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Dave (7-May-1993)

Director: Ivan Reitman

Writer: Gary Ross

Keywords: Comedy, Drama, POTUS, Washington DC

Dave Kovic runs an employment agency. He bears a striking resemblance to President Mitchell, and on the side does Presidential impersonations. The Secret Service hires him to cover for Mitchell at a speaking dinner, during which the real President, visiting his mistress, suffers a stroke. Chief of Staff Bob Alexander inveigles Dave into continuing the public impersonation until Mitchell recovers, while he wields the true power. But the new charisma "Mitchell" exhibits is not unnoticed by the press corps or the First Lady, and worse for Alexander, Dave starts applying some of his power for the greater good. A film like this shouldn't work, but Kevin Kline pulls it off perfectly.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Parley Baer
Actor
5-Aug-1914 22-Nov-2002 Chester on Gunsmoke radio
Fred Barnes
TV Personality
1-Feb-1943   Fox News regular
Bonnie Bartlett
Actor
20-Jun-1929   Ellen Craig on St. Elsewhere
Ron Brownstein
Columnist
6-Apr-1958   The Los Angeles Times
Dan Butler
Actor
2-Dec-1954   Bob "Bulldog" Brisco on Frasier
Eleanor Clift
Journalist
7-Jul-1940   Madam President
Chris Dodd
Politician
27-May-1944   US Senator from Connecticut, 1981-2011
Kevin Dunn
Actor
26-Feb-1956   American character actor
Charles Grodin
Actor
21-Apr-1935   Perpetually angry talk-show host, actor
Tom Harkin
Politician
19-Nov-1939   Former US Senator from Iowa
Bonnie Hunt
Actor
22-Sep-1961   Life with Bonnie
Bernard Kalb
Journalist
4-Feb-1922   CBS and NBC news correspondent
Larry King
Talk Show Host
19-Nov-1933   Larry King Live
Ben Kingsley
Actor
31-Dec-1943   Gandhi
Michael Kinsley
Pundit
9-Mar-1951   Founding editor of Slate
Kevin Kline
Actor
24-Oct-1947   A Fish Called Wanda
Steve Kmetko
TV Personality
16-Feb-1953   Boyfriend of Greg Louganis
Mort Kondracke
Columnist
28-Apr-1939   Tolerated by Fox, McLaughlin
Frank Langella
Actor
1-Jan-1938   Dracula and Dave
Jay Leno
Talk Show Host
28-Apr-1950   The Tonight Show
Laura Linney
Actor
5-Feb-1964   Meryl in The Truman Show
Chris Matthews
Talk Show Host
17-Dec-1945   Hardball with Chris Matthews
John McLaughlin
Talk Show Host
29-Mar-1927 16-Aug-2016 The McLaughlin Group
Howard Metzenbaum
Politician
4-Jun-1917 12-Mar-2008 US Senator from Ohio, 1977-95
Abner J. Mikva
Politician
21-Jan-1926 4-Jul-2016 Illinois Congressman, Clinton Counsel
Robert Novak
Columnist
26-Feb-1931 18-Aug-2009 Conservative ideologue, outed Valerie Plame
Tip O'Neill
Politician
9-Dec-1912 5-Jan-1994 Speaker of the House, 1977-87
Jason Reitman
Film Director
19-Oct-1977   Up in the Air
Ving Rhames
Actor
12-May-1959   Marsellus Wallace in Pulp Fiction
Stephen Root
Actor
17-Nov-1951   Jimmy James on News Radio
Gary Ross
Film Director
3-Nov-1956   Seabiscuit
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Actor
30-Jul-1947   Governor of California, 2003-11
Paul Simon
Politician
29-Nov-1928 9-Dec-2003 US Senator, one-time Presidential candidate
Alan Simpson
Politician
2-Sep-1931   US Senator from Wyoming, 1979-97
Anna Deavere Smith
Actor
18-Sep-1950   Nancy McNally on The West Wing
Ben Stein
Game Show Host
25-Nov-1944   Host of Win Ben Stein's Money
Oliver Stone
Film Director
15-Sep-1946   JFK
Helen Thomas
Journalist
4-Aug-1920 20-Jul-2013 White House reporter, 1961-2010
Nina Totenberg
Journalist
14-Jan-1944   NPR reporter
Sander Vanocur
Journalist
8-Jan-1928   ABC and NBC correspondent
Sigourney Weaver
Actor
8-Oct-1949   Alien

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