The American President Cert. 15 Film and video
Bill Clinton was safely re-installed in the White House in the autumn of 1996 for a second term as the American President. In the election campaign there were moments when personal insults were traded back and forth and the whole political system given a 'thumbs-down' by the apathetic American voter.
At the Palace of Westminster, politicians continue the race to put their political flag on the moral high ground. MPs on all sides will continue to tell us with a surprised look 'What, you didn't know I was a Christian?' as they bid for the votes of decent British citizens.
'The American President', which recently came out on video, sits very nicely with the political climate in both sides of the Atlantic. Andrew Shepherd is a Clintonesque President coming to the end of his first term of office. He won last time mainly because his wife had died a few months earlier, and the electorate, perceiving him to be kind and morally upright because of his conduct through this crisis, voted him in. But now, in order to woo wavering voters, he is on the verge of pushing though an ill-thought-out crime bill aimed to give the cosmetic impression he is getting tough on guns.
