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Death of a President (2006)

Mockumentary | 93 minutes
2,84 280 votes

Genre: Mockumentary / Crime

Duration: 93 minuten

Alternative title: D.O.A.P.

Country: United Kingdom

Directed by: Gabriel Range

Stars: Hend Ayoub, George W. Bush and Brian Boland

IMDb score: 6,3 (7.083)

Releasedate: 27 October 2006

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Death of a President plot

On October 19, 2007, the influential and powerful US President George W. Bush is shot after trying to leave the 'Sheraton Hotel' in Chicago. A man of Syrian descent named Jamal Abu Zikri is seen as the main suspect in the murder of one of the world's greatest rulers.

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Zahra Abi Zikri

Eleanor Drake

Larry Stafford

Robert H. Maguire

Casey Claybon

Sam McCarthy

Marianne Claybon

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Doom

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Such a fictional murder of the (then) current president of the United States was quite nice. Unfortunately, the board just misses the mark. Director Gabriel Range should never have gone for a documentary style. This way creates quite a few boring scenes without any form of emotion. The actors try to convey this emotion, of course, but they do not succeed at all. It all remains very forced and unreal.

It is also a pity that the way of filming is very boring and the editing uninspired. There could have been more in "Death of a President". It's just pretty interesting now, but it's never going to be entertaining.

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Hannibal

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Movies in which Bush is ridiculed are usually nice to watch, but I thought it was going too far to watch a fictional murder + accompanying funeral of someone who is still alive. Very distasteful.

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flaphead

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I read a lot here that it's a shame/bad that it was shot as documentary-like, because 'too much talking' and 'not exciting'. But, that's the whole joke. It IS a documentary, not a movie. The fact that it's a fake documentary about something that could actually happen (at the time of release) is what makes it brilliant. It feels pretty real and if you put in a little effort, you actually go along with it. The use of existing archive material works perfectly. The acted archive images also have their effect, although you sometimes notice a little too well that they are not documentary shots.

The message and the red line are clear and that makes it a very politically and ethically charged print. Very interesting!

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