Welcome to the Official Film Guide for Oliver Stone’s W., starring Josh Brolin. Below you will find annotation articles referencing and sourcing biographical and historical content from the film. The articles, arranged according to their appearance in the film, explain where key events and dialogue found their inspiration. Additionally, when creative liberties were taken for the benefit of the narrative, notes indicating such have been made wherever possible.
Research and annotations compiled by David Wyles and supervised by Stanley Weiser and Oliver Stone.
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Bush and Baseball
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Bush and Nicknames
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Axis of Evil
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Bush and God at the White House
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Frat House
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Arrest at Princeton Game
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Oil Rig
8.
Bar Scene
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Poppy Dresses Down W in Office
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Bush - On Running
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Cheney - One Percent Doctrine
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Cheney and Bush - Patriot Act
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Cheney - Changing His Mind, Convincing Bush
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Cheney - Unitary Executive Theory
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Cheney - On “Enhanced Interrogation Techniques”
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Cheney's “Stealth” Tactics
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Bush - The Decider
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W as Paul Bunyan
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Crawford Walk - Countdown to War on Iraq
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Bush - Pretzel Incident
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Drunk W - Mano a Mano With Father
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Poker Game - W Decides to Run For Congress
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Meeting Laura - Backyard Barbeque
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Bush - Hance Campaign
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Drive Back Home
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Bush Townhouse - After Crash
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Hance Defeats Bush
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“Yellowcake” Montage
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White House Lawn
30.
W. Stops Drinking & Run After Birthday
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Bush and Earle Hudd - Bible Study Group
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Bush Sr. and Junior and the Evangelicals
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“Willie Horton” Ad
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W. Decides to Go Back to Texas
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Poppy's Shadow - W Wishes He'd Lost
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Tenet and WMDs
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Yellowcake from Niger
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Cheney - “Atta-In-Prague”
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Rumsfeld Quotes - Situation Room
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Bush - International “Mosh Pit”
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Tenet - “Slam Dunk”
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Cheney's Five Deferments During Vietnam War
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Cheney and Oil in the Middle East
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Rumsfeld and Oil
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Wolfowitz - Iraq “Swims on a Sea of Oil”
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Cheney - On Oil
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Wolfowitz - Iraqi Oil Will Finance Reconstruction
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Cheney - Exit Strategy
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Cheney - On Importance of Iran and Oil
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Iran - 10 Percent of World's Oil Reserves
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Bush - Situation Room - “Dangerous World”
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Bush as a “Gut Player”
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Bush to Powell
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Baseball Stadium - Bush Father and Son Walk
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Bush Sr. - On Occupying Iraq
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Bush Sr. Defeated for Presidency - 1992
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W Tells Poppy and Bar He's Running For Governor
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Bush - Running on Education
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Rove Tutors Bush
60.
W on Non-Alcoholic Beer
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Poppy Gives W Cufflinks
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Bush Hears the “Call” to Run for President
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Tenet Sleeps Through 2003 State of Union
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Bush Sr. Loses Sleep Over War on Iraq
65.
W, Scowcroft, and Rice - Oval Office
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Protests Worldwide Against War on Iraq
67.
Bush - Blair - Trying to Lure Saddam into War
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Powell Speaks to the United Nations
69.
Situation Room III - March 2003 - Going to War
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Moroccan Monkeys & the “Coalition of the Willing”
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Cheney - Changing Views on Iraq
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Toppling Saddam’s Statue
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“Mission Accomplished” - Media Reaction
74.
“Mission Accomplished” Speech - May 1, 2003
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Bush in Qatar
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Poppy Defends W
77.
Visit to Wounded Soldiers
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Dining Room - White House - David Kay
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President’s Bedroom 2004
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W Loved “Cats”
81.
Poppy Comes to W. in Nightmare
82.
White House Press Room
