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The American President (1995) 6.7
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6.7/10 from 33,383 users
Metascore: 67/100
Reviews: 201 user | 74 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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Cast
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| Annette Bening | ... | ||
| Martin Sheen | ... | ||
| Michael J. Fox | ... | ||
| Anna Deavere Smith | ... | ||
| Samantha Mathis | ... | ||
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Shawna Waldron | ... | |
| David Paymer | ... | ||
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Anne Haney | ... |
Mrs. Chapil
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| Richard Dreyfuss | ... | ||
| 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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| Joshua Malina | ... |
David
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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:
USARelease Date:
17 November 1995 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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)Opening Weekend:
£1,132,043 (UK) (15 December 1995)Gross:
£2,628,944 (UK) (19 January 1996)Company Credits
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Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1
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By Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Arranged by Larry Blank and Marc Shaiman
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Trivia
President Bill Clinton and his staff granted permission for the cast and production design team to visit the White House on several occasions. See more »Goofs
The President's hairstyle changes as he visits his daughter for the first time. See more »Quotes
President Andrew Shepherd: The White House is the single greatest home court advantage in the modern world.See more »
Soundtracks
"I Have Dreamed"By Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
Arranged by Larry Blank and Marc Shaiman
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I don't mean that as a slam. I like Pretty Woman a lot, too. But this movie is my "cure for all ills" movie. The one I throw in the DVD player on rainy Sunday afternoons and crack out my best junk food. And the political setting seems to give it more meat.
Michael Douglas is perfect. Annette Benning is perfect (and I would give anything to look as beautiful as she does in that blue dress at the State Dinner). Michael J. Fox, Martin Sheen, Anna Devoure Smith. People being passionate about each other and about important issues and about doing the right thing. Everything about this movie lifts me up when I'm feeling down.
I'm not a liberal, and I'm not a conservative - I fall somewhere in the middle. My beliefs in gun control to not include "(getting) the guns". But this movie is so good - that I can look past the occasional differences in political views. Those views are presented in a smart, thoughtful and constructive manner - and I appreciate them even though they are not my own.
I enjoy this movie for what it is - a sweet, smart, funny movie set in one of the most "romantic" settings in the world - The White House.