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Film Presidents Worth Voting For
Screaming Blue Reviews —
Seven film presidents we wish could lead us through the real world.
With the end of the two major parties’ conventions last night, we got to thinking about fictitious presidents who, unfortunately for America, only exist in the movies in which they appear. By that we mean not actual presidents of the ...
Election Movies: When Real Life Campaign Drama Isn't Enough
Starpulse Entertainment News —
Election Somehow, if you think that the American political system doesn't have enough pageantry or drama, the only possible place for you to turn are the movies. You can find a campaign movie for just about every level of politics. For the most part, they all tell the same story. You have your candidate, and there's an election going on, and from high school to the presidency, there's going to be a debate on using negative campaigning, a starry-eyed speech about sticking to your ethics, and then some sort of sex scandal. Sounds about right. Election (1999) Election It seems that the chance for a person to put their horrible, ...
The films President-elect Obama should watch
Film: Film blog | guardian.co.uk —
The Candidate is a 1972 political saga that stars Robert Redford as a charismatic, inexperienced liberal who winds up unseating a grizzled old conservative. And wouldn't you know it, it is apparently Barack Obama's favourite film. "I can't get enough of it," he says. "Robert Redford's idealism harks back to a better day. That ...
