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In this image released by Lionsgate Pictures, Ellen Burstyn portraying Barbara Bush, left, and James Cromwell portraying George H.W. Bush are shown in a scene from the film, 'W.' (AP Photo/Lionsgate Pictures, Sidney Ray Baldwin)

Cromwell plays derisive dad as elder Bush in `W.'

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LOS ANGELES - James Cromwell approached the role of President George H.W. Bush in Oliver Stone's "W." with one certainty: He would avoid the sort of caricature Dana Carvey embodied years ago when he did Bush on NBC's "Saturday Night Live."