DEATH OF A PRESIDENT
Year: 2006
USA: Newmarket Films
UK: Optimum Releasing Home Entertainment
Cast: Hend Ayoub, Brian Boland, Becky Ann Baker, Robert Mangiardi, Jay Patterson, Jay Whittaker, Michael Reilly Burke, James Urbaniak, M Neko Parham, Seena Jon, Christian Stolte, Chavez Ravine, Patricia Buckley, Patrick Clear, Malik Bader, Tony Dale, George W Bush, David DuBois
Director: Gabriel Range
Country: UK
USA: 90 mins
UK: 93 mins
USA Rated: R for brief violent images
UK Certificate: 12 contains scenes of death and injury and one use of strong language
USA Release Date: 27 October 2006 (Limited Release)
UK DVD Release Date: 30 October 2006
Synopsis
Winner of the International Critics Prize at the Toronto Film Festival, DEATH OF A PRESIDENT is conceived as a fictional TV documentary broadcast in 2008, reflecting on another monstrously despicable and cataclysmic event: the assassination of President George W Bush on October 19th, 2007.
It opens with the President's assassination. When giving a speech at a hotel he is heckled by protesters outside and in a tumultuous moment as the tension explodes, he is killed. There then follows the ensuing FBI investigation hunting down the assassin.
After the assassination of President George W Bush in Chicago, an investigative documentary examines the as-yet-unsolved crime... It combines archival footage and carefully composed interviews, presented in a respectful and dignified manner. Exciting and questioning, it refashions the event into a riveting story. DEATH OF A PRESIDENT is a controversial conspiracy thriller with a unique premise, told in the style of a retrospective documentary, which offers a critique of the contemporary US political landscape.
The DVD features incredible extras that reveal the technical tricks used to make this ground breaking film possible.
DVD EXTRAS
Audio Commentary by Director/Writer/Producer - Gabriel Range,
Writer/Producer - Simon Finch, Editor - Brand Thumim, and Line Producer - Donall McCusker
Interviews with the makers of the film
Theatrical Trailer
Technical specifications:
Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic
Colour / Pal
English Language
Region 2
Dolby Digital 5.1