About the President and Chief of Staff

Dagmar 2022-02-11 08:02:51

The president should be like a proud lion, the chief of staff is cunning and scheming.

Everyone who has seen West Wing knows that Martin Sheen is just such a lion, and Douglas always makes people feel that he is not so commensurate with the role of the president.

It may be the director's deliberate, knowingly indispensable arrangement that allowed the two types of actors to make a breakthrough in the character of the characters.

President Widower married a wife. Compared with another presidential movie of the same period, Dave, it feels more like a warm and romantic love movie. This may be why the director chose Douglas as the male number one.

There is such a comment on the New York Times website, which I personally think is very pertinent:

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However easy this film makes it look to be Commander in Chief, "The American President" makes it clear that keeping the fizz in happily escapist comedy is tricky. Despite the presence of Frank Capra 3d as first assistant director and a nod to his grandfather in the dialogue (Sydney, first visiting the White House on business: "I'm trying to savor the Capraesque quality"), this film can't match the blitheness that was possible in more innocent times.

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Fine movie though.

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Extended Reading
  • Monique 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    [The helicopter landed on the lawn outside the window, the president: That's my ride.] - Laughing pigs! It turns out that the originator of Mr. Ba’s love for me is Aaron Sorkin!

  • Breanna 2022-03-25 09:01:10

    The screenwriter of West Wing, Uncle Douglas is very loving. Compared with the hypocritical Banker of Wall Street, I prefer this President who can still keep calm when encouraging choices~

The American President quotes

  • Leon Kodak: [cut to conversation in progress] You see, the country has mood swings.

    Lewis Rothschild: Mood swings? Nineteen post-graduate degrees in mathematics, and your best explanation for going from a 63 to a 46 percent approval rating in five weeks is mood swings?

    Leon Kodak: Well, I could explain it better, but I'd need charts, and graphs, and an easel.

  • [President Shepherd watches his opponent finish a speech on CNN]

    President Andrew Shepherd: Oh, wait a minute, here comes my favorite part.

    Bob Rumson: My name is Bob Rumson, and I'm running for President!

    President Andrew Shepherd: Sure glad he cleared that up, because that crowd was about to buy some Amway products!