The American President

(Rob Reiner, US 1995, 114 min., 35mm)

Election Countdown. Recipient of the 2015 George Eastman Award, Michael Douglas stars in this beloved classic from the mid-1990s, when the world was at a relative peace, allowing presidents free time to pursue their romantic interests.

“It is hard to make a good love story, harder to make a good comedy and harder still to make an intelligent film about politics. Rob Reiner’s The American President cheerfully does all three, and is a great entertainment—one of those films, like Forrest Gump or Apollo 13, that however briefly unites the audience in a reprise of the American dream.” – Roger Ebert