Forrest Whitaker campaigns for Obama

[MrScorpio]

Just saw it on CSPAN

http://jdeeth.blogspot.com/2007/10/johnson-county-bbq-forest-whitaker.html

[goclark]

1. Yea! GObama! nt

[tomreedtoon]

2. This is a PLUS for Obama?

I still hate Forrest Whitaker's guts since that lousy Canadian-made Twilight Zone series he hosted. He'll wreck Obama's campaign. Whitaker could make the end of the war feel depressing.

[onenote]

3. You hate a guy because you don't like his acting?

Or more precisely, because you didn't like a show he hosted?

Wow. That's weird.

[flpoljunkie]

4. Lame and unwarranted criticism. Forest Whitaker is an awesome actor. He was great as Idi Amin in

The Last King of Scotland.

[FrenchieCat]

6. He is also a director and a producer.....

and appears to be great at those jobs as well!

Whitaker branched out into producing and directing in the 1990s. He co-produced and co-starred in A Rage in Harlem in 1991. He made his directorial debut with a grim film about inner-city gun violence, Strapped, for HBO in 1993. In 1995, he directed his first feature, Waiting to Exhale, which was based on the Terry McMillan novel of the same name. Roger Ebert observed that the tone of the film resembled Whitaker's own acting style: "measured, serene, confident."<22> Whitaker also directed co-star Whitney Houston's music video of the movie's theme song ("Shoop Shoop").

Whitaker continued his directing career with the 1998 romantic comedy, Hope Floats, starring Sandra Bullock and Harry Connick, Jr. He directed Katie Holmes in the romantic comedy, First Daughter in 2004; he had co-starred with Holmes in Phone Booth in 2002.

Whitaker also served as an executive producer on First Daughter. He had previously executive produced several made-for-television movies, most notably the 2002 Emmy-award winning Door to Door, starring William H. Macy. He produced these projects through his production company, Spirit Dance Entertainment, which he shut down in 2005 to concentrate on his acting career.<4><11>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_Whitaker

He is also a vegetarian, father of 4, and husband!

[goclark]

21. He is absolutely awesome! nt

[Lucinda]

7. And also in

Bird
Good Morning, Vietnam
and...well...just about everything.

[Forkboy]

8. You forgot the sarcasm icon.

oh...wait.

[tomreedtoon]

27. Only idiots use sarcasm icons.

Because they're the ones that assume that the readers are too stupid to identify sarcasm or a joke.

I have more respect for the intelligence of the readers of DU posts. Although looking at the responses by some of you guys, maybe my faith is misplaced.

[Forkboy]

29. Oh, I'm sure.

[incapsulated]

15. Shut your mouth

Forrest is teh shit.

[Zavulon]

18. Because of THAT, he'll wreck Obama's campaign?

Christ, I didn't even remember Whitaker hosted that show until you mentioned it. You're right that the show was subpar, but the thought that because of it he'll hurt Obama's campaign? Wow. What, did you audition for the show and get turned down or something?

[Nedsdag]

19. Your post is a joke, right?

:shrug:

[Lucinda]

5. Forrest is a great actor. Glad to see him out supporting his candidate.

[Colobo]

10. He's supporting Our Next President.

[Lucinda]

11. I sure admire your dedication Katz!

:)

[Forkboy]

9. He's pretty damn cool....but it doesn't effect me one way or the other.

Not many endorsements do these days.

[Lucinda]

12. Me neither

but I DO love seeing people involved in the process

[Forkboy]

13. I'm with you there, and people like that can get even more people involved.

:thumbsup:

[bullwinkle428]

14. I was there at the event where that photo was taken -

Johnson County (Iowa) Democrats Annual BBQ!

Surprisingly for an actor, he seemed rather soft-spoken during his speech and didn't really show the fiery oratorical skills that Barack often shows. Anyway, it was still nice to see him make the effort to appear for Obama.

[incapsulated]

16. He is always soft spoken

It's just his manner. :)

[Zavulon]

17. Good for him

It's good to see someone as likable as Whitaker putting his time and money where his mouth is. Besides, anything that could help keep Hillary from being nominated is something I welcome.

[AlCzervik]

20. Whitaker was brilliant in The last king of Scotland.

[The Gunslinger]

25. even better as..

Jefferson in Fast Times at Ridgemont High.

[AlCzervik]

26. um sure. Fast times was great but I'll still go with his portrayal of Idi Amin.

if you haven;t seen it yet it's a really, really good movie.

[illinoisprogressive]

22. very cool

[Ethelk2044]

23. This is Great

[nashville_brook]

24. strangely, cell phones will volunarily be silenced at all Obama campaign events

[AlCzervik]

28. lol, i've seen that the last 5 times i've been to the movies.

[nashville_brook]

30. Forrest Whitaker as the Dalai Lama in a theater near you!

i love FW -- it's just the strangest public service annoucement ever!