The American President
The American President

The American President

Why can't the most powerful man in the world have the one thing he wants most?

6.5(743 votes)
1995
1h 53m
Comedy
Drama
Romance

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.

Production

Castle Rock Entertainment, Universal Pictures, Wildwood Enterprises

Cast

Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas

Andrew Shepherd

Annette Bening

Annette Bening

Sydney Ellen Wade

Martin Sheen

Martin Sheen

A.J. MacInerney

Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox

Lewis Rothschild

Anna Deavere Smith

Anna Deavere Smith

Robin McCall

Samantha Mathis

Samantha Mathis

Janie Basdin

Shawna Waldron

Shawna Waldron

Lucy Shepherd

David Paymer

David Paymer

Leon Kodak

Anne Haney

Anne Haney

Mrs. Chapil

Richard Dreyfuss

Richard Dreyfuss

Senator Rumson

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