Watch the trailer for Oliver Stone's W.

Don't misunderestimate Oliver Stone. After all, the filmmaker/activist might seem like the last person likely to pen and direct a biopic on our polarizing President. That's exactly what he's doing with his new movie W. : he's got his sights set on Crawford, Texas, and the teaser trailer promises a less-than-flattering look at the ascendancy of one George Walker Bush.

The trailer seems to give a pretty good idea of the comedic bent W. will take, charting the 43rd President's hard-partying youth and "daddy issues" all the way through the decision to invade and occupy Iraq in 2003. Check it out:


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News: Oliver Stone taps Richard Dreyfuss to play Dick Cheney
Entertainment Weekly: First look - Oliver Stone's Bush biopic
Slate: Slate reads Oliver Stone's Bush script

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