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| DiCaprio to Star in Al Qaeda Story |
| 2007-04-10 |
| Leonardo DiCaprio is set to track an Al Qaeda leader in a hard-hitting new Ridley Scott drama. The actor will play a journalist-turned-CIA agent who is given the task of locating a terrorist in Jordan reportedly planning an attack on America in Body of Lies. The film, which will dredge up memories of 9/11 when Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden organized a terrorist attack on New York and Washington, is to shoot in Morocco later this year. The project will re-team DiCaprio with The Departed screenwriter William Monahan, who will adapt the story from David Ignatius' book. Ohfergawdsake. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #11 Starts as himself, Sir Whistle Dick |
| Posted by: Captain America 2007-04-10 16:44 |
| #10 Bodyguard of Lies is also the title of an excellent nonfiction book on the use of deception by the Allies in the Normandy invasion. |
| Posted by: Mike 2007-04-10 16:16 |
| #9 adapt the story from David Ignatius' book That's David Ignatius of the WashingPost. I'm not sure what to make of his novels, but he seems to be an open Democratnik booster in his columns. |
| Posted by: eLarson 2007-04-10 10:44 |
| #8 We rented "Blood Diamond' the other day. I thought he did a good job in that. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2007-04-10 09:51 |
| #7 1. Body of lies is a ref to a Churchill quote. "in war, truth is so precious, it must be protected by a body guard of lies" 2. Ignatius is kinda liberal hawkish - perhaps somewhat to the left of me, but not a "put terrorist in scare quotes" kinda guy. |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2007-04-10 09:47 |
| #6 I expect yet another hit piece. Imagine Hollywood cranking out a film demonstrating that FDR not only allowed Pearl Harbor to happen but that he had planned it. After all, everyone knows the Japanese could not launch a carrier attack thousands of miles from the Home Islands. And where were the American carriers? Google it! |
| Posted by: Excalibur 2007-04-10 09:39 |
| #5 What is that Joe? So easy a Hollyweird actor can do it? So easy a Hollyweird hack could write it? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2007-04-10 09:03 |
| #4 DeCaprio as Osama? as Anna Nicole Smith? Methinks the GEICO Cavemen are gonna complain again. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2007-04-10 02:15 |
| #3 He will make a great zawahiri (from the bloid) I'm very confused, I thought he would make a great lenin. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2007-04-10 02:04 |
| #2 Please tell me this won't be (another) hit piece on Bush. |
| Posted by: cajunbelle 2007-04-10 01:04 |
| #1 Gee, I wonder whose "lies"? Jeez. |
| Posted by: cajunbelle 2007-04-10 01:02 |