The American President Movie

MOVIES : In Hollywood, Liberals Win by a Landslide : Rob Reiner's 'The American President' is the latest film with a sympathetic Democrat and a villainous conservative. And coming soon: Oliver Stone's 'Nixon.'

November 12, 1995 | Elaine Dutka, Elaine Dutka is a Times staff writer

In Rob Reiner's "The American President," the chief executive is debonair, sympathetic . . . and a liberal Democrat. His challenger is pinched, nasty . . . and a right-wing Republican. Conservative media analysts say it's yet another example of Hollywood using movies as a bully pulpit to further its ideological goals. The director makes no apologies.

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MOVIES : In Hollywood, Liberals Win by a Landslide : Rob Reiner's 'The American President' is the latest film with a sympathetic Democrat and a villainous conservative. And coming soon: Oliver Stone's 'Nixon.'

November 12, 1995 | Elaine Dutka, Elaine Dutka is a Times staff writer

In Rob Reiner's "The American President," the chief executive is debonair, sympathetic . . . and a liberal Democrat. His challenger is pinched, nasty . . . and a right-wing Republican. Conservative media analysts say it's yet another example of Hollywood using movies as a bully pulpit to further its ideological goals. The director makes no apologies.

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