At best irresponsible, at worst morally reprehensible, a British filmmaker has created a docudrama that begins with a realistic looking depiction of an assassination of President George W. Bush.

The movie presents images of Bush being shot to death in Chicago, Ill., in the year 2007. The plot then focuses on the investigation of the assassination.

In a world where militant extremists have already expressed the desire to extinguish our leader and annihilate the rest of us, it is beyond the pale to create and exhibit such a piece of cinema.

Worse yet is the fact that filmmaker Gabriel Range uses computer generated imagery and special effects to conjure up an aura of stark realism.

Range might feel a bit differently if the docudrama being aired at the Toronto Film Festival was one that depicted his own demise at the whimsy of a fellow filmmaker.

Over the past several years Bush has been called a liar, tyrant, dictator, and criminal, among other slurs. This film is the pathological end result of the raw Bush hatred we have been witnessing.

You may recall that in 2004 a book titled "Checkpoint" featured a primary character that wanted to assassinate President Bush.

In another Bush-hating instance, about John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald and John Hinckley Jr. a columnist for the Guardian wrote, "Where are you now that we need you?"

In 2005 an art exhibit called "Patriot Act" displayed a postage stamp with a picture of Bush on it. Upon closer examination one couldn't help but notice that the president had a pistol pointed at his head.

And in 2006 the far-left group, Code Pink, carried a sign that called for a Bush assassination.

"Death of a President" is scheduled to be shown at the Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 10 and is set to air on BBC television in October.

The Left Coast Report expects that Range & Co. will get the film distributed in Tehran and Damascus.