Reagan film fails through Hollywood’s liberal bias in August opening

Like many young students in 1980, Howard Klausner was a Jimmy Carter-like man when the president, in his first term, ran for re-election against challenger Ronald Reagan, the former governor of California.

To many, Carter was likable and progressive, making it easy to overlook his long list of failures. “Great man, terrible president,” said Klausner, who worked on Carter’s campaign in his home state of Tennessee.

After Reagan’s victory, Klausner transferred to college. But then Gipper was shot and nearly killed while leaving a Washington hotel in 1981. His survival and how he handled the incident marked Klausner and a generation of young Democrats as Reaganites forever.

“I flipped through college the night he returned for a joint session of Congress after being shot. “I watched that day, and I was at school, and I just said, ‘Whatever happens, I want to be a part of it,’ and that’s when I said I loved Ronald Reagan,” he told Secrets.

Klausner studied film and writing at the University of Southern California, eventually becoming an author, film director, and screenwriter, writing the acclaimed novel. Space cowboy The film stars Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, and James Garner.

Along the way, he remained “fascinated” by Reagan, his defeat of communism, and his other successes. About 14 years ago, he got the call of a lifetime. Will he write the script for him? Reagan? “It was just a dream,” Klausner said.

In August, after years of battles with Hollywood liberals, financing and distribution delays, and even the coronavirus, Reaganstarring Dennis Quaid in the lead role, will be released nationally.

“This is the first real attempt at a major motion picture about Ronald Reagan,” said Reagan biographer Craig Shirley. “Reagan was the last amazingly successful president. Just for Reagan’s own sake and for the sake of history, it’s important to remind people.”

The film shows the life of Reagan, focusing on his defeat of communism.

It also shows his ability to overcome those who did not feel he was qualified to be president, even though today he is considered one of the best people in the country.

The film is a triumph over Hollywood’s liberal bias. It was produced by and stars conservatives who even today have to struggle for work. In May, for example, Quaid said he would vote for former President Donald Trump, declaring: “People might call him a dick, but he’s a dick to me.”

Klausner, a good Reagan impersonator, said Hollywood’s anti-conservative bias helped expand the scope of filmmaking. Reagan For nearly 20 years.

We’ve tried hard to work this into the system and say: Hey everyone, we can get along and do this. Finally, we agreed and said we had to do it independently, and we did. “It’s being marketed and released just like a major motion picture, and the response so far has been really good,” Klausner said.

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While some may criticize the timing of the release before Election Day and highlighting strong presidential leadership at a time when both parties are challenged in the category, the film is only intended to entertain and perhaps educate, he said.

“Everything has its time,” Klausner said, adding, “The best thing that could happen is for this to really work.”