Becky Ann Baker, Brian Boland, Hend Ayoub
An unknown gunman assassinates George W. Bush. A couple of years later, an investigative documentary is made. It features all the people involved that fateful day: the protestors outside a Chicago hot...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 3, 2007
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June 7, 2009The technical aspects of this film and the editing are a marvel. I think it probably had more impact when Bush was still in office. While I found the format interesting I didn't find the particularly groundbreaking as it seemed to cover material and ideas covered in docs like Why...( read more)
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March 23, 2008Death Of A President is an excellent film and is in no way anti-American or Anti-George Bush. It has great cinematography, an interesting and very plausible story line, and exceptional performances. Whether you're left, right, center, or none of the above, this is a a very good f...( read more)
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March 23, 2008This movie is SO interesting. The format is a dead-on copy of the contemporary historical documentary I've seen so much of, and the interviewees craft such intricate and nuanced characters. Underneath this brilliant examination of post 9/11 American culture lies a really engaging...( read more)
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November 12, 2007Fascinating, brave mockumentary set in the very near future. The assasination of Bush and the following government witchhunt is a perfect soap box for left wing ranting on racial profiling and injustice. Very well made, almost too convincing and ultimately thought provoking. Pers...( read more)
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July 30, 2007Nice piece of speculative fiction, but it would have been better had the filmmakers actually had an agenda. As it is, it comes off as just a reflection of how corrupt the system is - as if we need reminding?
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November 3, 2009Death of the President is a fictional documentary about the assassination of George W. Bush, U.S. President, on 19 October 2007, in Chicago. By means of archival film footage, actors, and computer-generated special effects, the assassination is the thematic beginning of serious d...( read more)
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March 21, 2009o caminho policialesco que o filme seguiu não me agradou. achei que veria hipóteses reais da conseqüência da morte do dono do mundo como os reflexos dela na política mundial ou da economia dos próprios eua... nas não foi bem isso que eu vi, não. é claro que, por trás do folhetim,...( read more)
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January 8, 2009Never got somewhere.
I first thought it might be a normal movie. But ending up trying to be some sort of documentary movie but never got there. Just slow and boring.
Critic Reviews
October 30, 2006
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
October 27, 2006
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Death of a President is thought-provoking, but as much for 'how'd they do that?' as for its ideas. full review
October 27, 2006
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Even people who think George W. Bush is the worst American-made disaster since President James Buchanan will have no trouble recognizing Death of a President for the lousy thing it is. full review
October 27, 2006
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
The fact of the Bush years far outdoes Range's dull fiction. The only thing that shook me was the idea of Cheney as president. Now that is the stuff of nightmares. full review
October 27, 2006
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
While it dazzlingly manipulates snippets of film to create a genuine-looking docudrama, its knee-jerk, black-and-white political imagination never equals its technical expertise. full review
October 27, 2006
Kurt Loder, MTV
The film prompts thought about things like the situation of peaceable Muslims in post-9/11 America, and about the always-precarious status of civil liberties in a time of war. full review
October 26, 2006
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
The best that can be said about Gabriel Range's opportunistic fake-umentary is that it faithfully recreates the tone and rhythm of a second-rate American television program.
October 22, 2006
Nick Schager, Slant Magazine
Range's aesthetic trickery isn't nearly as seamless or as clever as that found in Kevin Millmott's C.S.A.: Confederate States of America. full review
September 20, 2006
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
It's a stunt more than a movie, and if this is what's passing for intelligent liberal thought in this (or any other) country, we're really in trouble. full review
September 14, 2006
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
Mr. Range is a talented man who knows how to control images and emotions, up to a point. By virtue of its subject, however, Death of a President takes on an unreal life of its own. The film itself bec... full review
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