In a country where anybody can become President, anybody just did.
A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the President of the United States.
Comedycomausa presidentthe white houseapoplectic strokelook-alikebody doublesecret serviceimpersonationdoppelgängertemp agencynice guycorgi
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Classical in form, comic, resolved and effortless.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- resolvedopen-ended
- effortlessdemanding
- warmbleak
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Cast
- Kevin KlineDave Kovic / Bill Mitchell
- Sigourney WeaverEllen Mitchell
- Frank LangellaBob Alexander
- Kevin DunnAlan Reed
- Ving RhamesDuane Stevenson
- Ben KingsleyVice-President Nance
- Charles GrodinMurray Blum
- Faith PrinceAlice
- Laura LinneyRandi
- Bonnie HuntWhite House Tour Guide
Crew
- Ivan ReitmanDirector
- Gary RossWriter
- Adam GreenbergDirector of Photography
- James Newton HowardOriginal Music Composer
- Sheldon KahnEditor
- Ivan ReitmanProducer
- Lauren Shuler DonnerProducer
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