Robert Redford to Play Dan Rather
in Bush Story Film
Veteran newsman Dan Rather, left, and
Actor Robert Redford.
Thursday, 10 Jul 2014 02:57 PM
By John Blosser
Hollywood star Robert
Redford plans to play veteran newsman Dan Rather
in a film about the controversy that got the television newsman kicked off the
"CBS Evening News" after 24 years
as anchor.
The film is based on the book "Truth
And Duty: The Press, the President and the Privilege of Power," by Mary
Mapes, Rather’s producer at CBS the time, until "Rathergate" also
brought her down.
On his website, Rather wrote, "I do
know that Mary Mapes wrote a great book and that Redford
and Cate Blanchett, who is to play Mapes, are incredible talents. I've always
been impressed by what Esquire magazine described as Redford's
"faith in film as truth telling.
"And partly because of that I am
pleased that he's agreed to take on the challenge of trying to make a film
about political and corporate interference with truth-telling investigative
journalism."
Rather, 82, ran afoul of CBS over a 2004
"60 Minutes" report he anchored about President George W. Bush
receiving special treatment that allowed him to serve in the Air National Guard
rather than being drafted into service in the Vietnam war. When the documents
on which the story was based came under suspicion of being forgeries, Rather
retired from CBS.
However, as Mediaite reports, he still
stands by the story, telling Piers Morgan, "With our story, the one that
led to our difficulty, no question the story was true."
Rather, who went so far in 2007 as to file
a $70 million lawsuit against CBS which was later dismissed, has since appeared
on "Dan Rather Reports" on AXS TV.
The film project has yet to attract
funding and Rather commented on his website, "A long life has taught me
that he who lives by the crystal ball learns to eat a lot of broken glass; so
who knows if the movie will actually get made."
Dan Rather
Dan Rather
is a trustee at the Paley Center for Media,
and was an anchor for the CBS News.
Note: Norman
Lear was a trustee emeritus at the Paley Center for Media,
is a director at People for the American Way, and
married to Lyn Davis Lear.
Lyn Davis
Lear is married to Norman Lear,
and a trustee at the Sundance Institute.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for People for
the American Way, the Sundance Institute,
and the Aspen Institute (think tank).
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Robert
Redford is the founder & president of the Sundance
Institute, and plans to
play veteran newsman Dan Rather.
Geoffrey
K. Sands is a trustee at the Sundance Institute,
and a trustee at the Paley Center for Media.
Patricia
E. Mitchell is the vice chair for the Sundance Institute,
and the president & CEO for the Paley Center for Media.
Cesar R.
Conde is a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think
tank), and a trustee at the Paley Center for Media.
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.
William
M. Daley is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago,
a contributor for the CBS News, and was
the chief of staff for the Barack Obama
administration.
Barbara
Walters was a writer for the CBS News, and
is a trustee at the Paley Center for Media.
Walter
L. Cronkite was the anchorman for the CBS News, and a
member of the Bohemian Club.
Henry A. Kissinger
is a member of the Bohemian Club, a
director at the American Friends of Bilderberg
(think tank), a trustee at the Paley Center for Media,
was a lifetime trustee at the Aspen Institute
(think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg
conference participant (think tank).
CBS News
is a subsidiary of CBS.
Philippe
P. Dauman was a director at CBS, and is a trustee
at the Paley Center for Media.
Leslie
Moonves is the president & CEO & director for CBS,
and a trustee at the Paley Center for Media.
Howard
Stringer was the president of CBS, and is a
trustee at the Paley Center for Media.
William
S. Paley was the chairman for CBS, and the founder
of the Paley Center for Media.
Dan Rather
is a trustee at the Paley Center for Media,
and was an anchor for the CBS News.
CBS News
is a subsidiary of CBS.
Sundance
Channel is a partner with CBS.
Robert
Redford is a partner with the Sundance Channel,
the founder & president for the Sundance Institute,
and plans to play veteran newsman Dan Rather.
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