Adam McKay's 'Vice' Biopic on Dick Cheney Hits Golden Globes

Adam McKay's film 'Vice – L'uomo nell'ombra' (Vice), a biopic on former US Vice President Dick Cheney, has been nominated for six Golden Globes. The film stars Christian Bale as Cheney, who gained nearly 20 kilograms for the role, alongside Amy Adams as Lynne Cheney, Steve Carell as Donald Rumsfeld, and Sam Rockwell as George W. Bush. The narrative traces Cheney's rise from an electrician in Wyoming to White House Chief of Staff under Gerald Ford, then Secretary of Defense under George W. Bush, culminating in the September 11, 2001 attacks. McKay employs a style mixing documentary inserts and a narrator (Jesse Plemons) to explore the contradictions of US politics and parallels between Cheney's era and Trump's populism. The film is noted for its innovative storytelling and Machiavellian script.