I wonder how much better this film would have been had the President been conservative. The movie is pretty preachy and has an extremely liberal slant. It demonizes the right without apology. It works best as a love story. The scenes where President Shepherd is shooting pool with his best friend and chief of staff are my favorites. Also done well is the scene where Shepherd and Wade dance at the state dinner.
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Woman Wanted
(1999)
A bit of trivia
4 July 2002
Shirley Douglas, the actress playing "Peg" is actor/director Keifer Sutherland's mother! I discovered this doing a cross check. Douglas played on "The Hat Squad" a series that didn't last a whole season. But when viewing a bio on her it revealed that she was Keifer's mother so I checked to see if there were any matches and to this movie I came!
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
(1963)
Greatest Comedy of All Time
1 July 2002
It's madcap. It's slapstick. It's over the top entertainment. It's simply the funniest movie I have ever seen in my life. It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Attempts to duplicate it have failed. Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, Ethel Merman, Jonathan Winters, Phil Silvers; all pros, all giving "A" level performances. I don't know how they managed to keep it under 4 hours. A hundred years from now it will be as funny as the day it was made. It's a classic!
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