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  • 2004
  • TV-14
  • Regent Releasing
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2004
  • TV-14
  • Regent Releasing
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary Harry Thomason and Nickolas Perry's incendiary documentary, based on the best-selling book by Gene Lyons and Joe Conason, offers a glimpse at the genesis of these partisan vendettas and explores the myths and truths behind the nearly ten year campaign to systematically destroy the political legacy of the Clintons. (Regent Releasing)

Directed By: Nickolas Perry, Harry Thomason

Written By: Joe Conason, Gene Lyons, Nickolas Perry, Harry Thomason

  • 2004
  • TV-14
  • Regent Releasing
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2004
  • TV-14
  • Regent Releasing
  • 1 h 30 m

The Hunting of the President

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
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Summary Harry Thomason and Nickolas Perry's incendiary documentary, based on the best-selling book by Gene Lyons and Joe Conason, offers a glimpse at the genesis of these partisan vendettas and explores the myths and truths behind the nearly ten year campaign to systematically destroy the political legacy of the Clintons. (Regent Releasing)

Directed By: Nickolas Perry, Harry Thomason

Written By: Joe Conason, Gene Lyons, Nickolas Perry, Harry Thomason

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Morgan Freeman

Narrator

Jonathan Alter

Self - Investigative Reporter, Newsweek

Steve Barnes

Self - Political Reporter

Paul Begala

Self - Democratic Political Strategist

Richard Ben-Veniste

Self - Former U.S. Attorney

Robert S. Bennett

Self - President Clinton's Attorney

Carl Bernstein

Self

Sidney Blumenthal

Self - Author, The Clinton Wars

Max Brantley

Self - Editor-in-Chief, Arkansas Times

David Brock

Self - Former Investigative Reporter, The American Spectator

Dale Bumpers

Self - Senator, Arkansas

Joe Cammerata

Self - Paula Jones Attorney

John Camp

Self - Investigative Reporter, CNN

Susan Carpenter-McMillan

Self - Paula Jones' Advisor

James Carville

Self - Democratic Political Strategist

Larry Case

Self - Private Investigator

Paula Casey

Self - Former U.S. Attorney

Bill Clinton

Self

Hillary Clinton

Self

Joe Conason

Self - National Correspondent, New York Observer

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
53
39% Positive
9 Reviews
52% Mixed
12 Reviews
9% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 23 Critic Reviews
53
39% Positive
9 Reviews
52% Mixed
12 Reviews
9% Negative
2 Reviews

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Riveting and revealing whatever views you have on the partisan issues involved.
By David Sterritt FULL REVIEW
75
I'm not sure the filmmakers - one, Harry Thomason, is a long-time Friend of Bill - have connected enough dots to prove a "vast" conspiracy. But that many people devoted much of their lives and resources to destroying Clinton is indisputable.
By Jack Mathews FULL REVIEW
63
Although the film presents plenty of compelling material, it suffers from the same weakness of "Fahrenheit 9/11": an utter lack of dot connection.
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60
Worthy of being seen as more than a potential double-bill partner for "Fahrenheit 9/11."
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50
A superficial documentary based on a best-selling book by Joe Conason and Gene Lyons -- which is being released just before the ex-president's memoir hits the bookstores.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
40
They have succeeded in establishing conservative ideologue Ken Starr as one of American prosecutorial history's biggest heels and Clinton loyalist Susan McDougal as a bona fide hero and martyr. The problem, of course, is that the president himself was neither, and no amount of hand wringing -- however justified -- can make him one.
By Ron Stringer FULL REVIEW
30
Overwrought and often hysterical, filled with distracting montages and portentous drumbeats, the documentary feels as cheesy as its subject.
By J. Hoberman FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Diceburg LLC, Regent Entertainment
Release Date Jun 18, 2004
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating TV-14
Genres
Tagline A documentary based on the New York Times bestseller.
Website http://www.thehuntingofthepresident.com/
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Awards

Writers Guild of America, USA
• 1 Nomination

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