The American President (1995)
Why can't the most powerful man in the world have the one thing he wants most?
114 min
Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and decimate his approval ratings.
- Release date
- December 14, 1995
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Marc Shaiman
- Budget
- $62,000,000
- Box office
- $107,879,496
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Trailer
Soundtrack
- Main Titleinstrumental2:26
- Call Me Andyinstrumental1:40
- I Like Herinstrumental1:50
- It's Meatloaf Nightinstrumental0:40
- The First Kissinstrumental2:21
- The Slow Down Planinstrumental1:15
- The Morning After / Meet the Pressinstrumental2:12
- Politics as Usualinstrumental0:57
- Never Have an Airline Strike at Christmasinstrumental0:35
- "I Have Dreamed" (The State Dinner)instrumental2:57
- Camp Davidinstrumental1:31
- Gathering Votesinstrumental2:37
Cast
- Michael Douglas as Andrew Shepherd
- Annette Bening as Sydney Ellen Wade
- Martin Sheen as A.J. MacInerney
- Michael J. Fox as Lewis Rothschild
- Anna Deavere Smith as Robin McCall
- Samantha Mathis as Janie Basdin
- Shawna Waldron as Lucy Shepherd
- David Paymer as Leon Kodak
- Anne Haney as Mrs. Chapil
- Richard Dreyfuss as Senator Rumson
- Nina Siemaszko as Beth Wade
- Wendie Malick as Susan Sloan
- Beau Billingslea as Agent Cooper
- Gail Strickland as Esther MacInerney
- Joshua Malina as David
- Clement von Franckenstein as President D'Astier
- Efrat Lavie as Madame D'Astier
- John Mahoney as Leo Solomon
- Taylor Nichols as Stu
- John Mahon as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs
- Tom Dahlgren as Defense Secretary
- Ralph Meyering Jr. as General
- Joseph Latimore as Secret Service Agent
- Darryl Alan Reed as Secret Service Agent
- Jordan Lund as Carl
- Richard McGonagle as Rumson Staffer
- Frank Cavestani as Rumson Staffer
- Richard Stahl as Rumson Staffer
Crew
- Rob Reiner · Director
- Aaron Sorkin · Writer
- Rob Reiner · Producer
- Marc Shaiman · Composer
- John Seale · Cinematographer
- Robert Leighton · Editor
- Janet Hirshenson · Casting director
- Jane Jenkins · Casting director
- Lilly Kilvert · Production designer