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Bush assassinated? New film depicts it
British TV network defends its airing of 'Death of a President'

Updated: 10:29 a.m. ET Sept. 1, 2006 {AP}

LONDON - A British television network plans to broadcast a dramatic,
documentary-style film about a fictional assassination of U.S. President
George W. Bush, the network's head said Thursday.

The program uses actors and digital manipulation of real footage to show
a fictional account of Bush being gunned down after delivering a speech
in Chicago, Peter Dale, the head of More4, told a news conference.

"Death of a President," also scheduled to be shown at the Toronto Film
Festival in September, focuses on all those linked to the pretend crime
- including nearby anti-war protesters, suspects, Secret Service guards
and investigators, Dale said.

More4, which is the digital offshoot of Britain's Channel 4 network,
plans to show the program on Oct. 9.

The White House declined to comment on the network's announcement,
saying it would not dignify the program with a response.

"It's an extraordinarily gripping and powerful piece of work, a drama
constructed like a documentary that looks back at the assassination of
George Bush as the starting point for a very gripping detective story,"
Dale told reporters.

"It's a pointed political examination of what the war on terror did to
the American body politic," he said.

Dale said he expected the film would upset some, but defended it as a
sophisticated piece of work.

"It's not sensationalist, or simplistic but a very thought-provoking,
powerful drama," he said. "I hope people will see that the intention
behind it is good."

"Death of a President" is directed by Gabriel Range, whose 2003 TV movie
"The Day Britain Stopped" showed what might happen if the country's
transportation network ground to a halt.

=A9 2006 The Associated Press


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http://msnbc.msn.com/id/14608725/

Bush assassinated? New film depicts it
British TV network defends its airing of 'Death of a President'

Updated: 10:29 a.m. ET Sept. 1, 2006 {AP}

LONDON - A British television network plans to broadcast a dramatic,
documentary-style film about a fictional assassination of U.S. President
George W. Bush, the network's head said Thursday.

The program uses actors and digital manipulation of real footage to show
a fictional account of Bush being gunned down after delivering a speech
in Chicago, Peter Dale, the head of More4, told a news conference.

"Death of a President," also scheduled to be shown at the Toronto Film
Festival in September, focuses on all those linked to the pretend crime
- including nearby anti-war protesters, suspects, Secret Service guards
and investigators, Dale said.

More4, which is the digital offshoot of Britain's Channel 4 network,
plans to show the program on Oct. 9.

The White House declined to comment on the network's announcement,
saying it would not dignify the program with a response.

"It's an extraordinarily gripping and powerful piece of work, a drama
constructed like a documentary that looks back at the assassination of
George Bush as the starting point for a very gripping detective story,"
Dale told reporters.

"It's a pointed political examination of what the war on terror did to
the American body politic," he said.

Dale said he expected the film would upset some, but defended it as a
sophisticated piece of work.

"It's not sensationalist, or simplistic but a very thought-provoking,
powerful drama," he said. "I hope people will see that the intention
behind it is good."

"Death of a President" is directed by Gabriel Range, whose 2003 TV movie
"The Day Britain Stopped" showed what might happen if the country's
transportation network ground to a halt.

=A9 2006 The Associated Press