WAR ROOM, THE (CRITERION)

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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: Heather Beckel, George Stephanopoulos, James Carville, Bill Clinton, Bob Boorstin, Paul Begala, Michael Donnilon, Jeff Eller, Stan Greenberg, Mandy Grunwald, Harold Ickes, Mickey Kantor, Mary Matalin, Mitchell Schwartz, Dave Anderson, Collier Andress, Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker, R.J. Cutler, Wendy Ettinger, Frazer Pennebaker, Rebecca Baron, Erez Laufer, David Dawkins, Charles Arnot, Pam Power, Darlene Ruess
• Director: Chris Hegedus
• Runtime: 1:36
• Company: Pennebaker Associates, Mc Ettinger Films, Pennebaker-Hegedus Films, Inc. (Leacock-Pennebaker), The Criterion Collection
• Media Format: Movie