THE WAR ROOM (THE CRITERION COLLECTION) [BLU-RAY]

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• Release Year: 1993
• Genre: Documentary
• Plot: The 1992 presidential election was a triumph not only for Bill Clinton but also for the new breed of strategists who guided him to the White House and changed the face of politics in the process. For this thrilling, behind-closed-doors account of that campaign, renowned cinema verité filmmakers D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus closely followed the brainstorming and bull sessions of Clinton’s crack team of consultants—especially the folksy James Carville and the preppy George Stephanopoulos, who became media stars in their own right as they injected a youthful spirit and spontaneity into the process of campaigning. Fleet-footed and entertaining, The War Room is a vivid document of a political moment whose truths (“It’s the economy, stupid!”) still ring in our ears.
• Cast: James Carville, George Stephanopoulos, Heather Beckel, Paul Begala, Bob Boorstin, Michael Donnilon, Jeff Eller, Stanley Greenberg, Mandy Grunwald, Harold Ickes, Mickey Kantor, Mary Matalin, Mitchell Schwartz, Dave Anderson, Collier Andress, Barry Bognato, Saul Benjamin, Eric Berman, John Bickerstaff, Regina Blakely, Liz Bowyer, Susan Brophy, Jerry Brown, Mike Brown, Jay S. Burton, George Bush, Bill Cashen, Bill Clinton, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Betty Currie, Jacqueline Davis, Sam Donaldson, Bob Duffy, Joe Elcock, John Emerson, Rahm Emanuel, Patricia Enright, Karen Ewing, Liz Fine, Gennifer Flowers, Jeff Forbes, Jodi Franklin, Chris Gallagher Jr., Tipper Gore, Al Gore, Melissa Green, Paul Greenberg, Blake Hendricks, Mark Halperin, Ruth Hunter, John Kroeger, David Kusnet, Bruce Lindsey, Sylvia Matthews, Nancy McFadden, Mark Miller, Dee Dee Myers, Max Parker, Dan Payne, Ross Perot, Meeghan Prunty, Laura Quinn, Vicki Radd, Simon Rosenberg, Lynne Russell, Dan Sakura, Eli Segal, Ricki Seidman, John Shakow, Matt Smith, Gene Sperling, Bob Steel, Kim Tilley, Paul Tsongas, Michael Waldman, Michael Whouley, Debbie Wilhite, Jason D. Williams, Betsy Wright, Mike Evans, Joseph Kennedy, Ann Richards, D.A. Pennebaker
• Director: D.A. Pennebaker
• Runtime: 1:36
• Company: The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie