And, throughout, a narrator gives us a Big Short-style running commentary with added background information. Gerald Ford in and his chief of staff from to With Vice , it seems Adam McKay's extensive research has led to a largely factual account of Dick Cheney's life; at least when it comes to documented events. Office Representative, Vice President. What surprised me by the end was how tragic [Cheney] was to me, how he gave it all away. That might be, but soon after the attacks, the administration was putting the pieces in place for military action.

Every mannerism, every silence as well as utterance, is an uncanny copy of the original. What did he gain for giving away those things? But when it comes to what was going on in Cheney's mind during these events, well, that's something only Cheney himself can reveal. There are a couple of different levels to that answer. Broadly though, the administration was packed with Cheney allies. My excess peaked when I was at SNL. It was a moment where Cheney is becoming paranoid, feeling all his mortality and fear, and we were going to put a shot of a heart in there anyway.

And I realized I hadn't treated myself very well during the movie. There are a couple of different levels to that answer. The essence of the moment How do you capture the essence of power? But when it comes to what was going on in Cheney's mind during these events, well, that's something only Cheney himself can reveal. One of the more common ways is that you get really queasy and your stomach hurts. In he became the chairman and chief executive officer of the Halliburton Company , a supplier of technology and services to the oil and gas industries. In Cheney moved to Washington, D.

Cheney was in the White House during the attack. A foothold in the Middle East? In he suffered the first of several mild heart attacks, and he underwent quadruple-bypass surgery in Featured Search the People of the House. In the movie: Cheney drove a VW Beetle in the mid s. He only took roles he could not talk himself out of doing.