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[Steam McQueen]

A new movie with Dan.


http://www.cinematical.com/2008/03/24/exclusive-war-inc-poster-premiere/

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Dan must have been a late addition. He's not mentioned in the cast at the IMDb ...
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0884224/

Or wiki ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War,_Inc.

Release date looks like May 23, 2008. DVD release, in the U.S., is July 1, 2008 ... Dan's birthday!

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[bluesharp]

Thanks for the info Steam!!
Didn't know Dan had made a new film,thought he was concentrating on his winery!!

[Vinnie Blues]

Thanks for the info. This movie seems interesting to watch.

Dan playing the role of a Bush alike... LOL - only that must be something to be worth the watching.

[Steam McQueen]

Here's the first look at Dan in War, Inc. ...



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[Vinnie Blues]

The movie seemed to be highly satyrical. I hope they're gonna show it in France 'cause I'd like to go and watch it. Dan looks great in that presidential character.

Is it me or... I'm under the impression that this John Cusack would look like a younger Jake... any ideas ?

[Steam McQueen]

The key players will soon be making their press tours on Letterman, Leno, Conan ... etc. John Cusack has already been on Jimmy Kimmel Live. It was last month ... I missed it but nothing escapes the "tube."
Some banter about the Cubs and stuff. Takes about 4 minutes before they start talking about the movie.


Well, I just watched the 9:30 interview and they don't mention Dan once. Hopefully Dan will make a few Late Night stops of his own, but I'm not sure how big his role is.



Press articles will be popping up ...
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/columnists/story.html?id=7172b5b5-1656-40d0-a7e0-c10950bdebb8&k=21425

Soon some advance screening reviews should be coming in ahead of the May 23 release date. Seems like a timely, topical movie. I'll undoubtedly wait for the July 1 DVD release.

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[Steam McQueen]

A few reviews are trickling in now, not overly enthusiastic reviews. I found one with 3.5 stars out of 5.

http://www.nationalpost.com/arts/movies/story.html?id=469626

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[Steam McQueen]

Well, the reviews aren't great but to each their own. Here's a review that gave the flick 2 out of 4.

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Wouldn't you know it, the head of the company is the former U.S. vice-president, nyuk-nyuk. He's played by Dan Aykroyd and when he first appears, he's barking out orders while sitting on the toilet - something we really didn't need to see.

lol

http://dailygleaner.canadaeast.com/liveit/article/303010

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[Steam McQueen]

MovieWeb is giving away signed War, Inc. posters. Unfortunately, they're only signed by John Cusack. The contest is only available in the USA so I can't even enter ... dang! If you won one, and Dan came to your town, and you got his autograph on the poster with Cusack's autograph ... not a bad piece of memorabilia. Good luck, my American friends! http://www.bluesbrotherscentral.com/forum2/public/style_emoticons/default/icon_smile.gif

http://www.movieweb.com/contests/

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[Steam McQueen]

A decent review from the Seattle Times. 3 out of 4 stars!!

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/movies/2004473599_war13.html

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[TakkunEG]

Steam McQueen said:

Here's the first look at Dan in War, Inc. ...



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Gone. Damn.

Dan's listed on the IMDb page now.

[Steam McQueen]

takkuneg said:

Gone. Damn.

It's a great clip! Try this link, Takk.

http://www.spike.com/video/war-inc-mission/2969921

Gotta watch the Burger King ad first. :o It plays kinda choppy on my computing box. Hope it works for ya.

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[Vinnie Blues]

Got both - the article and the vid. Only the title of the movie says it all : 'War, Inc.'
War seen as a big business opportunity to make big bucks. I hope I could see the movie here in France. Looks interesting.

[TakkunEG]

Steam McQueen said:

It's a great clip! Try this link, Takk.

http://www.spike.com/video/war-inc-mission/2969921

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Haha, his hair is all grey. Looks like Dick Cheney...probably on purpose.

[Vinnie Blues]

takkuneg said:

Haha, his hair is all grey. Looks like Dick Cheney...probably on purpose.

I found he looked like a mix of Cheney and Bush - Bush for the upper part of the head and Cheney for the lower part. Or am I just weird ? But I had the same feeling : that all this was on purpose. Would be along of the lines of the movie if I got it well.

[Steam McQueen]

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Wouldn't you know it, the head of the company is the former U.S. vice-president, nyuk-nyuk. He's played by Dan Aykroyd and when he first appears, he's barking out orders while sitting on the toilet - something we really didn't need to see.

I haven't seen this movie yet but found this pic of how we first see Dan.



lol

Here's the trailer -
YouTube - War, Inc. - Trailer

You might notice that the movie is on daTube but it's only 4 ten minute parts so it's not the whole movie. The uploader even says in the description of part 4 that if you want to watch the whole movie to buy it. I've been waiting for this one to show up in the $5 dollar bin at WalMart but haven't seen it there yet.

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