Catch Me In "Recount" on HBO
Self promotion. What an ugly, indulgent, self-serving practice. So very Hollywood, and so very contemptible in every way. So, now that we've gotten that out of the way.... watch me! Please watch me! Okay, perhaps not exactly watch as much as hear me as I provide the voice for George W. Bush in the HBO original movie Recount premiering this Sunday at 9pm EST. As you will see in the film, they used actors who resembled Bush and Gore to play the on camera parts, but the voice of Bush was provided by me. Gore was some other dude. I've been doing dubya for 8 years now in cartoons and so forth, but it's sort of a fitting end to cap it all off with actually playing a more real version of him than the usual caricature version. Although, he is never far from caricature land no matter how hard you try to pull him out of it.
Anyway, I really enjoyed doing this gig and am proud of it, so I hope you enjoy it.
(and yes, the above picture is some Photoshop trickery on my part, apologies to Tom Wilkinson for kicking him out of the line up)
Labels: George W. Bush, HBO, Recount, Voice Of
posted by Chris at
9:27 AM
8 Comments:
congratulations, chris. i'm watching for sure. i'm hoping it's as good as late shift, the hbo movie about the leno/letterman fight to replace carson. but with slightly higher stakes.
Chris, that's great. We'll be watching!
Can you do a herbert walker?
Congrats, Chris!! Consider yourself a scheduled recording on my DVR. Now, you're sure this isn't just a rebroadcast of "Tanner '88"?
Thanks!
Bernie, I can do daddy as well. In fact, I did a series of parody phone calls back during the 2000 debacle that Recount is about. You can hear daddy and junior here...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ugIpQf3stZ0
liked it a lot. laura dern was fantastic. was warren christopher british or has john heard just stopped trying?
I enjoyed it as well. Just to show how good you were, Chris: I thought they gave you a third segment at the end, but it turned out to be the actual W.
I don't know about Recount's John Hurt, but John Heard officially stopped trying when he accepted a role in "White Chicks."
Jack, thanks much. And nice dis on the two Johns... Heard and Levenstein. Heard is a bit of a creep I think as I remember him having a restraining order slapped on him by an ex-wife some years back.
I really enjoyed the movie as well. I though the tension they built at the beginning in particular was very well done, especially considering that we all knew where it was headed. That's hard to do. Yes, John Hurt did give Christopher a British accent for some reason, or perhaps he just didn't feel like losing his own.
Post a Comment
<< Home