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      2009: The Movie

      Liars, and Tiger, and Bernie, oh my! Who would portray the year’s biggest newsmakers in the Hollywood version? The Daily Beast goes to the casting couch.

      Updated Jul. 14, 2017 8:51PM EDT / Published Dec. 28, 2009 7:12AM EST 

      Enny Nuraheni / Reuters; Evan Agostini / Getty Images

      Barack Obama (Will Smith)

      Enny Nuraheni / Reuters; Evan Agostini / Getty Images

      Michelle Obama (Taraji P. Henson)

      Martin H. Simon / Getty Images; Kevork Djansezian / Getty Images

      Bernie Madoff (Dustin Hoffman)

      Jason Decrow / Rapport Press; Kristian Dowling / Getty Images

      Ruth Madoff (Barbra Streisand)

      Mary Altaffer / AP Photo; Jennifer Graylock / AP Photo

      Governor Mark Sanford (Chris Cooper)

      Jonathan Ernst, Reuters / Landov; Chris Weeks / Getty Images

      Jenny Sanford (Mary Steenburgen)

      Mary Ann Chastain / AP Photo; John M. Heller / Getty Images

      Jon Gosselin (Rex Lee)

      Ethan Miller / Getty Images for Wet Republic; Noel Vasquez / Getty Images

      Kate Gosselin (Kelly Ripa)

      Michael Kovac, FimMagic / Getty Images

      Chesley Sullenberger (Sam Elliott)

      Jean Baptiste Lacroix, WireImage / Getty Images; Frazer Harrison / Getty Images

      Sonia Sotomayor (Sara Ramirez)

      Alex Wong / Getty Images; Joe Kohen, WireImage / Getty Images

      Sarah Palin (Megan Mullally)

      Robyn Beck, AFP / Getty Images; Steve Mack, FilmMagic / Getty Images

      Levi Johnston (Joshua Jackson)

      AP Photo (2)

      David Letterman (John Michael Higgins)

      French President Nicolas Sarkozy (Vincent Cassel)

      Peter Macdiarmid / Getty Images; AP Photo

      Carla Bruni (Ellen Pompeo)

      Pascal Le Segretain / Getty Images; Soul Brother, FilmMagic / Getty Images

      Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi (Joe Pesci)

      Mark Wilson / Getty Images; Vince Bucci / Getty Images

      Michael Jackson (LaToya Jackson)

      KMazur, WireImage / Getty Images; Ron Galella, WireImage / Getty Images

      Elizabeth Edwards (Blair Brown)

      Neilson Barnard / Getty Images; Stephen Lovekin / Getty Images

      Henry Louis Gates Jr. (Jeffrey Wright)

      Gretchen Ertl / AP Photo; Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images

      JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon (Simon Baker)

      Mark Wilson / Getty Images; Lance Staedler, CBS / Getty Images

      Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein (Wallace Shawn)

      Saul Loeb, AFP / Getty Images; Stephen Lovekin / Getty Images

      Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner (John C. McGinley)

      Wang Tiantian, ChinaFotoPress / Getty Images; Alberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images

      Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke (Bob Hoskins)

      Karen Bleier, AFP / Getty Images; Claire Greenway / Getty Images

      Jim Cramer (Louis C.K.)

      Scott Gries / Getty Images; Barry Brecheisen / Getty Images

      Susan Boyle (Jack Black)

      Scott Gries / Getty Images for Comedy Central

      Adam Lambert (Joan Jett)

      Barry King, FilmMagic / Getty Images; Bryan Bedder / Getty Images for IMG

      Dan Brown (Gordon Clapp)

      Stefania D'Alessandro / Getty Images; Vince Bucci / Getty Images

      Balloon Boy dad Richard Heene (Patrick Warburton)

      John Moore / Getty Images; Frazer Harrison / Getty Images

      Balloon Boy Falcone Heene (A Cardboard Box)

      John Moore / Getty Images

      Carrie Prejean (Dianna Agron)

      Michael Loccisano / Getty Images; Carlos Diaz / Retna

      Amanda Knox (Mandy Moore)

      Tiziana Fabi, AFP / Getty Images; Chris Ashford, Camera Press / Retna

      Glenn Beck (Tom Wilson)

      M. Caulfield, WireImage / Getty Images; Bobby Bank, WireImage / Getty Images

      Harry Reid (James Cromwell)

      Brendan Hoffman / Getty Images; Joe Corrigan / Getty Images

      Joe Lieberman (Ian McDiarmid)

      Peter Kramer / Getty Images (2)

      Nancy Pelosi (Jessica Walter)

      Mark Wilson / Getty Images; Frederick M. Brown / Getty Images

      Tiger Woods (Daniel Sunjata)

      L. Cohen, WireImage for PGA Tour / Getty Images; Bryan Bedder / Getty Images

      Elin Nordegren (January Jones)

      L. Cohen, WireImage for PGA Tour; Jon Kopaloff, FilmMagic / Getty Images

      Rachel Uchitel (Jamie-Lynn Sigler)

      David Zentz / AP Photo; Jason LaVeris, FilmMagic / Getty Images

      TMZ's Harvey Levin (Steve Gutenberg)

      John M. Heller / Getty Images; Stephen Lovekin / Getty Images

      Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi (Emmanuelle Chirqui)

      Jason LaVeris, FilmMagic / Getty Images; Dr. Billy Ingram, WireImage / Getty Images

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