Based on the story of Americas enigmatic career of one of the revered architects of the modern world - icon, screen star, and two-term president, Ronald Reagan.
Direction
Jarecki weaponizes archival footage like a prosecutor.
Editing
Cuts between Hollywood fiction and political reality sting.
Director
Eugene Jarecki
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Nancy Reagan
Self (archive footage)
Spiro Agnew
Self (archive footage)
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
George H. W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
Jimmy Carter
Self (archive footage)
Rosalynn Carter
Self (archive footage)
Hillary Clinton
Self (archive footage)
Gerald Ford
Self (archive footage)
Emperor Hirohito of Japan
Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage)
Lyndon B. Johnson
Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Robert F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage)
Ruhollah Khomeini
Self (archive footage)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released for Reagan's centennial, the film accidentally predicted how celebrity culture would devour politics entirely. FREE
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