# All the President's Men: any theatrical docudrama produced quicker? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 14, 2017, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-presidents-men-any-theatrical-docudrama-produced-quicker/788985 "2017-06-14T22:07:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kzbre5m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kzbre5m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kzbre5m)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-presidents-men-any-theatrical-docudrama-produced-quicker/788985/21 "2017-06-15T13:06:15Z")
The [Woodstock Music & Art Fair](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock) occured 15-18 August 1969, and [the film](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodstock_(film)) came out 26 March 1970, about 220 days. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-presidents-men-any-theatrical-docudrama-produced-quicker/788985/22 "2017-06-15T15:27:02Z")
May 19, 1992: Amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco, wife of Joey Buttafuoco, with whom Fisher had been having an affair. January 3, 1993:[ul][li]CBS airs _Casualties of Love: The “Long Island Lolita” Story_, with Alyssa Milano playing Fisher[/li][li]ABC airs _The Amy Fisher Story_, with Drew Barrymore playing Fisher[/ul][/li] So _two_ movies, admittedly both made-for-TV, aired less than eight months after the triggering event, as it were. These don’t match the OP’s criteria, but I thought were worth mentioning. ---
**Author:** ![AlsoNamedBort](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alsonamedbort/32/3213_2.png) [@AlsoNamedBort](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AlsoNamedBort)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-presidents-men-any-theatrical-docudrama-produced-quicker/788985/23 "2017-06-15T15:27:26Z")
> [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](#): > > As an aside, I’m sure someone is already developing a sequel for the scandal facing the current administration. Oliver Stone has to be at work at it, right? W. came out while Bush was still in office (but it only covered up to the beginning of the Iraq invasion) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-presidents-men-any-theatrical-docudrama-produced-quicker/788985/24 "2017-06-15T15:31:26Z")
> [@Raza](#): > > Has any other major (by which I mean wide, general theatrical release) motion picture, attempting to accurately portray actual events (with necessary dramatic license), been produced and released so quickly after the events that inspired it? Despite flopping _hard,_ THE FIFTH ESTATE – you know, with Benedict Cumberbatch as Julian Assange, doing the whole WikiLeaks bit – got a general theatrical release. ---
**Author:** ![Pixel\_Dent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@Pixel\_Dent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixel_Dent)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-presidents-men-any-theatrical-docudrama-produced-quicker/788985/25 "2017-06-15T16:57:15Z")
> [@jtur88](#): > > Not directly addressing the OP, but I recall an amazingly fast turnaround on production on South Park. When Susan Boyle went viral on a British talent show, the episode of South Park the following week mentioned her performance. So in the space of one week, the event got written into the script, all the way through post production and on the air in a prime time show. They did a long form interview with Bill Simmons where they discussed how they completely rewrote that week’s show when Trump was elected. ---
**Author:** ![erysichthon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d07c76/32.png) [@erysichthon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erysichthon)\ **Post date:** [June 16, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-presidents-men-any-theatrical-docudrama-produced-quicker/788985/26 "2017-06-16T04:28:40Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > May 19, 1992: Amy Fisher shoots Mary Jo Buttafuoco, wife of Joey Buttafuoco, with whom Fisher had been having an affair. > > January 3, 1993:[ul][li]CBS airs _Casualties of Love: The “Long Island Lolita” Story_, with Alyssa Milano playing Fisher[/li][li]ABC airs _The Amy Fisher Story_, with Drew Barrymore playing Fisher[/ul][/li] > So _two_ movies, admittedly both made-for-TV, aired less than eight months after the triggering event, as it were. These don’t match the OP’s criteria, but I thought were worth mentioning. There was actually another Amy Fisher movie that aired _before_ those two: NBC’s _Amy Fisher: My Story_, with Noelle Parker as Amy, was broadcast December 28, 1992. (It was later retitled _Lethal Lolita_ for its video release.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/all-the-presidents-men-any-theatrical-docudrama-produced-quicker/788985.md?page=1)