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Mar 11th 2012, 19:20

>>> now to what a lot of people are talking about which is "game change." the movie. movie premiere order hbo last night after a lot of build-up. here is your clip.

>> romney, crist, bloomberg, who can we win with?

>> none of them.

>> a changed year, sir. we desperately need a game changing pick. none of these middle-aged white guys are game changers.

>> this is sarah.

>> joining me is danny strong , screenwriter for "game change." was it worth it to stay up late and burn the midnight oil in new york city .

>> thank you so much. i'm glad you liked it.

>> it was a great film. i'm cure curious what you thought when you first were presented with the prospect, why screenwriter on this one?

>> well, when they came to me with this project, i just thought that this is the great american story. and an individual no one has ever heard of who overnight becomes one of the most famous people in the world in a heartbeat away from being like being president of the united states and they were winning the election and i thought that this is the ultimate piece of americana and -- the fact that there was so much chaos going on behind the scenes , made it particularly dramatic and powerful story.

>> you interviewed over a couple dozen people and that -- people that were with the -- what did you get? anything different than what the book told you?

>> first off i wanted to confirm the voracity of the book. so -- like you said, i palin campaign and did get over and over again the book was very accurate. and then i was given more -- further depth into the characters and individuals and dialogue here and there. it was a really helpful to talk to those people.

>> i want to ask you because -- there are a lot of critics, people that are pro- sarah palin , did you have on to hold back any sort of partisan influence of our own? were you able to do that?

>> yeah. very easily. you know, the way that any good reporter can be nonpartisan. you know, our goal here was to get the story right. to tell the truth. to make it as factual and accurate and dramatic as possible.

>> here's one thing i have had ed rendell on the program yesterday. when you have a book that's based on unattributable sources, not going on the record, you have to wonder who is behind the story and what is does it serve to that person? having seen it, i can see a couple of people going oh, my gosh, i know mark and john talked to these people because the way they were portrayed. does that at all reduce the integrity of the film?

>> that's why i go out and interview 25 people within the campaign, to figure out not just one person's point of view or two people's point of view but so many people's point of view. and you know, the stories that i was told were coming up over and over and over again. so --

>> perspective same story?

>> different and same story. and different perspectives but not denying the other person's perspective. you get a full multi-dimensional dynamic point of view after what really happened.

>> personally, i had a -- i -- vacillating take on sarah palin . i felt sorry for her being put into a position that she may not have been prepared for. according to "the game" she was not prepared for what happened to her.

>> sure.

>> do you understand that sentiment?

>> absolutely. i mean, how could you not be sympathetic for a person put in this position that has never been on the national stage before? it is a very intense, very scary situation for any person to be in. she had all these individual -- on her. you know, a son going off to iraq, pregnant teen daughter, she just had a bay by and she's being asked questions in front of 300 million people. she doesn't know many of these answers. so to fully dramatize the film you have to get in her point of view and it is a very sympathetic view at times.

>> last point, though, at the end of the -- i think the overall only september is she's rather vilified.

>> well, i don't know. i think people will decide for themselves if they feel she is i will have fade or not. i think it is a multidimensional portrait of what happened in this campaign.

>> well, it is a fascinating -- after i got home, playing again on hbo. i found myself watching it going go to sleep.

>> i love that.

>> all right. thank you so much.

>> pleasure. we have been asking you today, was it worth the wait and hype? here are some of your tweets and facebook responses. a great movie and gave me insight about why they picked palin as vice president. showed me she was mccain's downfall at tend. david fine says yes, go palin. she is just what we need now. the obama team that is. julianne moore was fantastic. ed harris was fabulous. praise the words. it reinforced palin was not chosen for her skills in politics but looks. seen but not heard. i watched it and thought it was great. it made me understand why palin was selected and why the media inquiries are important.

>> you like that?

>> i do.

>> i'm also on facebook for

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