The
American President
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"The symbol of your country cannot just be a flag. The symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Now show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms. Then you can stand up and sing about the land of the free." - President Shepherd |
Widowed Andrew Shepherd is in his first term as president when he meets Sydney Ellen Wade, an environmental lobbyist who inadvertantly makes a Presidental insult her first impression. Admiring her pluck, President Shepherd invites her to be his date for a State Dinner at The White House. This opens the door to the re-election character debate he wasn't subjected to during his initial run due to his widower status. In a wonderfully idealistic democratic administration, this film takes on issues including privacy, gun control, negative compaigning, flag burning, the ACLU and environmental policy. Wonderful performances by Martin Sheen as the Chief of Staff (who later took a promotion to President in The West Wing), Michael J. Fox and Annette Bening make this charming film an educational and inspirational guilty pleasure. Most
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