Plamegate - the movie

[dancingme]

Mitt Dillon as Fitzgerald??

"With the last episode of 'The Sopranos' screening on RTÉ Two tonight, it has been announced that star Edie Falco is in talks about joining the cast of a new film called 'Nothing But the Truth'.

Variety reports that actors Alan Alda, Kate Beckinsale, Matt Dillon and Vera Farmiga are also in talks about starring in the media-themed drama. It tells the story of a newspaper reporter who reveals the identity of a CIA agent and is imprisoned for refusing to name her source.

If the stars sign up for the film, Beckinsale will play the journalist, Dillon the prosecutor, Farmiga the CIA agent, Falco the newspaper editor and Alda the attorney who tries to free the journalist."

http://www.rte.ie/arts/2007/0719/falcoe.html

[Annces]

1. Alda is nothing like Fitzgerald

They need a heavy to play Fitzgerald.

[dancingme]

2. Alda is NOT playing the prosecutor

Matt Dillon is.

[Annces]

9. Oops

Too much speed reading.

[SharonRB]

3. Kate Beckinsale is way too attractive to play Judy Miller

I wonder who they'll get to play Valerie. A lot of names were thrown around here a few months back.

On edit:

Oops, I guess that's who Vera Farmiga is playing. I never heard of her before.

[displacedtexan]

4. Vera Farmiga

OK, I can see it. Not a terrible choice.

[SharonRB]

5. There were some much better ones proposed a few months back

here and at FDL.

[mainer]

6. wait -- are they making the JOURNALIST the hero?

it sounds like they're putting the focus on the wrong characters in this movie. Who's playing Joe Wilson?

[jojo54]

7. Are they going to make the W.H. administration seem

as crude, vile and ruthless as they are in real life????

[Cetacea]

8. Should read: Judith Miller:The Movie

Correct me if I am wrong. I believe that this movie will be a celebration of Miller's "heroism".

[H2O Man]

10. Right.

Sounds like pure fiction, disguised as "based on fact." Miller didn't reveal Plame's identity. She helped Scooter in other ways, that remain largely unknown.