The Blue Dress

WASHINGTON, D.C. – As healthcare unwraps itself in the national spotlight, the saga of Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky continues to be a gift that keeps on giving. Following the revelation that another Bill & Monica book will be released in February 2010, Daniel “The Wig Man” Vovak, executive producer of The Blue Dress movie, has announced the hiring of an actor to play animated Clinton advisor James Carville, who currently teaches politics at Tulane University.

Vovak, of Bethesda, Maryland, is the producer of The Blue Dress, a non-political comedy about Bill and Monica that has already hosted auditions in Philadelphia and at the American Film Institute. Vovak stresses that Bill Clinton was a lonely President in an unhappy marriage, a tone that is captivated in The Blue Dress. The film, based on The Starr Report, reveals that Clinton had feelings for Monica and reached out to her for solace, beginning around Thanksgiving season 1995. The movie sidesteps the topic of impeachment, ending its timeline in January 1998 after Matt Drudge broke the story on DrudgeReport.com and the night before The Washington Post printed it.

Aaron Shaffer, whose paradoxical day job is managing a Greyhound bus depot in Fort Smith, Arkansas, was discovered from his online audition through The Blue Dress casting website, later signing a contract with the film.

“Finding a believable actor to play Bill Clinton’s most trusted advisor was important, especially since Carville is always so serious yet the movie is written for laughs.” Vovak added. “The Bill and Monica saga introduced many over-the-top characters to the public, with the funniest being James Carville and Monica’s mother. We’re still looking for more than fifteen notable speaking parts through The Blue Dress casting website.”

Shaffer will be the second Arkansan working on the movie, the first being the famous Paula Jones, who has signed a contract to play herself, as reported in Time Magazine. The second casting announcement (following Paula Jones) was earlier this year, when Ashley-Rebekah Faulkner was signed to play Monica.

Vovak says he was communicating with Lionsgate’s Steve Rothenberg until Rothenberg’s untimely death last summer from stomach cancer at 50. The relationship began when Rothenberg’s teenage family members in Boca Raton, Florida contacted Vovak, seeking to have their music in the movie. In spite of only meeting through the internet, Vovak has also worked with Wiley Hand, of Colorado, who composed original music for the film.

“Steve [Rothenberg] created and oversaw The Blair Witch Project,” says Vovak. “The Blue Dress is probably the last great movie he had his finger in, so we’re looking to honor his death through using the music created by his family.”

Vovak has also hired Hollywood producer Scott duPont to shape his marketing and distribution strategy. Vovak says, “Now that the financing for the movie is coming together, I will be looking for a distributor at Sundance in late January 2010.”

Further promoting the movie, Vovak has agreed to an upcoming interview with Kate Michael host of The District Dish (which airs on Comcast) and is in talks with Michelle Basch of WTOP radio.

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Contact Daniel Vovak at 202-367-4835 or DanielVovak@gmail.com.

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