Death of a president

Resource Information

The work Death of a president represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Evanston Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Death of a president

Statement of responsibility

Borough Films ; Channel 4 Television Corporation ; Chicago Borough Films

Contributor

• Borough Film (Firm)
• Channel Four (Great Britain)
• Chicago Borough Films
• Lions Gate Films (Santa Monica, Calif.)
• Ayoub, Hend
• Bader, Malik
• Baker, Becky Ann
• Boland, Brian
• Buckley, Patricia
• Burke, Michael Reilly, 1964-
• Clear, Patrick
• Dale, Tony
• Finch, Simon
• Guiney, Ed
• Harvey, Richard, 1953-
• Jon, Seena
• Mangiardi, Robert
• Parham, Neko, 1972-
• Patterson, Jay
• Range, Gabriel
• Ravine, Chavez
• Stolte, Christian, 1962-
• Urbaniak, James, 1963-
• Whittaker, Jay

Subject

• Bush, George W., (George Walker), 1946- -- Assassination -- Drama
• Documentary-style films
• Evidence, Circumstantial -- United States -- Drama
• Feature films
• Middle East -- Foreign relations -- United States -- Drama
• Presidents -- Assassination -- United States -- Drama
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Trials (Assassination) -- United States -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Documentary-style films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

A raging crowd of protesters are waiting for President George W. Bush's procession. As the President gives a patriotic speech inside a hotel, the demonstrators' fury increases to the breaking point. The tension mounts until the horrible instant where the President is assassinated. Following the assassination, the FBI hunts for the assassin. All the suspects are interviewed and released except one, the Syrian man who is convicted and put on death row. There is circumstantial evidence against him, but is he really guilty of the crime? Or does his being Middle Eastern provide a convenient excuse to label the death of the President as an Act of Terror?

Awards note

Toronto International Film Festival, 2006: International Critics' Award (FIPRESCI) (Gabriel Range).

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Produced by Simon Finch, Ed Guiney, Gabriel Range ; written by Simon Finch, Gabriel Range ; directed by Gabriel Range ; director of photography, Graham Smith ; editor, Brand Thumim ; original music, Richard Harvey ; production designer, Gary Baugh

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for brief violent images

Language note

English dialogue with optional subtitles in English or Spanish; Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

LC call number

PN1995.9.D62

LC item number

D4384 2007

PerformerNote

Hend Ayoub, Brian Boland, Becky Ann Baker, Robert Mangiardi, Jay Patterson, Jay Whittaker, Michael Reilly Burke, James Urbaniak, Neko Parham, Seena Jon, Christian Stolte, Chavez Ravine, Patricia Buckley, Patrick Clear, Malik Bader, Tony Dale

Runtime

90

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action