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The American President (1995)
6.7
Ratings: 6.7/10 from 26,680 users
Metascore:
67/100
Reviews: 196 user | 65 critic | 21 from Metacritic.com
Comedy-drama about a widowed US president and a lobbyist who fall in love. It's all aboveboard, but "politics is perception" and sparks fly anyway. Director:Rob ReinerWriter:Aaron Sorkin |
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| Annette Bening | ... | ||
| Martin Sheen | ... | ||
| Michael J. Fox | ... | ||
| Anna Deavere Smith | ... | ||
| Samantha Mathis | ... | ||
| Shawna Waldron | ... | ||
| David Paymer | ... | ||
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Anne Haney | ... |
Mrs. Chapil
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| Nina Siemaszko | ... | ||
| Wendie Malick | ... |
Susan Sloan
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| Beau Billingslea | ... |
Agent Cooper
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Gail Strickland | ... |
Esther MacInerney
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David
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Storyline
Andrew Shepherd is approaching the end of his first term as President of the United States. He's a widower with a young daughter and has proved to be popular with the public. His election seems assured. That is until he meets Sydney Ellen Wade, a paid political activist working for an environmental lobby group. He's immediately smitten with her and after several amusing attempts, they finally manage to go on a date (which happens to be a State dinner for the visiting President of France). His relationship with Wade opens the door for his prime political opponent, Senator Bob Rumson, to launch an attack on the President's character, something he could not do in the previous election as Shepherd's wife had only recently died. Written by garykmcd
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Why can't the most powerful man in the world have the one thing he wants most?Parents Guide:
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Country:
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Mi querido presidente See more »Filming Locations:
Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$62,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$65,000,000 (USA)Company Credits
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A. J. MacInerney: Sir, it's immediate, it's decisive, it's low-risk, and it's a proportional response.
President Andrew Shepherd: Someday someone's going to have to explain to me the virtue of a proportional response.
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Arranged by Robert Shaw and Alice Parker
Performed by Robert Shaw Chorale
Courtesy of RCA Victor Red Seal, a division of BMG Classics See more »
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One of the few rare PG-13 movies allowed to keep its PG-13 rating despite the use of the word "fuck" three times (all within 15 minutes of each other), but none used in sexual context. See more »Goofs
Continuity: At the State Dinner , the French President is talking face to the camera, while the audience can watch Sydney's turning her ring around the finger - a second later, the camera shows Sydney in front , still listening to the President's story, but keeps her hands straight now . See more »Quotes
[Discussing a reprisal for an attack on US troops]A. J. MacInerney: Sir, it's immediate, it's decisive, it's low-risk, and it's a proportional response.
President Andrew Shepherd: Someday someone's going to have to explain to me the virtue of a proportional response.
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"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"Arranged by Robert Shaw and Alice Parker
Performed by Robert Shaw Chorale
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