A three-inch D-ring binder costs about fifteen smackaroos these days. Ten years ago they cost even more; about $30 each, if I recall. In 2001 I wrapped an MTV production after 5 seasons and 170 episodes. It was a scripted daily show, and over the years we had accumulated a giant storage unit full of electronics, office supplies, random props, countless tapes and about 350 D-ring binders of various sizes. That’s a lot of binders.When it came time to clean out storage it was pretty easy to find homes for the electronics. But even though those binders were worth about $10,000 retail, I couldn’t find a home for them. Not even for free.
In the new movie Fair Game, undercover CIA operative Valerie Plame (Naomi Watts) is exposed when her name is leaked to the media in a politically motivated vendetta. While investigating the claim of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction, Valerie’s diplomat husband Joe Wilson (Sean Penn) publishes an editorial in the New York Times, sparking political fallout and controversy forever linked to George W. Bush’s administration.