# The American President

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-president/609457>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 14, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-president/609457 "2012-01-14T00:23:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-president/609457/1 "2012-01-14T00:23:57Z")

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I’ve had this for a long time in my DVD collection and finally got around to watching it. I’m an utter romantic at heart so I was very disappointed that it didn’t end with a wedding, but I should have known better with Sorkin as a scriptwriter.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-president/609457/2 "2012-01-14T00:50:09Z")

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I love this movie, but right now I’m sick of it. I watched it three days in a row this week, since it was the “final” for my AmGovt classes. It’s so good I can overlook the total lack of soundproofing and knowledge of the street layout of DC.

My favorite moment is Sydney’s reaction to the President of France’s comment about Louis XIV - “_Really?_” Annette Bening nails the delivery, and her expression is priceless.

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**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-president/609457/3 "2012-01-14T10:36:09Z")

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Matched by his when she speaks very decent French to the French President at the dinner.

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**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-president/609457/4 "2012-01-14T11:35:12Z")

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It’s a fascinating rough draft for _the West Wing_.

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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-president/609457/5 "2012-01-14T14:18:42Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> since it was the “final” for my AmGovt classes.

Please explain. How did this work?