Obama's Moving Picture

Will Smith has already said he'd play him onscreen, but first we have to get through the convention in August, an event that has its own series of rituals and traditions. One of the most high-profile of these is the biographical promo, a short film designed to introduce the nominee. Past efforts have invloved the likes of Harry Thomason (for Bill Clinton) and James Moll and Steven Spielberg (for John Kerry). Al Gore's 2000 promo was to have been directed by Spike Jonze but was eventually scuttled (it was later released on Wholphin's first issue).

What goes around, comes around: the word is that Obama's biographical film for this year's convention will be directed by Davis Guggenheim, the Oscar-winning director of An Inconvenient Truth. It would seem that this is to be an all-out production, being shot on film and not digital video. It's sure to be seen by millions watching the convention. At least three other documentaries about Obama will be out before the election.

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