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Washington Dc, Usa | Usa President
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Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama | 2001 | Joan
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | 2001
Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role Drama | 2001
Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama | 2001 | Joan
Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role | 2001 | Joan
Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role | 2001
Favorite Actress Drama | 2001 | Joan
Best Casting for Feature Film Drama | 2001 | Mary Jo
Best Actress | 2001 | Joan
Best Actress | 2001 | Joan
Best Actress | 2001 | Joan
Best Actress | 2000 | Joan
Best Actress in a Leading Role | 2000 | Joan
Budget 20,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 22,428,990 USD
President Barack Obama told Entertainment Weekly in 2008 that Jackson Evans (Jeff Bridges) was his favorite movie President.
Gary Oldman and co-producer Douglas Urbanski complained after the film was released that the film was changed from the more balanced script by DreamWorks Pictures to reflect the liberal politics of the studios head at DreamWorks (Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen). The English Oldman, who according to long-time business partner Urbanski is "the least political person I know", was simply contending this since he didn't enjoy how negatively his character was portrayed. DreamWorks vehemently denied tampering with the film.
Rod Lurie wrote this film specifically so that Joan Allen could play Laine Hanson.
An entire subplot involving Laine Hanson's father, Oscar Billings (Philip Baker Hall) was dropped in post-production. In it, the character was given more depth and portrayed as a corrupt former Governor, who used his influence and money to help his daughter get a Senate seat (without her knowledge). This information leaks, and Oscar, guilt-ridden, kills himself out of shame. Rod Lurie cut this out because of time, and because he felt the audience would have a hard time believing the Senator could beat these nepotism charges and get confirmed.
Jeff Bridges said he modeled President Evans after his father Lloyd Bridges, whom he worshiped, and also had just recently died in 1998.
"Laine Hanson: Principles only mean something when you stick to them when its inconvenient."
"President Jackson Evans: [adressing the Congress] Napoleon once said when asked to explain the lack of great statesmen in the world, that "to get power you need to display absolute pettiness; to exercise power, you need to show true greatness." Such pettiness and greatness are rarely found in one person... Laine Hanson has asked that I allow her to step aside. She asked me to do this because she wants my presidency to end on a note of triumph and not controversey. Understand, those of you who worked to bring Laine Hanson down, that she asked to have her name withdrawn from consideration, NOT because she isn't great, but because she isn't petty. Because those two forms of leadership traits could not live in her body or her soul. Greatness. It comes in many forms, sometimes it comes in the form of sacrifice - that's the loneliest form."
