Friday, March 02, 2007

{movie} the day reagan was shot (2001)

On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley attempts to assassinate President Ronald Reagan (Richard Crenna) in front of the Washington Hilton. While Reagan is in the hospital, Secretary of State Alexander Haig (Richard Dreyfus) takes control at the White House, only to find himself close to nuclear conflict with the Soviet Union. A thought-provoking portrait of an infamous day in American history that was fraught with far more chaos than the public knew.

ireviewnetflix.com rating: *** Decent, if not overly dramatized. I certainly hope things are less disorganized than they were 25 years ago. The cast is wonderful and do a very good job in their attempt to show the drama surrounding a confusing and disorganized moment in history.

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