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The West Wing Weekly

Bulworth

The West Wing Weekly

Joshua Malina & Hrishikesh Hirway

Tv & Film

4.912.2K Ratings

🗓️ 29 October 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

This week, we're discussing the 1998 film Bulworth, which features a rapping Warren Beatty, a young Josh Malina, a few problematic moments, and some wonderful and strange ones, too.

For a real treat, watch the music video for Ghetto Supastar, which also features a young Josh Malina!

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Transcript

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0:00.0

You're listening to the West Wing Weekly Political Film Fest. I'm Rishi K. She're talking about the West Wing Weekly Political Film Fest. I'm Rishi K Sherway. And I'm Joshua Molinaina and today we're talking about the film

0:14.2

Bullworth. Bullworth was written by Warren Beatty and Jeremy Pixar with an

0:18.2

uncredited rewrite some involvement we'll get to that later by Aaron Sorkin it was released on

0:24.9

May 22nd 1998 here's the synopsis at least the one that was provided by

0:30.7

Apple TV where I rented this to watch.

0:33.0

Sure.

0:33.6

It says, believing his career is over.

0:36.1

Senator Jay Bulworth, played by Warren Beatty,

0:38.8

takes out an enormous insurance policy

0:41.0

and a contract on his own life.

0:43.0

But his impending death fills him with an outrageous desire to break the rules and tell it like

0:47.0

it is.

0:48.0

With new enthusiasm to live, fueled in part by a beautiful woman named Nina, played by

0:52.1

Holly Berry,

0:53.2

Bulworth must now somehow stop the hit

0:55.4

that he has put out on himself before it's too late.

0:57.8

It's a good premise.

0:58.8

One other thing to note besides Aaron Sorkin's involvement

1:01.9

in this film, I think right up top is Joshua Molina's involvement in this film.

1:05.0

Yes, thank you. As our audience has come to learn, I will remind them endlessly and ceaselessly about my involvement and whatever we're discussing.

1:12.0

How did you end up getting involved in the movie?

1:15.0

It's a good question.

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