At the risk of being though lazy - well, go ahead, consider me lazy, what the heck. Lately I just seem to be cruising on fumes. Lots going on, hurricane-wise, election-wise (yesterday I got a call from President Clinton and yes I know it's only a recording, but I must say I listened to the whole thing), and any other-wise you can think of. I'm grateful that the hurricane by-passed my house and I was only out of power for two days (my daughter is still without) but I remain listless and out of sorts.
So long story short, my post for today is a re-hash of a post from 2010 listing my Five Favorite Political Films.
I've added a couple of the titles mentioned in the comments to the original list which is now enlarged to 8 (plus 2 I haven't seen yet) favorites AND I've added a television series to the mix.
For those of you who don't feel like linking - the original five were:
1) ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976) directed by Alan J. Pakula and starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford
2) THE BEST MAN (1964) directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Henry Fonda, Margaret Leighton, Cliff Robertson, Shelley Berman, Edie Adams, Lee Tracy, etc.
3) ADVISE AND CONSENT (1962) directed by Otto Preminger and starring Henry Fonda, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Charles Laughton, Gene Tierney, Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Peter Lawford, Burgess Meredith, etc.
4) DAVE (1993), directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver.
5) THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962) directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury, Janet Leigh, James Gregory, etc.
6) CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR directed by Mike Nichols and starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
7) DR. STRANGELOVE Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott and Sterling Hayden.
8) ALL THE KING'S MEN (1949) directed by Robert Rossen and starring Broderick Crawford, John Ireland and Joanne Dru.
A couple of recommendations from the comments which I've lined up on my queue but still haven't watched although it's only been two years - Yvette, what are you waiting for??!
THE CONTENDER (2000) directed by Rod Lurie and starring Joan Allen, Gary Oldman and Jeff Bridges.
THE GREAT McGINTY (1940) directed by Preston Sturges and starring Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus and Akim Tamiroff.
And last but definitely NOT least is Aaron Sorkin's superb television series THE WEST WING (begun in 1999) starring Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Allison Janney, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Richard Schiff, Dule Hill, Stockard Channing, Janel Moloney and later Jimmy Smits and Alan Alda.
For my money this is the best television series ever aired on broadcast television.
Tuesday - November 6th - is Election Day so DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!! (And shame on you if you don't.)
For those of you who don't feel like linking - the original five were:
1) ALL THE PRESIDENT'S MEN (1976) directed by Alan J. Pakula and starring Dustin Hoffman and Robert Redford
2) THE BEST MAN (1964) directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring Henry Fonda, Margaret Leighton, Cliff Robertson, Shelley Berman, Edie Adams, Lee Tracy, etc.
3) ADVISE AND CONSENT (1962) directed by Otto Preminger and starring Henry Fonda, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Charles Laughton, Gene Tierney, Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres, Peter Lawford, Burgess Meredith, etc.
4) DAVE (1993), directed by Ivan Reitman and starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver.
5) THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE (1962) directed by John Frankenheimer and starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Angela Lansbury, Janet Leigh, James Gregory, etc.
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6) CHARLIE WILSON'S WAR directed by Mike Nichols and starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts and Philip Seymour Hoffman.
7) DR. STRANGELOVE Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) directed by Stanley Kubrick and starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott and Sterling Hayden.
8) ALL THE KING'S MEN (1949) directed by Robert Rossen and starring Broderick Crawford, John Ireland and Joanne Dru.
A couple of recommendations from the comments which I've lined up on my queue but still haven't watched although it's only been two years - Yvette, what are you waiting for??!
THE CONTENDER (2000) directed by Rod Lurie and starring Joan Allen, Gary Oldman and Jeff Bridges.
THE GREAT McGINTY (1940) directed by Preston Sturges and starring Brian Donlevy, Muriel Angelus and Akim Tamiroff.
And last but definitely NOT least is Aaron Sorkin's superb television series THE WEST WING (begun in 1999) starring Martin Sheen, Rob Lowe, Allison Janney, John Spencer, Bradley Whitford, Richard Schiff, Dule Hill, Stockard Channing, Janel Moloney and later Jimmy Smits and Alan Alda.
For my money this is the best television series ever aired on broadcast television.
Tuesday - November 6th - is Election Day so DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!! (And shame on you if you don't.)
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