Wednesday, November 17, 2021
The American President
- Who's watched: M & G
- Mentions: None
- Commentary: Another favorite that we watch fairly often, when we need to believe in political integrity.
Mom especially likes the state dinner for the French President and his wife. Every time we watch that scene she can't help but say, "Wouldn't you just love to attend one of those dinners?" The truth is, I think she would like to spend her entire life going from State Dinner to State Dinner. It would suit her.
I particularly like that, after I'd established my affection for the movie, a good friend of mine told me that he considers me the real life Sidney Allen Wade. He's wrong, of course, but, still, I spend a lot of time preening inside as I watch this movie.
Update 11/17/2021: This post was originally published February 6, 2005. It was one of the accidental deletions that occurred, which is covered in this post.
Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Actor Role Michael Douglas U. S. President Alan Shepherd Annette Bening Sydney Allen Wade Martin Sheen A.J. MacInerney David Paymer Leon Kodak Samantha Mathis Janie Basdin Michael J. Fox Louis Rothschild John Mahoney Leo Solomon Anna Deavere Smith Robin McCall Nina Siemaszko Beth Wade Wendie Malick Susan Sloan Anne Haney Mrs. Chapil Shawna Waldron Lucy Shepherd Richard Dreyfuss Bob Rumson Beau Billingslea Agent Cooper Gail Strickland Esther MacInerney Joshua Molina David
Here's the link to the Wikipedia write-up of this movie.
Release Date: 1995
Directed by Rob Reiner.
Labels: aaron-sorkin, annette-bening, dramedy2, michael-douglas, political4, presidential, richard-dreyfuss, romance3, shared-favorite
