After giving an awkward and uncharismatic campaign speech, Cheney suffers his first heart attack. During his tenure, a young Antonin Scalia introduces Cheney to the unitary executive theory.Īfter Ford loses reelection, Cheney runs for Congress in Wyoming. The media later dubs the sudden shake-up in the cabinet as the Halloween Massacre. Rumsfeld's abrasive attitude leads to him and Cheney being distanced from Nixon, which works in both men's favor after Nixon's resignation, Cheney rises to the position of White House Chief of Staff for President Gerald Ford, while Rumsfeld becomes Secretary of Defense. Cheney overhears Henry Kissinger discussing the secret bombing of Cambodia with President Richard Nixon, revealing the true power of the executive branch to Cheney. Working under Nixon's economic adviser, Donald Rumsfeld, Cheney becomes a savvy political operative as he juggles commitments to his wife and their daughters, Liz and Mary. In 1969, Cheney finds work as a White House intern during the Nixon Administration. After Cheney is stopped by a traffic cop for driving while intoxicated, his wife Lynne tells him to clean up his life or she will leave him. In 1963, Dick Cheney works as a lineman in Wyoming after his alcoholism led him to drop out of Yale University. Vice is narrated by Kurt, a fictitious veteran of the Afghan and Iraqi wars.

For their performances, Bale, Adams, and Rockwell were nominated at all three shows, with Bale winning the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy.

It also received six nominations each from the Golden Globes (including for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy) and the BAFTAs. The film received numerous accolades, with eight nominations at the Oscars, including for Best Picture, winning Best Make-Up and Hairstyling. While the performances were universally acclaimed, the film polarized critics some considered it to be one of the best films of the year while others thought it to be one of the worst, with McKay's screenplay and direction receiving both 'scathing critiques and celebratory praise'. Vice was released in the United States on December 25, 2018, by Annapurna Pictures, and grossed $76 million worldwide. It is the second theatrical film to depict the presidency of George W. The film follows Cheney on his path to becoming the most powerful vice president in American history. Vice President Dick Cheney, with Amy Adams, Steve Carell, Sam Rockwell, Justin Kirk, Tyler Perry, Alison Pill, Lily Rabe, and Jesse Plemons in supporting roles. Directed, written, and co-produced by Adam McKay, it stars Christian Bale as former U.S. Vice is a 2018 American biographical political satire black comedy-drama film.

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