Craven Documents Clinton; Bush Woos Kennedys With Costner Flick
February 1, 2001 -- Don't look now, but slasher movie director Wes Craven is getting political. The man behind the Scream trilogy and the Nightmare on Elm Street scare-fests has shot a film of former President Bill Clinton to document his last days in the White House.
The unlikely pairing will result in what is sure to be a weepy, hour-long documentary, especially for the nation's Democrats. A spokesman for one of the film's producers told Reuters that Craven's footage will be shown at the future Clinton presidential library in Arkansas.
What can we expect from the director who invented claw-fingered freak Freddy Krueger? Let's just hope he told Clinton the key to surviving any horrifying situation: "Don't ever say 'I'll be right back!'" (Of course, "don't have sex" is another rule in Scary Movie Land — but we digress.)
"I was thinking, 'Here I am. I've made some of the most horrific films, and now I'm in the White House," Craven told FoxNews.com columnist Roger Friedman. "Someone said I should have brought a Scream mask and have someone jump out in it, but that would have been the last time we would have been invited over."
Craven reportedly followed Clinton through the sprawling mansion for three hours, touring the Oval Office, the Cabinet Room, and other private areas.
Friedman quoted one source who observed the filming as saying, "We were a little nervous in places, thinking about what went on there. At one point, Clinton said something like, 'back when they were trying to get rid of me,' with no apparent guilt."
Dinner and a Movie With Dubya
As if the Craven-Clinton pairing isn't odd enough, we've learned that recently inaugurated President George W. Bush has invited a bunch of Kennedy family members over to his new pad to watch a screening of the Kevin Costner drama Thirteen Days.
According to ABCNews.com, Bush is attempting to butter up the prickly Democrats who tried to keep him out of office by having a par-tay. It's not certain whether any of the Kennedys are fans of Costner's acting, but we're sure they're anxious to see Hollywood's take on then-President John F. Kennedy's handling of the tense 1962 situation between the United States and the Soviet Union.
Sen. Edward Kennedy and his son, Rhode Island Rep. Patrick Kennedy, will reportedly head over to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. on Thursday, where they'll have dinner with the new president.
Caroline Kennedy and her husband, along with Maryland Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, have also been invited to watch Thirteen Days in the private White House screening room.