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# Game Change (DVD)

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Game Change (DVD) Game Change is a searing, behind- the-scenes look at John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, from the decision to select Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as McCain’s running mate to the ticket’s ultimate defeat in the general election just sixty days later. Told primarily through the eyes of senior McCain strategist Steve Schmidt, who originally championed Palin and later came to regret the choice, Game Change pulls back the curtain on the intense human drama surrounding the McCain team, the critical decisions made behind closed doors and how the choice was made to bring Palin on the ticket. The film examines how we choose our leaders by offering a unique glimpse into the inner workings of an historic campaign.

Review: Superb...a must see for the performances even if you are not especially into politics. - This is very realistic with Moore's acting being extraordinary. She really seems to actually be Sarah Palin in the movie including the accent she adapted to sound like Sarah Palin. I am not a Sarah Palin fan but Moore's balanced portrayal left me feeling much more sympathy for what Palin and her family went through in her deciding to accept the nomination for Vice President than I had previously felt. While we all know Palin has made a lot of mistakes and has showed her basic ignorance about a lot of issues on national TV, I never really thought about what humiliating herself like that made her feel. Yes, she seems strong as nails and confident in public but in the movie some of this is depicted as bravado and I think that anybody ridiculed the way she was ridiculed had to have some human reactions as a result...e.g. depression, self doubt and anger. I think that, even though I disagree with her political position, I would respect Palin more if she could just admit that she is wrong or misinformed about certain things. The fact that she defends her mistakes in the light of them being blatantly false makes me think she would be dangerous in a powerful position and this movie supports my opinion in this area. As usual Ed Harris gives a great performance but Woody Harrelson gives one of the best performances that I have ever seen him give and that is saying a lot. I hope he won an Emmy like Moore did for this movie. One final thing. When this film came out there was considerable criticism that it was not an accurate account of McCain's choice to make Palin his running mate or a fair portrayal of Sarah Palin. I disagree with that criticism and my stance was formed by many other sources besides the book of the same name on which this movie is based. These sources are not only other books and articles but Palin's own words and actions. Almost everything in this movie that is not a dramatized depiction of the characters in private can be corroborated by other reputable sources and, therefore, I think this movie is very informative as well as very entertaining Anyway, I HIGHLY recommend this movie and bought it for several people...including somebody I know who LOVES Palin...for Christmas and they all liked the movie as much as I did. Truly a "must see."
Review: Would The Real Sarah Palin Please Stand Up? - I'm sure there are few among us who can forget the words and actions of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin during the 2008 Presidential election where she was selected as Senator John McCain's running mate against Senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden. I'm sure there are even fewer who can forget the spot-on impersonation of the Governor by SNL's Tina Fay. Well, Julianne Moore brings us another stunningly accurate performance that will leave you simaltaniously baffled and rolling on the floor...line these three ladies up and you'll be hard-pressed to identify the real person. Find out exactly what happened and the short-comings in the senator's campaign's vetting process when she became their "game change". See the staff's reactions to the governor's most infamous interviews and statements. And, even if you know that it is Obama who is ultimately elected (sorry for any spoilers), you'll find yourself engrossed by this plot. Based on the book of the same name which goes much further and analyzes just about every aspect of the 2008 presidential election, this movie has no short-comings despite the fact it only shows us 1/3 of it's printed source material. I do have to say that I most enjoyed Ed Harris's performance as John McCain. Perhaps Julianne Moore's performance might have had more of an impact had we not seen Tina Fay's performances beforehand. That isn't to say that Ms. Moore's performance wasn't steller and deserving of praise, but Mr. Harris' performance gave us some serious prospective on John McCain's character, expanding it far beyond what the media has often shown us. This is an excellent film, just shy of being a documentary of what went on in the Republican party's campaign back in 2008. A must-have. Enjoy.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Contributor | Various |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 287 Reviews |
| Format | Color, Dolby, Multiple Formats, NTSC, Subtitled |
| Genre | Drama |
| Language | English |
| Number Of Discs | 1 |

## Product Details

- **Genre:** Drama
- **Format:** Color, Multiple Formats, Subtitled, NTSC, Dolby
- **Contributor:** Various
- **Language:** English
- **Number Of Discs:** 1

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Superb...a must see for the performances even if you are not especially into politics.
*by M***C on March 17, 2013*

This is very realistic with Moore's acting being extraordinary. She really seems to actually be Sarah Palin in the movie including the accent she adapted to sound like Sarah Palin. I am not a Sarah Palin fan but Moore's balanced portrayal left me feeling much more sympathy for what Palin and her family went through in her deciding to accept the nomination for Vice President than I had previously felt. While we all know Palin has made a lot of mistakes and has showed her basic ignorance about a lot of issues on national TV, I never really thought about what humiliating herself like that made her feel. Yes, she seems strong as nails and confident in public but in the movie some of this is depicted as bravado and I think that anybody ridiculed the way she was ridiculed had to have some human reactions as a result...e.g. depression, self doubt and anger. I think that, even though I disagree with her political position, I would respect Palin more if she could just admit that she is wrong or misinformed about certain things. The fact that she defends her mistakes in the light of them being blatantly false makes me think she would be dangerous in a powerful position and this movie supports my opinion in this area. As usual Ed Harris gives a great performance but Woody Harrelson gives one of the best performances that I have ever seen him give and that is saying a lot. I hope he won an Emmy like Moore did for this movie. One final thing. When this film came out there was considerable criticism that it was not an accurate account of McCain's choice to make Palin his running mate or a fair portrayal of Sarah Palin. I disagree with that criticism and my stance was formed by many other sources besides the book of the same name on which this movie is based. These sources are not only other books and articles but Palin's own words and actions. Almost everything in this movie that is not a dramatized depiction of the characters in private can be corroborated by other reputable sources and, therefore, I think this movie is very informative as well as very entertaining Anyway, I HIGHLY recommend this movie and bought it for several people...including somebody I know who LOVES Palin...for Christmas and they all liked the movie as much as I did. Truly a "must see."

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Would The Real Sarah Palin Please Stand Up?
*by T***6 on December 7, 2013*

I'm sure there are few among us who can forget the words and actions of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin during the 2008 Presidential election where she was selected as Senator John McCain's running mate against Senators Barack Obama and Joe Biden. I'm sure there are even fewer who can forget the spot-on impersonation of the Governor by SNL's Tina Fay. Well, Julianne Moore brings us another stunningly accurate performance that will leave you simaltaniously baffled and rolling on the floor...line these three ladies up and you'll be hard-pressed to identify the real person. Find out exactly what happened and the short-comings in the senator's campaign's vetting process when she became their "game change". See the staff's reactions to the governor's most infamous interviews and statements. And, even if you know that it is Obama who is ultimately elected (sorry for any spoilers), you'll find yourself engrossed by this plot. Based on the book of the same name which goes much further and analyzes just about every aspect of the 2008 presidential election, this movie has no short-comings despite the fact it only shows us 1/3 of it's printed source material. I do have to say that I most enjoyed Ed Harris's performance as John McCain. Perhaps Julianne Moore's performance might have had more of an impact had we not seen Tina Fay's performances beforehand. That isn't to say that Ms. Moore's performance wasn't steller and deserving of praise, but Mr. Harris' performance gave us some serious prospective on John McCain's character, expanding it far beyond what the media has often shown us. This is an excellent film, just shy of being a documentary of what went on in the Republican party's campaign back in 2008. A must-have. Enjoy.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good look at the process of choosing a running mate...
*by G***L on March 17, 2012*

"Game Change", the HBO movie that premiered on Mar 10, 2012, is a relatively brief part of the book, "Game Change", written by John Heilemann and Mark Halperin and published in 2010. Basically, the book covers both the Democratic and Republican primaries and general election of 2008. The HBO producers - and Tom Hanks was one of them - decided t0 concentrate on the REAL "Game Change", the selection of Sarah Palin by John McCain as his running mate. Okay, three years, almost four, have passed since August 29, 2008. It was John McCain's birthday and also the launching of the Republican "secret weapon" - Alaska's governor Sarah Palin - as his running mate. Cast a woman for the VP slot, McCain was urged by his advisers, including Steve Schmidt. So the campaign searched around that early August for a "game changer". They looked at some of the Republican women governors and senators. Hawaii's governor Linda Lingle? Nah, not glamorous enough. Texas senator Kay Bailey Hutchison? Too old. Maine's two senators, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins? Meh...definitely not glamorous enough. All hardworking Republican women politicians who had worked their way up the political ladder, earning respect from their constituents and their political colleagues. However, Sarah Palin, then the first-term governor of Alaska... Now, there was someone with sex-appeal that never appeared to end. (Remember, these are white, middle-aged Republican men doing the choosing - and vetting). Not shown in the film was the fact that Sarah Palin had been on Republican "radar" for a while. She had met - and charmed - members of the Republican establishment during two Alaskan cruise stops in Juneau, where she was introduced to Bill Kristol and other Republican stalwarts. In so much of a hurry to blunt the edge that Barack Obama had received during his nomination, held a few days before the Republican convention, McCain and his staff - after a minimum of vetting - asked Sarah Palin if she would accept the nomination for Vice-President. "Yes, sir", she sure would, seemingly very self-assured by the chance to hit the big time and sure that it was "God's will" that she accept the nomination, despite her woeful unpreparedness for the second highest job in the world. Anyone reading this review knows that Sarah Palin was one errant cancer-cell away from the Presidency if the McCain/Palin ticket had won in November. The movie, "Game Change", with great performances by Julianne Moore, Ed Harris, and Woody Harrelson as well as by an excellent supporting cast tells the story of that 11 week campaign/nightmare as McCain and his team slowly learned how unprepared Sarah Palin was for the job of Vice-President. As the possibility of having unleashed Sarah Palin onto the country finally became clear to Steve Schmidt and Nicolle Wallace, they began to realise the folly of the campaign's decision to nominate Palin. The acting is matched by the intelligence of the screenplay and direction in "Game Change". I think it will end up as one of the classic American political movies and serve as a warning that a wink and fancy pageant walk do not make a viable Vice President.

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