Best Presidents (13 titles)
A list of Oval Office occupants, in strict pecking order, who'd probably make a far better fist of running the free world and - you know - looking after the big, red, Nuke-The-Planet button than the current incumbent. Mostly...
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West Wing, The - Complete Season 1
President Josiah 'Jed' Bartlet (Martin Sheen) - he's smart, he's compassionate, he's funny, he's a people-person (as long as he doesn't become Uncle Fluffy) - seriously, give MaSheen the keys to the real Oval Office and have done with it...
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West Wing, The - Complete Season 1
(6 discs)
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Rob Lowe, Martin Sheen, Dule Hill
Director: Thomas Schlamme
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The West Wing provides a glimpse into the inner workings of the Oval Office as seen through the eyes of an eclectic group of staffers led by President Josiah Bartlett (Martin Sheen). Pacing the West Wing morning, noon and night, Bartlet's loyal group strive to keep press and the public informed at ..read more »
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24 - Season 2
President David Palmer (Dennis Haysbert) - calm and statemanlike even in the face of the most outrageous crisis. Apparently requires little sleep, and has a loyal terrier always out in the field to get stuff done...
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24 - Season 2
(7 discs)
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Kiefer Sutherland, Sarah Wynter, Elisha Cuthbert
Director: Joel Surnow, Michael Loceff, Howard Gordon
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Jack Bauer, former Federal Agent in charge of the Counter Terrorist Unit,now estranged from his daughter Kim (who has become a nanny for the Matheson family and their daughter Megan), finds himself called back to duty when a threat to explode a nuclear device in Los Angeles is uncovered. Meanwhile ..read more »
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The Contender
President Jackson Evans (Jeff Bridges) - with gravelly voice and imposing presence, he can balance the pressures of a sex scandal erupting around a close colleague while tutoring the White House chef on how to perfect his particular choice of sandwich. Plays a mean piano, too.
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The Contender
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges
Director: Rod Lurie
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In THE CONTENDER, the sudden death of the vice president of the United States forces U.S. president Jackson Evans (Jeff Bridges) to pick a replacement. He decides against picking the popular governor of Virginia, Jack Hathaway (William Petersen), and instead makes the radical choice of Senator ..read more »
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Air Force One
President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) - the Action Pres: you can try to intimidate this guy, you can even hijack his plane, but he's perfectly happy to roll up his sleeves and pretty much single-handedly wrest it back from dastardly terrorist types...
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Air Force One
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
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President James Marshall (Harrison Ford) is one of the most respected leaders in the history of America. When Kazakhstanian separatists commit atrocities on their own people, Marshall authorizes a guerrilla mission to take their leader, General Radek (Jurgen Prochnow), into custody and restore the ..read more »
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Deep Impact
President Tom Beck (Morgan Freeman) - calm and candid, which you probably have to be when there's several million tons of asteroid about to slam the planet into nuclear winter and kill most of the population. Also sounds like God. Which is really good for press conferences.
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Deep Impact
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni, Vanessa Redgrave
Director: Mimi Leder
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A fourteen-year-old amateur astronomer, an ambitious newswoman, and a former astronaut all find themselves at the forefront of catastrophe when it is discovered that a comet is on a fatal collision course with the Earth. In the time leading up to the disaster, they find themselves searching for ..read more »
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Independence Day
President Thomas J. Whitmore (Bill Pullman) - Another Action Pres, this one's got a fighter plane, not a jumbo, and is eager to join Will Smith in taking to the skies to whup ET's ass (not his donkey - it's American for 'bottom')
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Independence Day
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Mary McDonnell
Director: Roland Emmerich
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With a $71 million budget and mind-blowing special effects, INDEPENDENCE DAY is a grand, high-tech throwback to such films of the 1950s as THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL and WAR OF THE WORLDS. Here, aliens, in numerous gargantuan spaceships, arrive without warning and hover over the world's most ..read more »
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The American President
President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) - employs charm and charisma to devastating effect, particularly when targeted at the crucial female vote. He's even got future Pres MaSheen as his Chief-of-Staff.
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The American President
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen
Director: Rob Reiner
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Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) is a handsome, youthful widower raising a teenage daughter. He also just happens to be the president of the United States of America, and a very popular one at that. Unfortunately, he's also quite lonely, and the life of a president leaves little time for dating. ..read more »
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Primary Colors
Governor Jack Stanton (John Travolta) - silver-fox would-be President, who's even lighter on his feet than Shepherd. Apparently, JT's characterisation was loosely based on a former real-life incumbent whose career took a bit of a blow while in Office (ho ho). Who knew, eh...?
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Primary Colors
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton
Director: Mike Nichols
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John Travolta leads an all-star cast (including Oscar winners Emma Thompson, Kathy Bates and Billy Bob Thornton) on a wild race to the presidency in this savagely funny comedy. Jack Stanton is a virtually unknown Southern governor on a quest for the White House with his strong, savvy and equally ..read more »
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Mars Attacks
President James Dale (Jack Nicholson) - he is coping with a Martian invasion, admittedly (though perhaps not as well as President Whitmore), but it's all manic grins, pointy eyebrows and borderline panic. Tricky Dicky, anyone...?
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Mars Attacks
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening
Director: Tim Burton
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Director Tim Burton unleashes MARS ATTACKS!, a vicious, affectionate, brightly-colored homage to 1950s alien invasion movies. When a shiny silver flying saucer lands in the Nevada desert, a group of skull-faced Martians exit the gleaming craft. Although they claim to be peaceful, they promptly "..read more »
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Dave
President Bill Mitchell / Dave Kovic (Kevin Kline) - Mitchell's not a very nice man and Dave, well, Dave's not really sure what's going on, bumbles through official duties without genuine credentials and relies on those around him to just get through the day. Nothing like real-life, then..
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Dave
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella
Director: Ivan Reitman
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A presidential look-alike finds himself in the oval office "filling in" for the president who has fallen ill. Lacking the political savvy of the real president, "Dave" proceeds to govern the country with a refreshingly straight-forward approach. Academy Award Nominations: Best (Original) Screenplay.
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