The American President - Definition and Overview

This article is about a movie. For the leader of the United States, see President of the United States.

The American President is a 1995 romantic comedy movie starring Michael Douglas as a widowed Democratic President who woos an attractive lobbyist he meets (played by Annette Bening), and the personal and political difficulties that ensue.

The screenplay was written by Aaron Sorkin, and some ideas he developed would inspire Sorkin's television drama The West Wing.

Political Issues

• Environmentalism
• Gun Control
• ACLU membership
• Flag burning
• Apartheid

External link

The American President (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112346/) at the Internet Movie Database