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Death of a President (Widescreen)
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: LION'S GATE ENTERTAINMENT
EAN: 0012236212300
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 25
Label: Lions Gate
Languages: Arabic (Original Language), English (Original Language),
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
MPN: 21230
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Lions Gate
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 03, 2007
Running Time: 97 minutes
Studio: Lions Gate
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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Editorial Review:
British director Gabriel Range (THE DAY BRITAIN STOPPED) imagines the aftereffects of the assassination of George W. Bush in this fictional documentary ("mockumentary" seems too playful a word for this relentlessly taut film) set in 2008. Range uses real news footage staged scenes (shot on high-res video but cleverly doctored to resemble grainy satellite news images and security-camera tapes) and phony talking-head interviews to create a compelling and believable thriller for the CNN generation. He even adds some whodunit elements along with philosophical musings about post-9/11 civil liberties the psychological effects of war and the multilayered impact that such a murder would have on the world.What makes Range's story so believable--in addition to the excellent performances by the "interviewees" playing FBI agents beat cops advisors and suspects--is the wide scope of political and personal viewpoints given equal voice. The president is seen as neither a hero nor a villain; his advisors and security team are loyal and even-keeled but not without their own irrational prejudices and the assassin s motives while not condoned are made to seem understandable. This is a deeply compassionate look at a fictional situation that could very well become a reality--rather than lulling viewers with escapism Range asks them to consider the consequences of the events unfolding all around them.System Requirements:Running Time: 90 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. Rating: R UPC: 012236212300 Manufacturer No: 21230
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Initial impression was wrong.
My initial impression regarding this film was that it is some sort of political propaganda, but after finishing it I have discovered that I was wrong. What this film is really about is how our world has changed after 9/11. Although there are no overt statements being made, the general tone of the film is that these changes have not been for the better. I believe that the intent was to show how we are heading down a slippery slope, and that it would take very little in order to push us over the ... Read More
Rating:  - Political Thriller as Cinema Vérité
The fictional "Death of a President" (2006) has more plausibility and resonance a year after its initial release. Despite the occasional heavy-handedness of his fauxumentary approach, director/co-writer Gabriel Range reveals some provocative truths about America and its reaction to a hypothetical assassination. Now that the controversy and critical brickbats have died down, this flawed but fascinating film can be seen in a more objective light.
Rating:  - Brilliant and Utterly Fascinating
This is one of those movies so brilliant in its conception, so smart and skillful in its execution (pardon the pun), and so disturbing in its implications that any intelligent American who isn't bogged down in political ideology should take a look at it... This is not a film that bashes Bush -- it's a piece of art that contemplates the hyper-violent society we live in and the implications of the angry, increasingly gun-obsessed nation we've become. Remember, folks, ideas aren't dangerous -- only ... Read More
Rating: - October 19th, 2007 - Where will you be?
Possibly no man is so universally regarded as the strongest contender in the Worst President Awards than George W. Bush. I know I certainly would nominate him. He and his administration exploited the worst tragedy in our nation's history to push their own dreams of war with Iraq, tremendous gas prices for us (generating enormous profit for them), undermining our civil liberties and sacrificing so much precious human life in the process.
And yet, as one who considers myself a very liberal ... Read More
Rating:  - Feels like a really poor false flag movie
Man oh man, what film were most of these other reviewers watching?
The one I saw was quite amateurish and plodding, apart from the semi-controversial subject matter. By the way, regarding the contrived furor over this borefest, whatever happened to free speech? An American or any artist can only use his imagination if it pleases the ruling elite? Nice democracy in action there. We're fighting wars for this sort of freedom?
There are so many holes in this film it's almost a comedy. The biggest ... Read More
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