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101. I just saw an interesting political film

Mon Jun 3, 2013, 02:44 AM

Jun 2013

The President's Mystery - 1936

Here is the review from way back in 1936
http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=980CE3DB163EEE3BBC4152DFB667838D629EDE

The screenplay for this mystery is based upon a story suggested to Liberty Magazine by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. It is a movie about the New Deal. It's about a group of businessmen who are opposing a New Deal program. Proceeds of the movie went to FDR's Warm Springs Hospital.

The movie is B grade. It's available on Netflix. YouTube and it's also free to download on archive sites.

The release date for the movie was a month before the 1936 presidential election!

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Dreamsoldier76 Jun 2013 OP

All the President's Men choie Jun 2013 #1

That was the first one that came to mind Ilsa Jun 2013 #14

That's my favourite too. applegrove Jun 2013 #48

All the President's Men and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington.... cynatnite Jun 2013 #2

The Official Story and the Lives of Others BainsBane Jun 2013 #3

Mississippi Burning was a really good one that had lots of political implications. Ed Suspicious Jun 2013 #4

A very underrated movie! longship Jun 2013 #15

great movie. i've seen it several times. DesertFlower Jun 2013 #27

"Plus, it has a young Brad Dourif before The Lord of the Rings." Ed Suspicious Jun 2013 #36

Second the motion, a great movie about the civil rights politics of the 60's bottomofthehill Jun 2013 #30

Great movie... Sekhmets Daughter Jun 2013 #79

Awesome movie. n/t LadyHawkAZ Jun 2013 #94

Seven Days in May.... dhill926 Jun 2013 #5

YES! Adsos Letter Jun 2013 #42

Dr. Strangelove will always be my favorite. nt sufrommich Jun 2013 #6

Yup. n/t cherokeeprogressive Jun 2013 #16

"I'm going to get them doors open if it harelips everybody on Bear Creek." longship Jun 2013 #31

good choice! BainsBane Jun 2013 #72

"Seven Days in May", fictional tale about how the military-industrial complex pacalo Jun 2013 #7

Was there a 13 days in May also about the Cuban Missile Crisis bottomofthehill Jun 2013 #33

Not that I know of; I googled it & nothing came up. pacalo Jun 2013 #37

That's because I am an idiot bottomofthehill Jun 2013 #39

Movie was called Thirteen Days bottomofthehill Jun 2013 #40

It was made in 2000, but I don't remember seeing it. pacalo Jun 2013 #47

Kevin Costner went to the mat for 13 Days... MinM Jun 2013 #95

Kirk Douglas went to the mat for 7 Days w/an assist from JFK MinM Jun 2013 #93

Star Trek movie villain modeled after Curtis LeMay MinM Jun 2013 #111

Four Little Girls chervilant Jun 2013 #8

I am watching Milk right now too. Great movie!!! nt Lisa0825 Jun 2013 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author Dreamsoldier76 Jun 2013 #10

One of the best, The Best Man, 1964 from the play by Gore Vidal Bluenorthwest Jun 2013 #11

Gabriel over the whitehouse 1933 kimbutgar Jun 2013 #12

Another good film that no one has mentioned yet: ''Advise and Consent'' Tx4obama Jun 2013 #13

Bob Roberts Va Lefty Jun 2013 #17

+1 Lex Jun 2013 #19

+2 burnodo Jun 2013 #35

+3 and for some reason... Beearewhyain Jun 2013 #55

+4 Poll_Blind Jun 2013 #71

absolutely - Bob Roberts! DrDan Jun 2013 #81

That was my first thought, too Warren DeMontague Jun 2013 #110

Reds Tierra_y_Libertad Jun 2013 #18

The War Room Lex Jun 2013 #20

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Primary Colors. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #22

Seconded. I love that movie. n/t B2G Jun 2013 #65

Me, too. Despite it have humor, I think it shows how things really are... Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #68

Movie that is so well-made, and so terrifying. Archae Jun 2013 #23

I tried to watch that with a Jewish group I was in in college mucifer Jun 2013 #80

I guess I've worked on campaigns too long tabbycat31 Jun 2013 #24

LOL! nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #25

I can't watch Milk without losing it dlwickham Jun 2013 #26

i recorded milk even though i saw it DesertFlower Jun 2013 #28

Blaze bottomofthehill Jun 2013 #29

The Last Hurrah bottomofthehill Jun 2013 #32

"A Face in the Crowd" Spider Jerusalem Jun 2013 #34

I agree that is my favorite political movie. mucifer Jun 2013 #82

No love for "The Grapes of Wrath"? baldguy Jun 2013 #38

'Battle of Algiers' Mponti Jun 2013 #41

Z charlyvi Jun 2013 #43

Saw that in the theater when it came out. proud2BlibKansan Jun 2013 #44

"Z" is a great flick! longship Jun 2013 #61

LOL! charlyvi Jun 2013 #84

Costa Gavras MinM Jun 2013 #107

+1000 hobbit709 Jun 2013 #62

Bad Day at Black Rock Adsos Letter Jun 2013 #45

If you want some laughs, check out Bullworth. It's not great cinema and has its share Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #46

Let me ask you something... and I want you to be totally honest with me... dogknob Jun 2013 #96

One of the few funny bits that can be posted here. Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #97

The Most Dangerous Man in America Mz Pip Jun 2013 #49

It's excellent! LeftInTX Jun 2013 #91

I loved "The Ides of March" PennsylvaniaMatt Jun 2013 #50

"The Candidate" PoliticAverse Jun 2013 #51

McCabe & Mrs. Miller -- The Parallax View dogknob Jun 2013 #52

"3 Days of the Condor" Waiting For Everyman Jun 2013 #53

+1 Poll_Blind Jun 2013 #85

Manchian Candidate..the original... Yooperman Jun 2013 #54

You beat me to it. LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #56

We can't leave out The Matrix. LuvNewcastle Jun 2013 #57

Spartacus kentauros Jun 2013 #58

also, the entire "Ghost in the Shell" series of movies and TV shows. kentauros Jun 2013 #59

Lincoln,12 angry men,Grand Torino,Frost/Nixon,Quiz Show,Downfall,41,Being There graham4anything Jun 2013 #60

Abe Lincoln Vampire Hunter. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #63

Paths of Glory and The Parallax View MrScorpio Jun 2013 #64

I liked "Z" SoCalDem Jun 2013 #66

Dave. nt Pragdem Jun 2013 #67

Salt of the Earth. watrwefitinfor Jun 2013 #69

Viva Zapata! watrwefitinfor Jun 2013 #70

For TV, "The Wire." BainsBane Jun 2013 #73

Superman II... Pelican Jun 2013 #74

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence notundecided Jun 2013 #75

He was the bravest man of all. Buzz Clik Jun 2013 #76

J.F.K. because... PCIntern Jun 2013 #77

Bullworth, G_j Jun 2013 #78

+1 zappaman Jun 2013 #105

Two of my favorites LostOne4Ever Jun 2013 #83

Three Days of the Condor and The Parallax View charlyvi Jun 2013 #86

Alan J. Pakula MinM Jun 2013 #89

Three Days of the Condor... MinM Jun 2013 #90

Advise and Consent grok Jun 2013 #87

The Distinguished Gentleman flvegan Jun 2013 #88

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They Live, V for Vendetta, Network, Robocop stranger81 Jun 2013 #99

The Contender olddots Jun 2013 #100

+1. Love that movie. tammywammy Jun 2013 #108

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As an 18th Century scholar observing the 21st Century, I'm afraid the answer is Idiocracy. Nimajneb Nilknarf Jun 2013 #109