TIFF 2015: Dan Rather Chokes Up at 'Truth' Premiere, Praises Film for Accuracy - Hollywood Reporter:
Iconic CBS news anchor Dan Rather on Saturday praised the Robert Redford-starring Rathergate movie Truth for its accuracy and performances ahead of its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival.
"Naturally I was pleased, and pleasantly surprised.
This film is very accurate. A film called Truth should be accurate," Rather told The Hollywood Reporter during a prescreening party.
James Vanderbilt's movie centers on Rather's 2006 exit from CBS after a 60 Minutes investigation two years earlier into President George W. Bush’s alleged draft-dodging during the Vietnam war.
Rather praised the performances of Redford as the famed CBS newsman and Cate Blanchett as his CBS 60 Minutes producer Mary Mapes.
"The acting is superior.
I think it's an emotional film.
Of course people will say I found it emotional because it's about me.
But I say that as objectively as I can," he said.
Since his exit from CBS, Rather said he had "spent a lot of time practicing humility … and tremendous gratitude."
In the film, Rather and producer Mapes are depicted as crusading journalists whose story is attacked by critics with a political agenda.
CBS News chief Andy Heyward is depicted particularly negatively.
The clear suggestion in the movie is that Rather and Mapes were fired to appease the Bush White House and to protect the CBS financial bottom line.
Before the screening, Rather looked beyond his exit from CBS to stress Truth was less about him, Mapes and President Bush and more about the broader corporatization of the news business..."
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