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Which president had the best track record for theatrical releases (1977-2001)?
Posted on 12/29/24 at 5:23 pm
Posted on 12/29/24 at 5:23 pm
(I could go with 2001-present, but it quickly devolves into listing a bunch of Harry Potter and comic book movies)
Jimmy Carter - 4 years
Best Picture Winners: 1977 - Annie Hall, 1978 - Dear Hunter, 1979 - Kramer v. Kramer, 1980 - Ordinary People
Highest Grossing Movies: Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Grease, Superman
Ronald Reagan - 8 years
Best Picture Winners: 1981 - Chariots of Fire, 1982 - Ghandi, 1983 - Terms of Endearment, 1984 - Amadeus, 1985 - Out of Africa, 1986 - Platoon, 1987 - The Last Emperor, 1988 - Rain Man
Highest Grossing Movies: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Return of the Jedi, Rain Man, Beverly Hills Cop
George H.W. Bush - 4 Years
Best Picture Winners: 1989 - Driving Miss Daisy, 1990 - Dances With Wolves, 1991 - The Silence of the Lambs, 1992 - Unforgiven
Highest Grossing Movies: Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Ghost, Dances With Wolves, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Bill Clinton - 8 Years
Best Picture Winners: 1993 - Schindler's List, 1994 - Forrest Gump, 1995 - Braveheart, 1996 - The English Patient, 1997 - Titanic, 1998 - Shakespeare in Love, 1999 - American Beauty, 2000 - Gladiator
Highest Grossing Movies: Titanic, Jurassic Park, ID4 - Independence Day, Forrest Gump
Jimmy Carter - 4 years
Best Picture Winners: 1977 - Annie Hall, 1978 - Dear Hunter, 1979 - Kramer v. Kramer, 1980 - Ordinary People
Highest Grossing Movies: Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Grease, Superman
Ronald Reagan - 8 years
Best Picture Winners: 1981 - Chariots of Fire, 1982 - Ghandi, 1983 - Terms of Endearment, 1984 - Amadeus, 1985 - Out of Africa, 1986 - Platoon, 1987 - The Last Emperor, 1988 - Rain Man
Highest Grossing Movies: E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial, Return of the Jedi, Rain Man, Beverly Hills Cop
George H.W. Bush - 4 Years
Best Picture Winners: 1989 - Driving Miss Daisy, 1990 - Dances With Wolves, 1991 - The Silence of the Lambs, 1992 - Unforgiven
Highest Grossing Movies: Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Ghost, Dances With Wolves, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Bill Clinton - 8 Years
Best Picture Winners: 1993 - Schindler's List, 1994 - Forrest Gump, 1995 - Braveheart, 1996 - The English Patient, 1997 - Titanic, 1998 - Shakespeare in Love, 1999 - American Beauty, 2000 - Gladiator
Highest Grossing Movies: Titanic, Jurassic Park, ID4 - Independence Day, Forrest Gump
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Posted on 12/29/24 at 5:26 pm to FreddieChainsaw
Are we counting Jefferson Davis?
Posted on 12/29/24 at 5:31 pm to Kafka
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Are we counting Jefferson Davis?
How many theatrical releases were there from 1861-65 ( which was also outside the time frame specified in the OP)?
Posted on 12/29/24 at 5:33 pm to Kafka
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Are we counting Jefferson Davis?
I'm saving that for my "Best Presidential Phonographic/Telegraphic/Telophonic Track Record" thread.
Posted on 12/29/24 at 6:27 pm to FreddieChainsaw
It's Clinton. 1993-2000 was a strong period for movies.
I guess Reagan takes the nod for Comedy and Horror.
Posted on 12/29/24 at 6:32 pm to AUFANATL
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It's Clinton. 1993-2000 was a strong period for movies. I guess Reagan takes the nod for Comedy and Horror.
You really think so? I honesty thought it was telegraphing my punches a little bit considering Jimmy died today. Not that I liked him as a president or anything, but honestly, pound for pound, none of the other can do better than Star Wars, Empire, Superman, Annie Hall, Close Encounters, Alien, Apocalypse Now, Blues Brothers and Airplane in a single term.
Bonus: Every movie screened by Carter during his term in the White House.
Posted on 12/29/24 at 6:33 pm to AUFANATL
So many movies during Clinton's presidency that featured presidents that didn't even try to be like him.
Posted on 12/29/24 at 6:35 pm to FreddieChainsaw
I'd like to see this all the way back to FDR.
Posted on 12/29/24 at 6:38 pm to Bestbank Tiger
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I'd like to see this all the way back to FDR.
I won’t do all that work, but it seems obvious the answer is LBJ. 1963-1969: The Dollars Trilogy, Goldfinger, Thunderball, You Only Live Twice, The Graduate, In The Heat of the Night, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Planet of the Apes, Mary Poppins, Sound of Music, Bonnie & Clyde etc.
Posted on 12/29/24 at 7:02 pm to FreddieChainsaw
Abraham Lincoln probably had the most surprising theatrical release.
Posted on 12/29/24 at 7:12 pm to nealnan8
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Abraham Lincoln probably had the most surprising theatrical release.
Yeah I heard Our American Cousin was killer.
Posted on 12/29/24 at 7:48 pm to FreddieChainsaw
Carter years definitely got the ball rolling but you can’t beat Reagan/Clinton years for quality + quantity.
Posted on 12/29/24 at 8:01 pm to FreddieChainsaw
The movies released under their presidency was due to them?
Posted on 12/29/24 at 8:06 pm to Blutarsky
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The movies released under their presidency was due to them
You don’t have to take part in it to support your preferred party.
I was just trying to come up with an
interesting framing for the discussion.
Like, presidents generally get judged less on the hard metrics and more so on the “vibes” that people feel coming out of their presidencies. The question would be: if you were a hardened cinephile and was gauging thing on vibes, which term of office gave you the best film-going vibes?
But again, need not be so partisan as to have Reagan supporters trying to convince Clinton supporters how “Amadeus” was a better movie than “The English Patient.” This is just an attempt to frame the issue of “which movie going era is as better, in your opinion.”
This post was edited on 12/29/24 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 12/29/24 at 8:34 pm to sqerty
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So many movies during Clinton's presidency that featured presidents that didn't even try to be like him.
First Term movies: lots of cinematic presidents who were basically in projections for what liberal filmmakers wanted Clinton to be (Ivan Reitman for Dave and Rob Reiner/Sorkin for the American President). Culminated with Whitmore/ID4 in 1996, who was essentially Emmerich just hoping he could be faithful to his wife until death.
Second Term: F it. Let’s elect the proto-Obama to deal with the looming threat of a comet.
Posted on 12/29/24 at 9:24 pm to FreddieChainsaw
Clinton
Bush would have had it hands down if he had a 2nd term
Bush would have had it hands down if he had a 2nd term
Posted on 12/29/24 at 9:26 pm to Tiger Prawn
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Clinton Bush would have had it hands down if he had a 2nd term
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