The CCC Movie Group is open to all! Watch the movie(s) on your own, then join the group on Zoom at 7:00 pm on “Movie Mondays” to discuss.  Please contact Lynn Horton for the Zoom link, if you have questions, or if you have difficulty accessing the movie!

Monday, 10/28 – “The American President” (1995)

Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) is approaching the end of his first term as President of the United States. He’s a widower with a young daughter and has proved to be popular with the public. His election seems assured. That is until he meets Sydney Ellen Wade (Annette Bening), a paid political activist working for an environmental lobby group. He’s immediately smitten with her and after several amusing attempts, they finally manage to go on a date (which happens to be a State dinner for the visiting President of France). His relationship with Wade opens the door for his prime political opponent, Senator Bob Rumson (Richard Dreyfuss), to launch an attack on the President’s character, something he could not do in the previous election as Shepherd’s wife had only recently died. Written by Aaron Sorkin and directed by Rob Reiner, the film also stars actors Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Anna Deavere Smith, and John Mahoney, among others. Aaron Sorkin’s script and pitch-perfect performances by Annette Bening and Michael Douglas create a funny and ultimately poignant movie that makes a viewer happy to be an American.