Bill Clinton, David Brock, James Carville

The Hunting of the President, a documentary examining the Republican campaign to discredit Bill Clinton's presidency, unfolds like a paranoid thriller--made all the more astonishing by scrupu...( read more  read more... )lous documentation and an impressive breadth of interviews with journalists, lawyers, political analysts, judges, newspaper editors, and many of the people caught up in the Whitewater scandal--which, after an expense of many millions of dollars and several years of investigation, failed to find any criminal act. The relentless efforts of Clinton's enemies grow into an appalling abuse of power, ultimately resulting in his impeachment (but not his removal from office). This documentary, like those of Michael Moore (Bowling for Columbine, Fahrenheit 9/11), uses brief clips from Hollywood movies and television to give a boost to the narrative; this could seem cloying, but The Hunting of the President presents such an impressive barrage of facts and perspectives that it earns some moments of flippancy. --Bret Fetzer

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Directed by: Bill Clinton, Harry Thomason, Morgan Freeman, Nickolas Perry

Release Date: June 1, 2004

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DVD Release Date: September 28, 2004

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  • September 14, 2007
    Great movie. Very informative. Shows how certain people and their associates went out of their way to discredit and smear one of the best presidents we've ever had.
  • May 17, 2007
    Decent doc, but a bit boring.
  • September 23, 2008
    An interesting documentary about the Republican smear campaign that started before Clinton took the oath, and culminated in his impeachment (although with anything this one-sided, you have to take everything with a grain of salt). But, its somewhat ruined by constantly cutting t...( read more)o old film clips that are supposed to humorously parallel what the interviewees are saying, as if they felt their target audience couldn't sit still for a straight documentary about politics. I guess its the post-Moore style now.
  • December 26, 2008
    Tons of stuff that I never knew about Clinton. Great film!
  • March 21, 2008
    I did not really like this movie.
  • May 21, 2007
    Ooh, modern-day... :P
  • April 15, 2007
    seems... interesting...
  • March 14, 2007
    Previously unreleased material outlines the campaign against Bill Clinton's presidency, from his days in Arkansas up to his impeachment trial.

Critic Reviews


July 29, 2004
David Edelstein, Slate

Even though I'd read that book (as well as Jeffrey Toobin's A Vast Conspiracy), the movie was like a punch to the gut. full review

July 29, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune

Thoroughly researched, chronologically organized, and well-argued, methodically making a persuasive case that there indeed was 'a vast right-wing conspiracy' to hound Clinton from office by any means ... full review

July 23, 2004
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

The documentary's sympathies are right out where everyone can see them. Hunting is damnably convincing nevertheless, and that's what matters. full review

July 16, 2004
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

It's about a power grab that almost overturned an election and about a dark element in U.S. political life that's still out there, and flourishing. full review

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