller-is-one-of-sundance-s-best.html> > * was a standout at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The screenplay > for *Rodham* was a hot commodity in Hollywood, earning a place on the 2012 > Black List <http://blcklst.com/lists/2012_black_list.pdf>—an annual > compendium of the best unproduced screenplays floating around Tinseltown. > And according > to<http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/hillary-clinton-biopic-rodham-director-james-ponsoldt-88336>The > Wrap, “industry executives who have read the script claim it offers a > potentially award-worthy role for one lucky ingenue.” Kim, meanwhile, has > received the Sundance Institute’s Alfred P. Sloan Commissioning Grant to > develop his next project—an original, untitled script based on the life of > Stephen Hawking. > > The Daily Beast has obtained a copy of what may or may not be the final > screenplay to *Rodham. *Here are the juiciest bits, from a steamy love > scene between Hillary and Bill to her presidential aspirations. > > The screenplay’s opening description of Yale law student Hillary > Rodham<http://media.salon.com/2012/08/bill_hillary_rect.jpg>is less than > flattering, to say the least. Early in the script, she’s seen > tutoring Robert Reich at the Yale Law School library while Joe Lieberman > campaigns for his run for the Connecticut state Senate. She is described as > a blonde with an “awful haircut” whose face is obscured by a “hideous pair > of Coke-bottle glasses” and who is, in totality, “the valedictorian of the > ‘look-like-shit school of feminism.’” Bill Clinton, meanwhile, is described > as a “Viking” with a “full mane” and “six-inch beard.” > > Hillary is now a 26-year-old, elegantly dressed woman working for the > Children’s Defense Fund, while Bill is an assistant professor of law at the > University of Arkansas. While flirting with a giggling waitress, Bill > mentions how the watermelons of Hope, Arkansas, are the “firmest, juiciest > melons” he’s ever seen (a friend of Bill’s, Terry Kirkpatrick, later tells > Hillary that this is his go-to pickup line). Bill casually proposes to > Hillary as the resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew plays in the > background. Hillary questions why a woman—in this case, Pat Nixon—can’t be > president. This is the first of many references by various characters to > Hillary’s dream of being president. > > Hillary and Bill go back to her apartment and “devour each other,” as Bill > presses Hillary against the wall, tears off her blouse, and “buries his > head into her cleavage.” Their tryst, however, is broken up several times > by messages playing from the answering machine and never comes to fruition. > Later on, Hillary complains about her sex life with Bill to two friends, > claiming Bill is just using her for her D.C. apartment. When asked if the > two have sex, she replies, “It depends upon what the meaning of the word > ‘sex’ means.” > > The majority of the screenplay is dedicated to Hillary’s time as a member > of the impeachment inquiry staff in Washington advising the House > Committee on the > Judiciary<http://watergate.info/impeachment/members-of-the-house-judiciary-committee>during > the Watergate scandal. In 1974 Hillary was one of 43 lawyers on the > staff, and she flirts with another member, Republican William Weld, who she > thinks resembles Ryan O’Neal in *Love Story*. Her friends think Weld is a > much better fit for her than Bill Clinton is. Reporter Bob Woodward, > meanwhile, refers to Hillary as “the Jill Wine Volner of the impeachment > inquiry > committee<http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20065410,00.html>,” > much to her chagrin. Because of this comment, John Doar, who heads the > committee, suggests that Hillary ditch her skirts for pants. “From this day > forward, she will always wear pantsuits,” says the script. > > Hillary is on a hotel rooftop having a drink with William Weld, who has > just surprised her on her birthday with a vinyl record of the greatest hits > from the Watergate tapes. They’re listening to the tapes on the rooftop of > the Congressional Hotel and “draw closer for that inevitable kiss” when the > moment is broken up by Terry Kirkpatrick, who tells Hillary she has a call > from Bill Clinton—whom she hasn’t been close to in quite some time—wishing > her happy birthday. The flirtation with Weld is seemingly over, and Bill > plays Hillary both “Happy Birthday” and “Hail to the Chief” on the > saxophone. This, combined with help advising her on the > impeachment-committee work, apparently wins her back. > > Hillary and the impeachment-inquiry staff don’t have enough evidence to > impeach Nixon, but Bill gives Hillary some advice, telling her to subpoena > the recordings <http://whitehousetapes.net/tapes/nixon/overview> from the > Roosevelt > Room <http://www.whitehousemuseum.org/west-wing/roosevelt-room.htm> of > the White House. Hillary is so elated, she tells Bill, “I fuckin’ love you. > I mean that. I love you, and I want to fuck you.” (In the script, Hillary > often says “motherfuckin’,” much to Bill’s delight.) > > Bill Clinton’s mother, Virginia, disapproves of Hillary. She believes a > woman needs to know her way around the kitchen, but Hillary, according to > Bill, doesn’t know how to cook. Later she says that Hillary is “just a > phase” for Bill, before pressing her to wear something prettier for her > boy. Hillary ultimately is pressured into changing into a tight-fitting > blue prom dress. Later, Bill Clinton’s half-brother, Roger Clinton Jr., 18, > asks a group of people, “Who do you think fucked more women? Bill or > Hillary?” to laughs from a crowd of Bill’s friends. Roger is depicted as a > stoner who smokes marijuana out of a bong. > > It’s still 1974, and Hillary is down in Arkansas helping Bill on campaign > running for the House of Representatives against Republican incumbent John > Paul > Hammerschmidt<http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=4169>. > Bill’s campaign staffers, including campaign head Paul Fray, openly mock > Hillary and are tired of her presence, which they feel is patronizing to > them, since she’s not only from D.C., but also provided a heavy edit to one > of Bill’s campaign speeches that irked staffers. Hillary bursts into Bill’s > office to complain of her treatment just as a 20-year-old giggling coed > comes out. Bill explains that she’s a former student of his and the > president of the Arkansas College Democrats. It’s one of many references to > Bill’s popularity with the ladies. Hillary eventually leaves Bill, and > Arkansas, out of frustration to return to Washington. > > After Nixon is impeached and Hillary’s work with the impeachment-inquiry > staff is over, she decides to head to Arkansas to be with Bill. It’s still > 1974. Her friend Betsey Wright objects, saying, “You can’t both be > president!” But Hillary doesn’t care, and she’s off to see Bill. Betsey > decides to accompany her. It’s later revealed before the credits that > President Bill Clinton was impeached “using the procedure developed by > Hillary Rodham in 1974.” > [image: Get Flash Player] <http://www.adobe.com/go/getflash/> > > Watch Hillary's career highlights in two minutes. > > Marlow Stern is the assistant culture editor of *Newsweek *and The Daily > Beast and holds a master’s degree from the Columbia University Graduate > School of Journalism. He has served in the editorial department of *Blender > *magazine, and as an editor at *Amplifier Magazine *and *Manhattan Movie > Magazine.* > > > > > PGP public key: http://tinyurl.com/SJPGP > > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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