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The 2020 US presidential election is underway, and I believe many people have paid attention from the morning to the present. Today, when the process of globalization is accelerating retrograde under the influence of the epidemic, the fate of the United States is still closely related to the fate of the world.
At this moment, when most of the mail-in ballots have not yet been released, we see results that are very different from the results of the previous polls, a large number of "defecting" minority votes, and even the Amish people who ride the carriage to vote for the Republican Party, have added a lot of heavy chips to the re-election of the current President Trump, but at the same time, biden's hope of overturning the market is not completely slim. At the same time as the election was underway, a sudden shooting incident in Nevada, usa, has killed 4 people and injured 1.
Gyro films have no intention of discussing politics too much here. We have combed through 14 American films related to the US presidential election (including a documentary and multiple comedies), so that while paying attention to the election process (or later), we may be able to understand the basic mechanism of the US presidential election and even the impact of American politics on commercial films through an entertaining way.
As for the outcome of this election, whether the blue side appears or the red side is re-elected, it will not be able to change the divided United States and this divided world in the short term.
"Change of Rules"
Game Change
■ Director: Jay Roach
■ Screenwriter: Mark Halperin / Danny Strong
■ Starring: Julianne Moore / Woody Harrison / Ed Harris
■Genre: Drama / History
In 2008, U.S. Republican candidate John McCain (Ed Harris) competed with Democratic candidate Barack Obama for the 44th U.S. presidency.
McCain, who was at a disadvantage in the campaign, followed the advice of his senior campaign staff officer (Woody Harrison) and other staff members and decided to choose a woman as a vice presidential candidate to increase his competitiveness.
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After some screening, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (Julian Moore) was successfully selected. However, after being selected, Palin's behavior and knowledge often surprised the campaign team.
Although Palin's performance has improved after many special trainings, and even helped the campaign team achieve some good results, can Palin's addition turn the tide and change the fate of the McCain team?
Based on the book of the same name released in 2010, the film was directed by Jay Roach, the director of "Ballot Storm", who filmed "Ballot Storm" in 2008 to recreate the 2000 US election.
"Political Scuffle"
The Campaign
■ Screenwriter: Chris Hench / Shawn Harwell
■ Starring: Zach Galivanakis / Will Farrell / Jason Sudakis
■Genre: Comedy
As the national election approaches, Congressman James Brady (Will Farrell), a seeded player who has been favored by all walks of life, accidentally loses his attitude in public, so the money master behind the scenes plots to nominate a hostile candidate to exert influence in his north Carolina district.
Their candidate is rookie newcomer Mattie Huggins (Zach Gallife Annakis), a somewhat feminine middle-aged man who is the director of the local tourism center and has been living a stable little man's life.
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At first, Ma Di seemed to be the least favored choice, and he had no political experience in public several times.
But with the support and financial support of new patrons in place, coupled with the desperate campaign manager and his family's political connections, he is about to become a dark horse candidate for the charismatic politician Cam.
As Election Day approached, the fierce competition between the two men remained deadlocked, and soon evolved into a situation of incompatibility and intolerable situations, and they devoted themselves to slandering and slandering each other, trying their best to play yin, play tricks to frame and stink each other, and vow to fight each other to the death. The surging political arena ushered in a big scuffle.
"Presidential Killing"
The Ides of March
Director: George Clooney
■ Screenwriters: George Clooney / Grant Heslov / Bauer Willimon
■ Starring: Ryan Gosling / George Clooney / Philip Seymour Hoffman
■Genre: Drama / Suspense
The US presidential election has entered a white-hot phase, and the two candidates have received equal votes before. With Ohio's primary still a week away, both men have taken the state as a decisive position and begun a battle.
Stills from "The Presidential Killing Game"
Stephen (Ryan Gosling), the young and promising second-in-command of one of the candidates' (George Clooney) campaign, is poached by tom Duffy (Paul Giamatti), the head of another candidate's campaign, but Stephen is loyal to Morris and is unmoved.
Stephen, on the other hand, is deeply attracted to the new intern Molly (Evan Rachel Wood), and the two quickly get to know each other.
Unexpectedly, Times reporter Ida (Marissa Tomei) learns of Stephen's meeting with Tom in order to blackmail Stephen into revealing the inside story of the political election. A distraught Stephen discovers a surprising secret in his dealings with Molly...
"Key Vote"
■ Director: Joshua Michael Stein
■ Screenwriter: Jason Richman / Joshua Michael Stan
■ Starring: Kevin Costner / Madeleine Carroll / Paula Barton /
■Genre: Drama / Comedy
This is a drama film that observes the US election from the outside.
The alcoholic middle-aged uncle Bud (Kevin Costner) has just been fired for being drunk, and he has no interest in family affairs and state affairs, but has a shrewd, precocious and assertive 12-year-old daughter Molly (Madeleine Carroll).
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Seeing that the US election is imminent, according to Bud's experience in the first half of his life, this matter cannot be compared with him, because he does not understand the qualifications of the voters and has never registered. This year, however, Molly has quietly helped him with all the applications, and only needs his fingers to move.
More unexpectedly, however, due to the failure of the voting machine, Bud's vote turned out to be a key vote to determine the outcome of the US presidential election.
For a time, various media and teams of candidates flocked to the scene, and the father and daughter of Bud were pushed to the cusp of the storm, how will Bard, a small citizen who has never been involved in politics, face and judge this sudden situation, and in what way will he cast his own key vote?
The Evolution of The Fool
Idiocracy
■ Director: Mike Georgie
■ Screenwriter: Mike Georgie / Etan Cohen
■ Starring: Luke Wilson / Maya Rudolph / Dekkers Sharpd /
■Genre: Comedy / Sci-Fi / Thriller / Adventure
The researchers followed two families in the same age group: one was a genius group with an IQ of 130, the husband and wife were harmonious, but there was no heir, and just as the two were preparing to do IVF, the man accidentally died in masturbation;
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The other family, all low-energy couples with IQ 80, quarreled every day, but they were prosperous, not only three generations in the same house, but also a large family.
Based on this survey, the researchers chose a volunteer Bowles (Luke Wilson) to do the freezing experiment, not wanting the experiment to go wrong, and when he woke up 500 years later, he became the smartest person on the planet.
He was blindly beaten and became a candidate for president, and even supported him with 5 free throw championships. In the grand campaign scene, he can only face the voters with a straight face, and for the current planting, sandstorms and other problems, he proposes a seemingly outrageous solution to irrigation.
Moreover, he was supported by the voters, but this dream was quickly shattered, and he began to be insulted, attacked, and even his life was in danger...
The Führer of Oolong
Head of State
■ Director: Chris Locke
■ Screenwriter: Ali LeRoi / Chris Locke
■ Starring: Chris Locke / Bernie Mack / Dylan Baker
Mace (Chris Locke) is a small congressman with a dim future in Washington, his relatives and fiancée have abandoned him, who knows that a recent incident actually turned Mace salty fish, it turned out that it was the presidential election, the candidate representing the Democratic Party was suddenly assassinated, in a hurry, Metz was pushed to the forefront and entrusted with the responsibility of running for the next president of the United States.
Stills from "The Fuehrer of Oolong"
The little congressman became the presidential candidate, Metz's brother and fiancée returned to Mace's side, all the people were smiling at him, and in front of the stage and behind the scenes, all kinds of people staged an election farce with their own purposes...
"The Storm Rises"
Primary Colors
■ Director: Mike Nichols
■ Starring: John Travolta / Emma Thompson / Billy Bob Songton
Jack Staten, a governor of the South, was a natural politician who did everything under the highest goal of eventually being elected president of the United States.
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With the full support of his capable wife, he won the favor of many voters in the 1992 Democratic presidential battle, and some even compared him to Kennedy.
However, over time, many stains on Jack's private life were exposed: evading military service, getting teenage girls pregnant, and other disgraceful things were shaken out, and in order to cover up these scandals, the campaign team used various means. At this time, Henry Burton appeared.
He was a black-and-white man, his grandfather was a prominent civil rights leader, and he himself had been in politics for a long time. The whole film looks at the entire process of the campaign from his point of view.
"Wagging Tail Dog"
Wag the Dog
■ Director: Barry Levinson
■ Screenwriter: Hilary Henkin / David Mamey / Larry Beinhart
■ Starring: Dustin Hoffman / Robert De Niro / Ann Haiche
Washington, D.C., two weeks before the new presidential election. A sensational sex scandal in which the president harassed underage girls was exposed at this critical juncture and made a lot of noise.
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Coupled with the hype in the news media, the president's chances of seeking re-election are slim to none. To quell the storm, the president urgently summons dr. Conrad Brien (Robert De Niro), a scheming political adviser.
Brien, who is good at manipulating the direction of public opinion, quickly offers a "brilliant plan" at a critical moment. In order to divert public attention from the sexual harassment incident, Brien fabricated a fictitious patriotic war" "Albanian War".
In order to make this fictional war real and believable, Brian paid a special visit to the famous Hollywood producer Stanley Moss (Dustin Hoffman).
Under their "seamless" director, the public really believed it and paid more attention to it. However, this so-called patriotic war soon became full of flaws and self-defeating.
Black Sheep
Black Sheep
Director: Penelope Spirius
■ Screenwriter: Fred Wolf
■ Starring: Chris Farley / David Spade / Tim Matheson
Al (Tim McSonson) is a very promising candidate for governor, and fearing that his stupid old brother Mike (Chris Farley) will humiliate him, he hires Steve (David Spade) to take care of his brother so that he won't be in trouble, and from this moment on, he has been in a state of flux and laughter. As the "black sheep" of the family, Mike always wants to help his brother get elected, and in a comedy, he also teases the US governor election system.
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The President of the United States
The American President
■ Director: Rob Reiner
■ Screenwriter: Alan Sorkin
■ Starring: Michael Douglas / Annette Benin / Martin Sheen
■Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
It's an "alternative" romantic comedy set in the U.S. presidential election (rom-com).
Democratic President Andrew (Michael Douglas) is preparing to run for re-election, and he is preparing to enact a crime control bill, and once the bill is passed, Andrew's re-election is a foregone conclusion.
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The French president and his wife come to the District of Columbia for a diplomatic visit, and the cousin who was supposed to accompany Andrew is ill and unable to make the trip, so Andrew thinks of the environmental protection volunteer Sini (Annette Benin) who has asked him before, and the two exchange conditions and decide to accompany him to the state dinner.
What Andrew did not expect was that he was deeply attracted by Sini's grinning personality, and could not help but fall in love, and the affair between the two was accidentally used by Andrew's rival Bob (Richard Dreyfus), using his big fuss to slander the two.
"Strategy Room"
The War Room
■ Director: Chrissy Egedi / Penny Baker
■ Starring: Bill Clinton / Hillary Rodham Clinton
■Genre: Documentary / Historical
About how the US election "burned money" and the "evil wisdom" of politicians, an in-depth political documentary loved by American political fans, this film was nominated for the 1994 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature.
Born a Winner
Bob Roberts
■ Director: Tim Robbins
■ Screenwriter: Tim Robbins
■ Starring: Tim Robbins / Alan Rickman / Jack Black
The story begins, and the film director Terry Lee Manchester was instrumental in directing a film about American politicians and folk songs about Bob Manchester. Roberts' documentary. The film begins in October 1990, when Rob is running for the Pennsylvania Senate.
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Roberts went to the site of the "Spotted Pigeon", a mass organization whose purpose was to oppose drug use, and used songs and speeches to oppose drug use. Soon, news reporter Laprin told Manchester that the "spotted pigeon" had been using transport aircraft for drug smuggling in the past.
Laprin spread the word: savings and loan funds were improperly misappropriated to finance drug smuggling. To this end, the TV host and a person who specially assisted Roberts protested the strike. Roberts was shot after a television performance, and Laplin was arrested.
Roberts was immediately credited with fame as a martyr of the New Right. He finally got a seat in the state Senate. Laplin was freed after being shown not to shoot Roberts, but he was nearly shot to death.
"Candidate"
The Candidate
■ Director: Michael Ritchie
■ Screenwriter: Jeremy Larnell
■ Starring: Robert Redford / Peter Boyle / Mauvin Douglas
■Type: Drama
Bill McKay is a U.S. Senate candidate from California. He had no chance of winning, but he was willing to change the Senate, thereby changing the political situation in the United States, and succeeding all the way.
It's a solid feature film that won the Oscar for Best Screenplay. Starring robert Redford, the "big star" of the year.
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"Washington Storm"
The Best Man
■ Director: Franklin Schaffner
■ Screenwriter: Gore Vidal
■ Starring: Henry Fonda / Cliff Robertson / Edie Adams
The film tells the story of a chaotic situation within a political party.
Stills from "Washington Storm"
Five members of the party competed for the nomination for the presidency, and after the first vote, the five votes were close, and none of them had an absolute lead, at which point the leaders began to show their desire for "this job."