WASHINGTON — Timing the placement into movie theaters the last two weeks of the new documentary, "Jimmy Carter Man From Plains," before the proposed Middle East conference in Annapolis this year was not intentional. But the irony of the former president's clarity on the Palestinian question contrasts sharply with the refusal by George W. Bush to face harsh reality that casts a pall over hopes to conclude his presidency with a diplomatic triumph.

In the film, Carter repe ...

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