h/t GOP

The filmmaker, Davis Guggenheim, was recently on Piers Morgan’s show, and surprisingly enough, Piers called him on the carpet for the sheer adulatory nature of the “documentary.”

Partial transcript of the Morgan interview:

CNN’s Piers Morgan: “Most documentary makers balance these movies with the negative as well as the positive. What are the negatives in your movie about Barack Obama?”

Davis Guggenheim: “Well, I mean the negative for me was there were too many accomplishments. I had 17 minutes to put them all in there.”

Morgan: “Oh, come off it! You can’t say that with a straight face. Come on.”

Guggenheim: “I’m looking at you right now with a straight face. I mean, look –”

Morgan: “The only negativity about Barack Obama is there are too many positives?”

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Morgan: “How much did it cost and who paid?”

Guggenheim: “Well, I’ll let the campaign tell you that. I — you know, I took a pay cut to make this. But the –”

Morgan: “I’m surprised you weren’t paying him, by the sound of it, for the sheer honor and joy.”