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Is Clinton's candidacy blocking 'Path to 9/11'? - Los Angeles Times http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-et-path5sep05,1,2480129.s... 1 of 3 9/6/07 9:55 PM 9:54 PM PDT, September 6, 2007 JOBS CARS REAL ESTATE APARTMENTS SHOPPING | WEATHER TRAFFIC latimes.com DVD Is Clinton's candidacy blocking 'Path to
9/11'? Peter Stranks / ABC Harvey Keitel, center, starred in the ABC miniseries "The Path to 9/11." Screenwriter of docudrama says ABC exec said delay has been prompted by unflattering portrayal of previous administration. By Martin Miller, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
September 5, 2007 Among the nearly two dozen television DVDs slated for nationwide release on Sept. 11 is the
second season of "Bones," the third season of "Grey's Anatomy" and the miniseries "The Starter
Wife" that aired earlier this year. Not on the list on that day or any other in the near future is last
year's highly controversial "The Path to 9/11." The $40-million, five-hour ABC miniseries, which recently received seven Emmy nominations and
drew a combined two-night audience of more than 25 million viewers, is for now on the path to
nowhere. Its Amazon page reads: "Currently unavailable. We don't know when or if this item will be
back in stock." With no date for the release, questions are being raised about
whether political pressure is behind its current status as a stalled or
discarded DVD project. The reasons are murky, but the miniseries'
writer, Cyrus Nowrasteh, believes it's crystal clear: Powerful forces
are out to protect Bill Clinton's presidential legacy and shield Sen.
Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) from any potential collateral
damage in her bid for the White House. Nowrasteh, also one of the miniseries' many producers, said he
was told by a top executive at ABC Studios that "if Hillary weren't
running for president, this wouldn't be a problem." "Whatever anyone may think about me or this movie, this is a bad precedent, a dangerous
precedent, to allow a movie to be buried," added Nowrasteh, who received death threats even
before the miniseries was broadcast last September. "Because the next time they'll go after
another movie. The Bush administration may go after a movie. The next administration may go
after a movie. No matter who it is, they may go after a movie. I think this town needs to stand
up." Even before "The Path to 9/11" aired on ABC late last summer, the docudrama ignited a political
firestorm, almost entirely from high-profile Democratic leaders who viewed its account of events
leading up to the terrorist attacks as a right-wing hatchet job on the Clinton administration and its
efforts to capture or kill Osama bin Laden. Attempts to pressure ABC to cancel the miniseries at
the time were unsuccessful, but last-minute network edits were imposed to quell the critical outcry. An ABC spokeswoman reached Tuesday would say only that the company "has no release date at Email | Print | Text More News Subscribe
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Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and four other Democratic senators signed a letter to Disney
Chief Executive Robert A. Iger stating that if the miniseries were shown it would "deeply damage"
Disney's reputation. As a result of the tumult, ABC was unable to attract advertisers for the
miniseries. Thus far, few have noted the DVD's absence in the marketplace. Among those who have are
conservative talk-radio host Rush Limbaugh, who questioned last month why the disc isn't available
on the nation's retail shelves. (Limbaugh and Nowrasteh have met on several occasions but do not
regularly socialize, Nowrasteh said.) With a possible writers strike and fall television premieres around the corner, the DVD's release
hasn't galvanized Hollywood as a cause c