 Abe Lincoln in Illinois 1940  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Raymond Massey, Ruth Gordon, Gene Lockhart, Mary Howard, Howard Da Silva, Dorothy Tree, Harvey Stephens, Minor Watson, Alan Baxter, Elisabeth Risdon, Aldrich Bowker, Maurice Murphy, Louis Jean Heydt, Clem Bevans
Based on Robert E. Sherwood's Pulitzer Prize winning play, this is a classic film about the 16th President, covering his childhood through election to the Presidency. Along with Lincoln's professional life, highlighted by his debates with Stephen Douglas (Gene Lockhart), his personal life, including the doomed courtship of Ann Rutledge (Mary Howard) and later marriage to Mary Todd (Ruth Gordon in her screen debut) are also part of the story.
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Absolute Power 1997   R, 122 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Clint Eastwood
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Scott Glenn, Dennis Haysbert, E.G. Marshall, Judy Davis, Mark Margolis, Melora Hardin, Kenneth Welsh, Richard Jenkins, Alison Eastwood, Penny Johnson, Elaine Kagan
Master thief Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood) witnesses the President of the United States Allen Richmond (Gene Hackman) in the throes of an ugly sex scene that turns to murder. A cover-up ensues, Luther is the designated suspect, and his estranged daughter, Katie (Laura Linney), moves back into his life when she is appointed the prosecutor. 1 User Review
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 Air Force One 1997 R, 124 min.
Genre: Action / Thriller
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Cast: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Wendy Crewson, Paul(2) Guilfoyle, William H. Macy, Liesel Matthews, Dean Stockwell, Xander Berkeley, Tom Everett, Jurgen Prochnow, Donna Bullock, Carl Weintraub, Michael Ray Miller, Elester Latham
President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) is returning from the USSR after delivering a speech deploring terrorists led by Ivan Korshunov (Gary Oldman) when all aboard Air Force One including Marshall's wife and daughter (Wendy Crewson and Liesel Matthews) are taken hostage. This daring act leaves Vice President Kathryn Bennett (Glenn Close) in the position of trying to maintain world peace until the President and his entourage can be rescued.
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All the President's Men 1976  PG, 139 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Cast: Robert Redford, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Robards, Jane Alexander, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, Hal Holbrook, Ned Beatty, Meredith Baxter, F. Murray Abraham, Stephen Collins, Penny Fuller, John McMartin, Robert Walden, Frank Wills
Based on the bestseller by Washington journalists Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, this award-winning film tells the story of the Watergate break-in and the investigation that led to President Nixon's resignation. The screenplay adaptation by William Goldman won an Academy Award, as did Jason Robards for Best Supporting Actor. Nominations included Best Picture, Director, and Supporting Actress (Jane Alexander).
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American Dreamz 2006  PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Paul Weitz
Cast: Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore, Willem Dafoe, Chris Klein, Jennifer Coolidge, Sam Golzari, Marcia Gay Harden, Seth Meyers, John Cho, Judy Greer, Bernard White, Shohreh Aghdashloo
This satire aims at a variety of subjects, but the Presidency of George W. Bush and the reality show, American Idol, are the prime targets. Dennis Quaid takes on the role of recovering alcoholic President Staton who seldom reads the newspaper and relies on the advice of his Dick Cheney-like Chief of Staff (Willem Dafoe) who, to increase the President's ratings, books him as a guest judge on the popular reality show, American Dreamz. The TV show, featuring aspiring musical artists, is easily identified as a satirical view of American Idol with the popular program's self-absorbed Martin Tweed (Hugh Grant) preparing the season's new shows. Contestants include blonde redneck Sally Kendoo (Mandy Moore) and show-tune loving terrorist Omer Obeidi (Sam Golzari). The President agrees to a live presentation, and Omer prepares to assassinate him during his appearance on live TV.
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 The American President 1995 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance / Fantasy
Director: Rob Reiner
Cast: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Anna Deavere Smith, David Paymer, Richard Dreyfuss, Samantha Mathis, John Mahoney, Shawna Waldron, Anne Haney, Nina Siemaszko, Wendie Malick, Beau Billingslea, Joshua Malina
This Bill Clinton-like American President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) deals with media attention along with criticism when he (a widower) becomes involved with environmental lobbyist Sydney Wade (Annette Bening). Political enemies, including Kansas Senator Bob Rumson (Richard Dreyfuss), have a field day when Shepherd and Wade begin their love affair. This film provides great satire on today's made-for-TV Washington, D.C., politics and how issues get lost in the race for ratings.
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 The Assassination of Richard Nixon 2004 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Niels Mueller
Cast: Sean Penn, Naomi Watts, Don Cheadle, Jack Thompson, Brad William Henke, Michael Wincott, Mykelti Williamson, April Grace, Jared Dorrance, Nick Searcy, Jenna Milton, Mariah Massa
Businessman Samuel Bicke (Sean Penn) believes that life in America is not fair. His solution: hijack a commercial airliner and crash it into the White House hoping to kill President Nixon–and make himself a martyr in the process. Based on history, this film involves the 1974 attempt by Samuel Byek to assassinate Nixon.
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 The Best Man 1964 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Margaret Leighton, Lee Tracy, Edie Adams, Shelley Berman, Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond, Kevin McCarthy, Richard Arlen, Mahalia Jackson, Howard K. Smith, John Henry Faulk, George Kirgo, Tyler McVey
The President of the United States Art Hockstader (Lee Tracy) is dying, and political infighting peaks as two Presidential hopefuls William Russell and Joe Cartwell (Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson) seek the President's blessing. They try so hard to outdo each other that, in the process, they do themselves in. Lee Tracy received an Academy Award nomination for his Supporting Actor's Role.
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Canadian Bacon 1995 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Moore
Cast: John Candy, Rhea Perlman, Alan Alda, Kevin Pollak, Rip Torn, Steven Wright, Kevin J. O'Connor, Bill Nunn, G.D. Spradlin, James Belushi, Dan Aykroyd
A desperate U.S. President launches a campaign against Canada; however, the Canadians are having no part of it.
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Movie Quick Pick
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1. Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940)
2. Abraham Lincoln (1930)
3. Absolute Power (1997)
4. Air Force One (1997)
5. All the President's Men (1976)
6. American Dreamz (2006)
7. The American President (1995)
8. The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004)
9. The Best Man (1964)
10. Canadian Bacon (1995)
11. Chain of Command (2000)
12. The Civil War (1990)
13. Clear and Present Danger (1994)
14. The Contender (2000)
15. Cradle Will Rock (1999)
16. Dave (1993)
17. The Day of the Dolphin (1973)
18. The Day Reagan Was Shot (2001)
19. Dead Presidents (1995)
20. Eleanor and Franklin (1976)
21. First Family (1980)
22. George Washington Slept Here (1942)
23. Gore Vidal's Lincoln (1988)
24. Head of State (2003)
25. In the Line of Fire (1993)
26. Interview with the Assassin (2002)
27. JFK (1991)
28. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
29. My Fellow Americans (1996)
30. The President's Lady (1953)
31. The President's Man (2000)
32. Primary Colors (1998)
33. Reagan (1998)
34. RFK (2002)
35. Rough Riders (1997)
36. Say Goodbye to the President (1996)
aka: Marilyn: Say Goodbye to the President
37. Speechless (1994)
38. State of the Union (1948)
39. Thirteen Days (2000)
40. Truman (1995)
41. The War Room (1993)
42. Warm Springs (2005)
43. Welcome to Mooseport (2004)
44. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
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