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The American President(1995)
Status: Released
Date: 1995-11-17
65%
780 Votes
Time: 1h 53m
Why can't the most powerful man in the world have the one thing he wants most?
Overview:
Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and decimate his approval ratings.
Languages: French, English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $62,000,000.00
Revenue: $107,879,496.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: The American President
Top 10 Billed Cast
Michael Douglas
Andrew Shepherd
Annette Bening
Sydney Ellen Wade
Martin Sheen
A.J. MacInerney
Michael J. Fox
Lewis Rothschild
Anna Deavere Smith
Robin McCall
Samantha Mathis
Janie Basdin
Shawna Waldron
Lucy Shepherd
David Paymer
Leon Kodak
Anne Haney
Mrs. Chapil
Richard Dreyfuss
Senator Rumson
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Annette Benning On Working With Michael Douglas In THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT
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