Winner of the critics' best film prize in the Toronto Film Festival in 2006, this controversial mockumentary imagines the assassination of US President George W. Bush.
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documentary examines that as-yet-unsolved crime...Using real life archive footage of George W. Bush, Death Of A President is a controversial conspiracy thriller with...
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In 1936 Professor John Innes Mackintosh Stewart set sail to become professor of English at the University of Adelaide, in South Australia. To amuse himself on the long voyage he wrote "Death at the President's Lodgings" under the pen name of Michael Innes. This was the first in a long series of detective novels starring Inspector John Appleby. It's a good story and as a first novel it's something special.
The body of Dr Umpleby, President of St Anthony's College is discovered in his study, with his head swathed in a gown and surrounded by bones. The murderer must be one of seven men as they were the only people with keys to the area surrounding the study. Inspector Appleby is called in to investigate the classic locked-room mystery.
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, funk and motown music from the likes of Barry White, Al Green, Aretha Franklin, Isaac Hayes and James Brown. All legends and a brilliant compilation regardless of the film.
The DVD completely lacks extras and only boasts A couple of foreign dubbings, subtitles and English for the hearing impaired. Nothing more really. Personally, I don't buy films for the extras, but it does slightly deppreciate the DVD's value for money.
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Advantages: Good story line Disadvantages: Rubbish special effects, lacks blood and gore and the scare factor
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?An abandoned prison.
A dark past.
And an evil?
That will not die.?
This brief description on the front cover of the DVD gives you an insight to what the film is about. Drawing the attention of possible viewers. It certainly grabbed my attention and I was intrigued to find out more ...
Aimee154 26.02.2009
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Product details
Genre
Documentaries & Biographies - Documentary
Classification
12 years and over
Production Year
2006
Running Time
1 hour 30 minutes
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
OPTIMUM HOME ENTERTAINMENT; TECHNICOLOR DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
Release date
30/10/2006
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
OPTD 0778
Barcode
5060034578321
Featured
George W. Bush
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Special Features
Scene selection, Audio commentary, Interviews with the film's makers, Trailer
Aspect Ratio
1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Professional reviews
Review
Seamless, intelligent and maybe even necessary to an understanding of George W. Bush's role in the world today, and his place in the wider scope of history... very convincingly staged... electrifying drama... compellingly realistic. (Chicago Sun-Times, 04/10/2006)
Packs a punch... knocks the breath out of the spectator... eerily convincing, Death of a President succeeds in posing important questions about the Bush administration - and equally about the media and its role in the reshaping of society in our time. (Guardian, 04/10/2006)
DVD Description
Winner of the critics' best film prize in the Toronto Film Festival in 2006, this controversial mockumentary imagines the assassination of US President George W. Bush.
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