First Daughter (2004)

The daughter of the U.S. President heads off to college where she falls for a graduate student with a secret.

Director:

Forest Whitaker

Writers:

Jessica Bendinger (story), Jerry O'Connell (story)

Stars:

Katie Holmes, Marc Blucas, Michael Keaton

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Katie Holmes	...	Samantha Mackenzie
Marc Blucas	...	James Lansome
Amerie	...	Mia Thompson
Michael Keaton	...	President Mackenzie
Margaret Colin	...	Melanie Mackenzie
Lela Rochon	...	Liz Pappas (as Lela Rochon Fuqua)
Michael Milhoan	...	Agent Bock
Dwayne Adway	...	Agent Dylan
Hollis Hill	...	Agent Colvin
Ken Moreno	...	Agent Mercer
Andrew Caple-Shaw	...	Agent Dryer
Alex Avant	...	Shift Leader
Barry Livingston	...	Press Secretary
Piper Cochrane	...	Communications Director
Adam Donshik	...	First Lady's Chief of Staff

Storyline

Samantha Mackenzie loves and supports her parents, US President John Mackenzie and First Lady Melanie Mackenzie, and enjoys the privileges that she has received being the only daughter of the President, but sometimes she wants to be what she considers "normal" which means not having her life scrutinized by the world 24/7. She made the decision to go away to college in California at Redmond University in large part to get away from life at the White House and hopefully assert some independence, this first stint at college coinciding with President Mackenzie's reelection bid for a second term in the White House. As such, he knows that his opponents will exploit whatever they can, including placing even more scrutiny on the family, and having even more threats than usual against them meaning his want for more security. So Sam's college experience is less than normal, being followed by a very visible team of Secret Service agents, who are trained to notice the smallest things that may be ...

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Plot Keywords:

college | first daughter | college roommate | water gun | teenager | 

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Taglines:

The girl who always stood out is finally getting the chance to fit in.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Romance

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for language, sexual situations and alcohol-related material

Did You Know?

Trivia

This film is dedicated to composer Michael Kamen.

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Goofs

The paint job on Air Force One is dull and poorly colored. The real Air Force One has a shiny bright blue top, a light blue forward lower portion and the aft bottom is highly polished aluminum. This aircraft is dull and non-reflective.

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Quotes

Mia Thompson: Nice equipment.
Charles: Excuse me?
Mia Thompson: The computers.

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Connections

References The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992)

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Soundtracks

The Way You Look Tonight
Written by Dorothy Fields and Jerome Kern
Produced by Blake Neely
Performed by Matt Dusk
Matt Dusk appears courtesy of Decca Records

User Reviews

Good clean entertaining fun.

We watched the DVD for the first time over the weekend and since then it has been replayed numerous times. Yes, there are parts that are fluffy and not very deep but sometimes we need clean lighthearted fun movies to entertain not educate, make us think or try to shield our children or grandchildren from language, obscenity etc.

I think there was a lot of subtlety in the movie that some may have missed, the callbacks and transitions were interesting. Yeah there were some parts where I wondered what message the Director was trying to get across because the scene seemed a little out of order or at times unnecessary. I agree with others that there were opportunities to develop characters that were not taken up. I hope there is a sequel - there are so many issues that could be explored in a relationship between an Agent and the First Daughter - and last but not least Marc Blucas seems to be under rated as an actor - and he is very easy on the eyes.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English French

Release Date:

24 September 2004 (USA)

Also Known As:

First Daughter

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$4,002,067, 26 September 2004

Gross USA:

$9,055,921

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$10,592,180

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Regency Productions, New Regency Productions, Davis Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital DTS

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1