Fictional Presidential Films

Author : Sarah Miles Bolam & Thomas J. Bolam
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1462893198
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fictional Presidential Films written by Sarah Miles Bolam & Thomas J. Bolam and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-07-01 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fictional Presidential Films Hollywood’s manner of making films, its conventions, applies especially to fictional presidential films, allowing filmmakers to express their ideas that could not be done in traditional historical films. Fictional Presidential Films offers a complete filmography of these two-hundred-plus films decade by decade since 1930. The main body of the work provides a brief summary of each decade along with a summary on the overall nature of films in which a fictional President appeared. Each relevant film is then discussed with credits, plot summary, description of the presidential appearance, and, when possible, an assessment of the presidential portrayal included.

Author : Uwe Sperlich
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3638198529
Total Pages : 13 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Presidents Under Pressure or how fictional presidents handle situations of extreme crisis in the movies "Deep Impact", "Independence Day", and "Mars Attacks!" written by Uwe Sperlich and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2003-06-16 with total page 13 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seminar paper from the year 1999 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2,0 (B), LMU Munich (Amerika-Institut), course: Proseminar: The Representation of the American Presidency in Contemporary Hollywood Movies, 6 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The President of the United States has been a subject of many movies in Hollywood history. From the earliest days of cinema, in films such as The Birth of a Nation (1915), The Fighting Roosevelts (1919) or Young Mr. Lincoln (1939), to the present day, in films such as Nixon (1990) and Dick (1999), many real-life U.S. presidents have been portrayed in the most different ways. In the years before crises like Watergate, Vietnam and the growing media coverage have demystified the presidency, most of these reallife portrayals have shown the President as a wise heroic man, almost like a saint (Edelman 323). In the years after these events, Hollywood lost its respect for the presidency discovering that the man in charge was human and that he also makes mistakes (323). Since Hollywood likes to adapt politics, it is no surprise that politics adapted Hollywood, too. The simple fact that Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1980 was subject for several jokes in one of the most successful movies of 1985, Back To The Future. In this time-travel film, Marty McFly (Michael J.Fox) accidentally travels to the year 1955 where he tries to find the inventor of the time machine, Doc Brown (Christopher Lloyd), to help him get back to 1985. After having found him, Doc Brown does not believe Marty’s story. In order to find out, if Marty’s story is true, Doc asks him the following question: Doc Brown: Then tell me, Future Boy, who’s President of the United States in 1985? Marty McFly: Ronald Reagan. Doc Brown: Ronald Reagan? The actor? Ha! Then, who’s Vice President? Jerry Lewis? I suppose Jane Wyman is the First Lady and Jack Bennetty is Secretary of Treasury ! Marty McFly: Doc, you gotta listen to me ! Doc Brown: I got enough practical jokes for one evening. Good night, Future Boy. And later in the film, when Marty shows Doc Brown the recording of his camcorder, Doc Brown is amazed about this technological invention and cries out: “No wonder your president has to be an actor, he’s gotta look good on television.“ [...]

Author : Peter C. Rollins
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813127920
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hollywood's White House written by Peter C. Rollins and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2010-09-12 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " Winner of the 2003 Ray and Pat Browne Book Award, given by the Popular Culture Association The contributors to Hollywood's White House examine the historical accuracy of these presidential depictions, illuminate their influence, and uncover how they reflect the concerns of their times and the social and political visions of the filmmakers. The volume, which includes a comprehensive filmography and a bibliography, is ideal for historians and film enthusiasts.

Author : Sarah Miles Bolam
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781462893188
Total Pages : 327 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fictional Presidential Films written by Sarah Miles Bolam and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 327 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fictional Presidential Films Hollywood's manner of making films, its conventions, applies especially to fictional presidential films, allowing filmmakers to express their ideas that could not be done in traditional historical films. Fictional Presidential Films offers a complete filmography of these two-hundred-plus films decade by decade since 1930. The main body of the work provides a brief summary of each decade along with a summary on the overall nature of films in which a fictional President appeared. Each relevant film is then discussed with credits, plot summary, description of the presidential appearance, and, when possible, an assessment of the presidential portrayal included.

Author : Marie Axland
Publisher : GRIN Verlag
ISBN 13 : 3640249690
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Representation of the American Presidency in Recent Hollywood Movies written by Marie Axland and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2009 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thesis (M.A.) from the year 1998 in the subject American Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 1,0, LMU Munich, language: English, abstract: In Hollywood film history, the U.S. president has had many images - a brave leader, an incompetent fool, a lovable hero. One thing is for certain: No matter what era, Presidents, whether fictional or real, are frequent fodder for filmmakers. After Vietnam and the revelations of Watergate, however, the number of films with presidential portrayals steadily decreased, and the depictions that did appear generally cast a corrupt or inept Chief Executive. It is therefore more than surprising why filmmakers today have decided to produce such an incredibly large number of films as compared to the last two decades. Presidents have been portrayed as minor characters in dozens of Hollywood films, either for inspirational purposes or simply to keep the plot moving. Lately, not only the number of President films has increased significantly, but there is also a clear tendency to let the Presidents move towards center stage, and they are now often pictured as the protagonists. This phenomenon opens up a whole range of questions: How are the Presidents depicted? Is there a certain trend in the portrayals? Or are those portrayed all different from each other? Are there differences or similarities to older characterizations? What does this tell us about Hollywood's view of the Presidency? Has it suddenly changed? And what are the reasons for such a sudden boost in the number of films? By taking a closer look at a selection of Hollywood productions, this paper provides an attempt to find answers to these questions. Of the string of fictional Presidents that American filmmakers have recently created, some are more loathsome than their real-life counterparts, others more heroic. Both types seem designed to connect with audiences' hopes and fears - what the Hollywood dream factory does best. Interestingly, the portrayals have been all over

Author : Jeff Menne
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135049920
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Film and the American Presidency written by Jeff Menne and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-02-20 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The contention of Film and the American Presidency is that over the twentieth century the cinema has been a silent partner in setting the parameters of what we might call the presidential imaginary. This volume surveys the partnership in its longevity, placing stress on especially iconic presidents such as Lincoln and FDR. The contributions to this collection probe the rich interactions between these high institutions of culture and politics—Hollywood and the presidency—and argue that not only did Hollywood acting become an idiom for presidential style, but that Hollywood early on understood its own identity through the presidency’s peculiar mix of national epic and unified protagonist. Additionally, they contend that studios often made their films to sway political outcomes; that the performance of presidential personae has been constrained by the kinds of bodies (for so long, white and male) that have occupied the office, such that presidential embodiment obscures the body politic; and that Hollywood and the presidency may finally be nothing more than two privileged figures of media-age power.

Author : Gregory Frame
Publisher : Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften
ISBN 13 : 9783035306347
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The American President in Film and Television written by Gregory Frame and published by Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der Wissenschaften. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why are US presidents everywhere on screen? This book sheds new light on fictional representations of the American president in film and TV from the early 1990s to the present. The influence of changes in American politics and society - including 9/11, the economic crisis, and the election of the first African American president - are explored.

Author : Dale Sherman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1493063944
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Four Scores and Seven Reels Ago written by Dale Sherman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2022-12-01 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early days of the movie industry, filmmakers have created visions of what the presidency of the United States is like. Several have been biographical studies of famous individuals who have served, such as Lincoln, Kennedy, and Nixon. Many movies have also displayed fictional presidents, in roles big and small, in dramatic tales that displayed them at their best—and sometimes even at their worst. Four Scores and Seven Reels Ago: The U.S. Presidency through Hollywood Films examines the ways Hollywood has portrayed the presidency over the years. Pop culture expert Dale Sherman examines famous presidents and their movies, detailing historical information for each and how or if the filmmakers and artists came close to telling the real story. But let us not forget the many imagined examples of presidents that have appeared in movies and television, as well: presidents have battled aliens, fought monsters, and have even been caught on the wrong side of the law. Lincoln, Thirteen Days, Air Force One, Independence Day, All the President's Men, The President's Analyst, Escape from New York, and several of our favorite movies about real and fictional presidents are included in Four Scores and Seven Reels Ago.

Author : Jack Holland
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 1526134241
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fictional television and American politics written by Jack Holland and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2019-07-19 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the relationship between fictional television and American world politics in the period from 9/11 through to the presidency of Donald J. Trump. This period comprises a second golden age for fictional TV. The book therefore explores some of the best TV of all time across two decades of heightened political controversy.

Author : Mark S. Reinhart
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786452617
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Abraham Lincoln on Screen written by Mark S. Reinhart and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Following a general history of Lincoln film and television portrayals, each work has an individual entry detailing cast, production and release information and discussing the work's historical accuracy and artistic merits. The book is illustrated with photographs of Lincoln actors, dating from the earliest days"--Provided by publisher.