The Hunting of the President |
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The Hunting of the President Directed by: Nickolas Perry, Harry Thomason $13.99 Features:
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The Hunting of the President |
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Good cause, bad movie.:
The content is good, Susan McDougal is a hero. Some good footage but this is a poorly made movie with campy ganster movie footage and stuff from old westerns spliced in to mock and provide a little movement.
Its good to recount the whole whitewater thing but so much is left out. Connections and personalities are missing. This movie will really make you understand how good of a filmmaker Michael Moore really is.
Superb documentary version of a great book:
THE HUNTING OF THE PRESIDENT is a documentary version of the outstanding book by the same name by Joe Conason and Gene Lyons. Although the film starts by indicating that it is based on the book, this is only very loosely true. A great deal contained in the book is left out in the film, and the film contains a surprising amount of content that is not in the book. In the end, they complement one another marvelously.The film begins with a shot of the United States Capitol with former Senator Dale Bumpers...
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The Vasty Deep:
I have not yet bought the DVD, but I had occasion to see this film at a theatre in Little Rock, one of two such venues in the country. Less a vindication of Clinton than an indictment of the press, "Hunting" provides a timely commentary on the excesses of journalistic zeal that almost brought down a presidency. I was especially moved by the story of Susan McDougal, aka Joan of the Ozarks, who was treated like a serial killer during her near-two years in prison, after she ran afoul of nasty-minded Ken Starr...more info
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