Obama to Screen Fundraiser George
Clooney's 'Monuments Men' in White House
by Christian Toto 17 Feb 2014, 4:36 PM PDT
Getting your film screened in the White
House is a coup, especially for a project with a sizable budget and outsized
expectations.
Enter President Barack Obama,
who will be screening the new George Clooney film
The Monuments Men Tuesday night.
George Clooney, who co-wrote, directed and
stars in the pic, will be attending the closed-press evening event, we’re told.
The pic, based on the true story of an unlikely World War II unit that was
tasked with saving priceless art from the Nazis, opened
February 7 and has grossed $46M+ to date. It’s a rare case of the White House
screening a movie that’s already in theaters. This is not Clooney’s first
go-round with the president: He hosted a May 2012 Obama
re-election fundraiser at his Studio City
home that raised a then-record $15 million.
The Monuments Men, an alleged 2013 Oscar
contender which got pushed ahead into the 2014 schedule, has earned middling
reviews. The film has been handily beaten twice by The Lego Movie at the box
office.
The White House had planned to scale down
its movie screening schedule for fear of playing favorites come awards season.
The Monuments Men, alas, appears to have little hope of generating Oscar buzz
come Fall.
George Clooney
George
Clooney was the host of the 2012 George Clooney
fundraiser for Obama, a supporter for the 2008 Barack
Obama presidential campaign, is an actor & writer & director
& producer for The Monuments Men,
a United Nations messenger of peace, and
a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank).
Note: The
Monuments Men is a film about the Monuments, Fine Arts, and
Archives program.
Monuments,
Fine Arts, and Archives program recovered artworks stolen by Adolf Hitler & Hermann Goering.
Adolf
Hitler was the leader of the Nazi Party, and
the fuhrer for Germany.
Hermann
Goering was a prominent member of the Nazi Party, Max Heilbronn possessed 2 of his stolen Pissarro paintings,
and the commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe in Germany.
Max
Heilbronn possessed 2 of Hermann Goering’s
stolen Pissarro paintings, and the president of the Galeries
Lafayette.
Diane
Keaton is an actor for Galeries Lafayette,
and a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
client.
Jack Black
is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
client, and was a donor for the 2012 George Clooney
fundraiser for Obama.
Billy
Crystal was a donor for the 2012 George Clooney
fundraiser for Obama, and is a William Morris Endeavor
Entertainment client.
J.J. Abrams
is a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
client, and was a donor for the 2012 George Clooney
fundraiser for Obama.
James Brolin
was a donor for the 2012 George Clooney
fundraiser for Obama, and is married to Barbra
Streisand.
Barbra
Streisand is married to James Brolin, a
trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
a William Morris Endeavor Entertainment
client, and the founder of the Barbra Streisand
Foundation.
Michael
Govan is a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum
of Art, and was a donor for the 2012 George Clooney
fundraiser for Obama.
Bryan Lourd
is a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum
of Art, and was a donor for the 2012 George Clooney
fundraiser for Obama.
Lynda R.
Resnick is a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum
of Art, and was a donor for the 2012 George Clooney
fundraiser for Obama.
Anthony
N. Pritzker is a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum
of Art, and his father was Donald Pritzker.
Donald
Pritzker was Anthony N. Pritzker & Penny S. Pritzker’s father.
Penny S.
Pritzker’s father was Donald Pritzker,
the national finance chair, fundraiser for the 2008 Barack
Obama presidential campaign, the co-chair for the 2009 Barack Obama inaugural committee, a fundraiser,
national co-chair for the 2012 Barack Obama
presidential campaign, a contributor for the 2013 Barack
Obama inaugural committee, a host for the Barack Obama
fund-raising dinner, 7/2/2008, is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a director at the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank).
Rahm I.
Emanuel is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
the Chicago (IL) mayor, Ari Emanuel’s brother, and was the White House chief of
staff for the Barack Obama administration.
Ari Emanuel
is Rahm I. Emanuel’s brother, the co-CEO & director for William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, and was a trustee at
the American Film Institute.
Christopher
P. Albrecht was a trustee at the American Film Institute,
and a donor for the 2012 George Clooney
fundraiser for Obama.
Barry M.
Meyer is a trustee at the American Film Institute,
a director at the Human Rights Watch,
was a fundraiser for the 2012 Barack Obama
presidential campaign, and a donor for the 2012 George
Clooney fundraiser for Obama.
Barbra
Streisand Foundation was a funder for the Human Rights
Watch.
George Soros
was a benefactor for the Human Rights Watch,
and the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open
Society.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Human Rights
Watch, the Children's Defense Fund,
the Aspen Institute (think tank),
Katie
McGrath Abrams is a director at the Children's Defense Fund,
and was a donor for the 2012 George Clooney
fundraiser for Obama.
Lynda R.
Resnick is a trustee the Aspen Institute (think
tank), a trustee at the Los Angeles County Museum
of Art, was the vice chairman for the Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, and a donor for the 2012 George
Clooney fundraiser for Obama.
James S.
Crown is a trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank), and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Lester Crown
was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank), and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
R. Eden
Martin is the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
and counsel at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Barack Obama
was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N.
Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP,
and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Mellody
L. Hobson is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
and is the chairman for DreamWorks Animation SKG
Inc.
Andy Spahn
was the head of corporate affairs for DreamWorks Animation SKG
Inc., a fundraiser for the 2008 Barack Obama
presidential campaign, a fundraiser for the 2012 Barack
Obama presidential campaign, and an organizer for the 2012 George Clooney fundraiser for Obama.
Jeffrey
Katzenberg is the founder & CEO & director for DreamWorks
Animation SKG Inc., was a fundraiser for the 2008 Barack
Obama presidential campaign, a fundraiser for the 2012 Barack Obama presidential campaign, and an organizer
for the 2012 George Clooney fundraiser for Obama.
George
Clooney was the host of the 2012 George Clooney
fundraiser for Obama, a supporter for the 2008 Barack
Obama presidential campaign, is an actor & writer & director
& producer for The Monuments Men,
a member of the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank),
and a United Nations messenger of peace.
George Soros
is a member of the Council on Foreign
Relations (think tank), a board member for the International
Crisis Group, and founder & chairman for the Open Society Foundations.
Open
Society Foundations was a funder for the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank).
Samantha
Power was a board member for the International Crisis Group,
an adviser for the 2008 Barack Obama
presidential campaign, and is the United
Nations U.S. ambassador.
Susan E.
Rice was an adviser & fundraiser for the 2008 Barack
Obama presidential campaign, the former U.S.
ambassador to UN for the Barack Obama
administration, a director at the Atlantic
Council of the United States
(think tank), and is the White House national security adviser for
the Barack Obama administration.
Richard
R. Burt is a director at the Atlantic Council of the United States (think tank), a member
of the Council on Foreign Relations (think tank),
and was the U.S. ambassador
for Germany.
Rozanne
L. Ridgway is a member of the Council on Foreign
Relations (think tank), was the co-chair for the Atlantic Council of the United States
(think tank), and the U.S.
ambassador for Germany.
Adolf
Hitler was the fuhrer for Germany, and the leader
of the Nazi Party.
Hermann
Goering was a prominent member of the Nazi Party, Max Heilbronn possessed 2 of his stolen Pissarro paintings,
and the commander-in-chief of the Luftwaffe in Germany.
Monuments,
Fine Arts, and Archives program recovered artworks stolen by Adolf Hitler & Hermann Goering.
The
Monuments Men is a film about the Monuments, Fine Arts, and
Archives program.
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