Over the weekend I saw
Spartan (2004), written and directed by David Mamet:
http://imdb.com/title/tt0360009/I'll avoid MAJOR spoilers, but you may wish to avoid reading the rest of the post if you haven't seen the movie. (I thought it was excellent, by the way. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys intelligent political thrillers, espionage flicks, and/or Mamet.)
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Basic plot: the President's daughter is kidnapped, and shadowy secret agent Val Kilmer is on the case. Yeah, yeah, I know the President in
Spartan is named Newton. Nevertheless, the kidnapped girl COULD be a Bush daughter:
* She looks a lot like Barbara, the darker-haired Bush daughter (IMHO).
* She's a college student in Boston. The aforementioned Bush daughter is a Yalie. Close enough.
* Some of her possible, er,
extracurricular activities are not unknown among the Bush clan (e.g., cocaine).
* The movie almost certainly takes place post 9/11, with a tough talkin' administration in power. One agent says "we're fighting WWIII out there."
* The Secret Service and/or CIA have been "taking care" of the daughter and covering up the President's sleazy personal foibles for many years. Such long-term care wouldn't make sense except for a two-term President, a President who'd served a term or two as Vice President, or a "Presidential family" such as the Bush clan.
* Her parents want nothing to do with her on any personal level: she's used only as a political prop. This seems to capture the Shrub/Pickles approach to parenting, and it's the complete opposite of the Clinton and Gore families.
Just curious to see what other DUers think ...
On edit: looking way down the cast list at IMDb, I just noticed that Alexandra Kerry (yes, THE Alexandra Kerry) is in the movie!