The American President
by Rob Reiner
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Actor: Anna Deavere Smith, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael Douglas, Michael J. FoxDirector: Rob Reiner
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 2.35:1
Running Time: 115 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-08-31
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Castle Rock
DVD Reviews of The American President
DVD Review: Gift for my dad
Summary: 5 Stars
My dad wanted this movie and I easily found it for a good price on AmazonDVD Review: Good but something's missing.
Summary: 3 Stars
The American President directed Rob Reiner is a very interesting look at a fictional president and the woman he falls in love with during his reign in the White House. Michael Douglas and Annette Bening are wonderful actors and their chemistry is darn near flawless. I like this film but the many times I have watched it, I feel there's something missing and I am not sure what it is, maybe the storyline could've been a little meatier. Give this clean cut film a try.DVD Review: If He Could Turn Back Time
Summary: 4 Stars
OK its been a lot of years since the movie came out. The script was supposed to be apolitical and the movie would have been just another light-hearted romantic comedy ala Clark Gable- Claudette Colbert if it hadn't of been for the antics of then President Bill Clinton.
It really bothered the Clintonistas that "a vast right-wing conspiracy" was making such a big thing of his adultery with a woman about half his age. So this movie (which is about a WIDOWED president's love affair with an unmarried woman just slightly younger than him) was seen by the Clintonista's as Bill's way to speak out against his critics through his surrogate (Michael Douglas' character). Of course the fact that Hillary was still alive and kicking kind of changed the circumstances a bit but then again I am a part of the vast middle-of-the-road-wishy-washy-conspiracy so you can't trust what I type.
Having said all that, with the exception of the self-pitying moralizing at the end, its a good light-weight but entertaining movie. You likely will enjoy it.
The out-take section is OK but they (intentionally I presume) left out the funniest one. Its a prank the crew played on Douglas from a scene that did not make it into the movie.
Catherine Zeta-Jones had not yet started her love fest with Douglas but she did have a small part in the film. She played a clerk at a 7-11 quick stop where Douglas and his chief of staff (traveling incognito to avoid the press) stop to get gas and a snack on their way to a political rally in Richmond Virgina.
Wearing a name-tag that clearly says "Monica" Zeta-Jones asks Douglas if he would like a "Big Gulp!!"
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ciao // gurkha
DVD Review: The American PresidentThis is by far one of my all time favorites...I had it on VHS, I wore i
Summary: 5 Stars
This is by far one of my all time favorite movies...I had it on VHS and wore it out!! I just love this movie..ThanksDVD Review: Love this movie
Summary: 4 Stars
I do prefer the plastic cases - you know, the ones that are plastic on both sides. This one has the cardboard front.
Description of The American President
The world's most powerful man has met his match! Michael Douglas is the widower President wooing environmental lobbyist Annette Bening in this romantic hit by Rob Reiner.Running Time: 115 min.System Requirements:Starring: Michael Douglas Anette Bening Martin Sheen Michael J. Fox Anna Deavere Smith Samantha Mathis Shawna Waldron and David Paymer. Directed By: Rob Reiner Running Time: 115 Min. Color. This film is presented in "Widescreen" format. Copyright 1999 Warner Home Video.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?COMEDY Rating:?PG-13 UPC:?053939255027What sounds like the high-concept romantic comedy pitch from hell--widower president falls for smart lobbyist while the world watches--is actually intelligent, charming, touching, and quite funny. Granted, it's wish fulfillment all the way (when was the last time you saw a president who was truly presidential?), but in the capable hands of writer Aaron Sorkin (TV's Sports Night) and director Rob Reiner, The American President is incredibly enjoyable entertainment with quite a few ideas about both romance and the government. Michael Douglas stars as the president, who after three years in office starts thinking about the possibility of dating. When he auspiciously encounters cutthroat environmental lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade (Annette Bening), sparks begin to crackle and the two begin a tentative but heartfelt romance. Of course, his job gets in the way--their first kiss is interrupted by a Libyan bombing--but darn it if these two kids aren't going to try and make it work! However, they hadn't counted on the president's Republican antagonist (Richard Dreyfuss), who starts carping about family values. The predictable plot--Douglas finally goes to bat for his lady and his country--is leavened by Sorkin's wonderful, snappy dialogue and a light touch from the usually subtle-as-a-sledgehammer Reiner. Both manage to create a believable White House-office atmosphere (with a crack staff including Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Anna Deavere Smith, and Samantha Mathis) as well as a plausible and funny dating scenario. The true success of the movie, though, rides squarely on Douglas and Bening; this is unequivocally Douglas's best comedic performance (ergo his best performance, period) and Bening, usually such a good bad girl, takes a standard career-woman role and fleshes it out magnificently. You can see in an instant why Douglas would fall for her. One of the best unsung romantic comedies of the '90s. --Mark Englehart
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