This film suggests that, looking Presidential may be the most crucial of all political talents. Dave Kovic runs a temp agency in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., and has a side job impersonating President Bill Mitchell. He is requested to make an appearance as the President at a hotel. Dave assumes it is a matter of security, but it is really to cover up Mitchell's affair with a White House staffer. Mitchell suffers a severe stroke during the rendezvous, leaving him in a coma. White House Chief of Staff Bob Alexander and Communications Director Alan Reed convince Dave to continue impersonating the President. Only Bob, Alan, the Secret Service, and the medical staff know of the switch. The public is notified that Mitchell has had a "minor circulatory …show more content…
problem of the head." Dave's enthusiasm revives Mitchell's popularity. He visits a homeless shelter with Ellen, who does not understand why he has taken a sudden interest. When Dave is confronted about the veto of a bill by Ellen, he confronts Bob, who tells him that if he can cut $650 million from the federal budget he can keep the shelter. Dave asks his accountant friend help him rewrite the budget so that the project may be reinstated. To make sure that Bob doesn't stop him, Dave does it publicly in front of the press. Suspecting that he is not really her husband, Ellen tricks Dave into revealing the truth. Dave and Duane show her Bill on life support in the White House basement. She and Dave decide to leave the White House. However, after a night out, they realize all the good they could still do and decide to return. Dave blackmails Bob into resigning by threatening to go public with the switch, then announces a plan to find a job for every American who wants work. Nance returns from Africa and confronts Dave about the savings and loan scandal, insisting they both know there is no merit to the allegations. Dave talks to Alan, who reveals the whole plan was Bob's idea. Bob reveals Mitchell's involvement in the savings and loan scandal while pushing his own candidacy for the presidency. Dave decides to take responsibility for Mitchell's actions. The scandal will make the jobs program difficult to pass, but Nance tells Dave that it is a wonderful idea. Dave tells Ellen that Nance is a good man and he would make a great president. The next day in a joint session of Congress, Dave admits to Mitchell's role in the scandal, but introduces evidence proving Bob was the mastermind and Nance is innocent.
Bob realizes that Alan has betrayed him. Dave fakes a stroke and makes a switch with the real Mitchell in an ambulance en route to the hospital. Nance becomes Acting President under the terms of the 25th Amendment and is sworn in as President five months later when Mitchell dies. Bob and eight other members of the Mitchell Administration are indicted and arrested on 34 charges of law violations and obstruction of justice two days after Dave's jobs initiative passes. Dave decides to run for city council and Ellen comes to the office to volunteer. As they embrace, Duane stands guard outside the office door. "Dave" includes a long list of cameo players, only a few of whom are cleverly used. Also in the cast, and notably given near-cameo status, is Faith Prince, Miss Adelaide of Broadway's "Guys and Dolls," who appears as a worker at the temporary-employment agency headed by Dave. As far as the film is concerned, this business experience makes him eminently qualified to run the country.
This film could practically confirm every conspiracy theory ever, giving the viewers the idea that everything the government puts forth is a lie. The government is portrayed as an orchestration of almost con-artists that one man was thrust into the middle of and completely demolished. The movie operates under the idea that politics are fickle and there is no monitoring
system. Overall the movie was very entertaining but held no educational value. The acting performances were of course top-notch, as well as the production that made the white house sets look authentic. Kevin Kline was hilarious as Dave, and Sigourney Weaver’s ice cold portrayal of the First Lady was extremely amusing. I was shocked to see Bonnie Hunt as a tour guide, but enjoyed it immensely. The movie had so many parallels to the Clinton Administration that I’m surprised the makers didn’t get sued.
more calls in their favor i.e. more trips to the free throw line and less foul calls against these players. The end results of this treatment of favorite players would be more points per games, greater stats, winning more games, winning championships and more endorsements with greater financial gain. The adverse effect would occur for the least favorite players, this institutionally allowed bias would and can affect the lives and futures of players by depriving the players of the NBA the right to determine their individual success or failure according to their athletic efforts and skills. Fifth issue: The NBA facing fines and penalties from the federal government. Tim Donaghy’s actions were in connection with organized crime and if the FBI
Some people that not account the story through the aspects of war and history may see this movie as a fiction movie due to its beliefs of people getting brainwashed or maybe a drama due to the ending. Others may see this movie as a threat to the president at that time, because one of the murder tentative was at one of the presidential candidates in the movie, which ended up to be a murder to the mother that was hypnotized her son and her elected husband. In details, Raymond (the son) was brainwashed by the Soviet Union and surprisingly his mother was also working with the Soviet Union. Indeed, the outcome finished with her assassination giving that it was an anti-communist movie from the
Throughout the history of America’s pastime, baseball has continually battled scandals and controversies. From the 1919 “Black Sox” scandal to the current steroid debate, baseball has lived in a century of turmoil. While many of these scandals affected multiple players and brought shame to teams, none have affected a single player more than the 1980’s Pete Rose betting scandal. Aside from the public humiliation he brought his family and the Cincinnati Reds, nothing has done more to hurt Pete Rose than his lifetime ban from baseball making him ineligible for hall of fame. While many are for and against putting Pete Rose in the hall of fame, the four ethical theories, Kantianism, Utilitarianism, Egoism, and Ethical Realism, each have their own unique answer to the question. Through Kantianism Pete Rose should be inducted into the hall of fame, while Egoism, Utilitarianism and Ethical Realism all support the lifetime ban.
A president has to have character, right? I mean, if the leader of the free world has no substance, nothing special about him, then how do we as citizens know that he is capable as far as foreign policies go. How do we know that we can trust him to make wise decisions? How do we know that he will tell us the truth? This concept is exactly what fictional president Andrew Shepherd successfully conveys in his “Address to the Press on Bob Rumson and the Crime Bill.” In the movie, The American President, Andrew Shepherd becomes romantically involved with crime bill lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade. Many characters, including Bob Rumson, believe that the relationship between Shepherd and Wade is hindering the advancement of the country. They believe that this relationship shows lack of character, and it is made apparent to Shepherd through the side comments and actions of those opposing him. In the closing scenes of the movie, Shepherd is found defending himself and his character through the form of a rhetorical speech. He convincingly uses pathos to appeal to his audience’s sense of nationality and pride.
The entire movie is bursting with counter narratives, when the audience believes they hold an accurate grasp on what is truly happening, there is a misguiding event, as the storyline is continually challenged. The viewer’s beginning formations about what is going on are learned to be always questionable because what is repeatedly steered to trust and is revealed not be the truth in the conclusion of the film. This neo-noir film had multiple scenarios that make the previous actions untrustworthy to the actual message. This proves that all the observations and thoughts the viewer possesses are only relevant to what they are exposed to and shown and not to what is, in fact, happening.
Central idea: The assassination of our 35th president was an inside job that needs to be exposed.
There are many accurate depictions of the political process in this movie, but there are also some areas where this movie was just being a people pleaser. The American President accurately portrayed the rolls of the media, the effects of polling, the impact of primaries, and it showed the process of introducing a bill to congress. However, it also was being a typical Hollywood movie at times. This was mostly true in the cases where the President came off being naïve, when he through caution into the wind for a girlfriend, and at other times, like when he was to dignified to join into the smear campaign.
In researching this and many other conspiracy theories, one can see many uses of sensationalism, mainly by the media. This media- the news (local and national), magazines, tabloids, television shows, movies, and so on- has a huge e...
This movie goes to show how such crucial facts and minuet evidence if not processed fully and clearly can change the outcome in such a big way. In this jury you have 12 men from all different walks of life, 12 different times, and 12 different personalities. Who have an obligation to come to one conclusion and that's whether or not the young man on trial is guilty of murdering his father or is innocent beyond a reasonable doubt. Under much frustration and lack of patience these 12 men began to get unruly and unfocused. Throughout this distraction key terms get misused, facts get turned around and more importantly emotions start to cross making it hard for these men to produce a verdict.
[2] My analysis primarily focuses on Stone’s film Nixon, but it is noteworthy to mention JFK, since both films were embroiled in heated debates regarding historical authenticity and artistic license. In JFK, Stone pieces together several conspiracy theories as to who was responsible for President Kennedy’s assassination from “real” primary texts, news footage, ear and eye witnesses, and the Zapruder film, among others. In Nixon, Stone uses similar techniques to posit equally troubling theses: the first that Nixon, while Vice President, was involved in a plot to assassinate Fidel Castro, and, second, that Nixon was directly or inadvertently responsible for the deaths of John and Robert Kennedy. Stone elects to create scenes and embellish information but defends his mixing of fact and speculation: “Of course, there’s license and speculation, but they are based on reasonable assumptions which we’ve discussed with highly reliable technical advisers who lived through the history we’re recounting in the film” (Monsel 206).
In conclusion I wish to reiterate one more time how important it is to be careful in our world today. I also think that this book in-and-of-itself could honestly one day happen. I know this seems like a conspiracy theory but it could happen and I hope by reading this book (and you will love it) that you may be able to better see what you need to be watching for in our world today.
... missiles at us, and then a year later, JFK was killed. Many people still believe that Oswald did it out of spite, but since he had such a history with Cuba, Mexico, Russia/ Soviet Union, and the Marines such theories have emerged. Many of the high, “I would die if this was false” theorist think that the footage of JFK’s death was edited, others think that the originals were burned, and replaced. The most evidence of the conspiracy was after Oswald was killed by Jack Ruby, Jack was then arrested, for killing a man, but the man he killed had killed the president. Everyone would have suspected Ruby to be thanked by our nation, only to find out that he had been punished, for murdering a man. Now even Ruby is a part of the conspiracy. Still though how could our brains not be tempted to come up with something different (almost everything has a conspiracy to it) instead?
The main argument made in this movie is that of the dangerous of the Cold War stand off we were apart of. At the time, around 1945, it was believed it would take as little as 10 large nuclear devices to destroy life on earth,1 a small fraction of the arsenal that the countries possessed. This was most clearly expressed in the fictional “Doomsday Device” metaphor. Another large piece of satire within the movie was the character background of Dr. Strangelove himself. At the time period the movie was set in it was widely believed that the US Government was using past Nazi Scientists to farther their own research in the Cold War Stand off. Dr. Strangelove can be seen as a based Nazi Scientist by his heavy German accent and also a “accidental” shout of “Hail Hitler”. Finally one of the most satired, but least obvious perhaps, was the hierarchy secret style of leadership with in the US military at the height of the Cold War, due to the renewal of The Red Scare2. The first example of this is that General Ripper was able to order a nuclear strike with no questions asked but also he is the only one who could recall the attack, a power that not even the president had. The second, less obvious, example of this is when the commander of the Army division arrested the Executive Officer he didn 't know why he needed to do so or anything about the impending nuclear strike. The movie hinted at the dangerous of this leadership style as it caused people to follow directions blindly, even when those directions were wrong. I don 't believe that this is the best film representation of the feeling of Americans during the critical time period in a historical context. Although it does show many hot topic issues that occurred during that time you may not pick up on them unless knowing before hand that it was a popular issue of the
The film tells the story of a deranged United States Air Force general who orders a first strike nuclear attack on the Soviet Union. United States Air Force Brigadier General Jack D. Ripper who was the commander of Burpelson Air Force Base, launches a planed nuclear attack on the Soviet Union via his nuclear-armed B-52 fighter jets, which were holding at their fail-safe points, to move into Soviet airspace, based upon a twisted paranoia that the communist party was contaminating “our precious bodily fluids”. The movie follows the course of events proceeding General Jack D. Ripper’s ordered attack.
The thought of government cover-ups have been long discussed. The government has always, in the past, tried to keep any sign of aliens, whether it be pictures from space, to crashes on earth, to a low or nonexistent level. Just recently has the government been harassed to the point where they actually gave us clues to alien existence. It has in some ways been believed that the government has worked in partnership with popular movie directors, to produce alien movies to ease the thought that we may not be alone. Such movies as ôThe Arrivalö and the ever popular ôIndependence Dayö are very good examples of well convincing alien movies. If this is true, they did a good job, because statistics state that 75% of people today believe that there is some kind of intelligent life forms besides ourselves in the universe. That is very convincing compared to the 20% whom believed 25 years ago. ô New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.ö (MacGowan 261)