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Death of a President (2006)

Years after the assassination of President George W. Bush in Chicago, an investigative documentary examines that as-yet-unsolved crime.

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Cast

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Eleanor Drake
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Larry Stafford
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Robert H. Maguire
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Dawn Newton
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Samir Masri
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Greg Turner
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Casey Claybon (as M. Neko Parham)
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Sam McCarthy
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Marianne Claybon
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John Rucinski
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Dr. James Pearn
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Frank Molini
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Adam Brock
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Storyline

Years after the assassination of President George W. Bush in Chicago, an investigative documentary examines that as-yet-unsolved crime.

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The Most Controversial Film Of The Year! See more »


Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for brief violent images | See all certifications »
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Release Date:

27 October 2006 (USA)  »

Also Known As:

A Morte de George W. Bush  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$2,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$167,000 (USA) (27 October 2006)

Gross:

$167,000 (USA) (27 October 2006)
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1.85 : 1
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Trivia

Preexisting footage of President George W. Bush and CGI effects help to create the scenes of his assassination. See more »

Goofs

When Eleanor Drake addresses the North Korean conflicts she calls the dictator "Kim Il-jung" instead of "Kim Jong-il", mixing his name with his father's (Kim Il-sung) together. See more »

Quotes

Robert H. Maguire: Finding the source of the leak is the focus of a massive investigation.
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Assassination isn't really the issue
18 October 2006 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

That Bush was assassinated in this film isn't really the issue. The real issue in this film is the sequence of events that the assassination set in motion. It's about how the current state of national fear and paranoia could produce the results that the film depicts in the AFTERMATH of the fictional assassination. It's about how contradictory evidence is suppressed or ignored, stereotypes are reinforced, rights are willingly surrendered by a frightened public, and hatred is stoked. It's about how a mere tidbit of dubious information (the questionable smudged fingerprint) can be hyped by politicians with an agenda into international confrontation. The film was an excellent and insightful commentary on the current state of political affairs in the United States, and I recommend it highly.


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