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Encyclopedia > The War Room

The War Room is an American documentary film made in 1993. Documentary film is a broad category of cinematic expression united by the intent to remain factual or non-fictional. ... 1993 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...


Synopsis

The War Room shows the behind-the-scenes activity in Bill Clinton's primary and presidential campaigns. The film is named for the campaign war room from which the effort was directed. William Jefferson Clinton (born William Jefferson Blythe III on August 19, 1946) was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. ... A primary election is an election in which registered voters in a jurisdiction select a political partys candidate for a later election (nominating primary). ... The President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. ...


The film crew, led by husband and wife directors D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus was given unprecedented access behind the scenes starting with the 1992 Democratic Party convention, with the story of the primaries constructed from news footage. D.A. Pennebaker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ...


The film focuses on two of the strategists that helped get Clinton elected -- James Carville and George Stephanopoulos -- though campaign manager David Wilhelm refused to participate. Famous moments from the campaign are seen in their forming stages, such as the commercial making use of George H. W. Bush's "read my lips: no new taxes" broken promise and the creation of the line, "It's the economy, stupid". James Carville (born October 25, 1944), is an American political consultant, commentator and pundit. ... George Stephanopoulos (born February 10, 1961) is the host of ABCs Sunday morning news show This Week. ... David Wilhelm (born October 2, 1956) is an American political operative and businessman. ... Order: 41st President Vice President: J. Danforth Quayle Term of office: 20 January , 1989 – 20 January , 1993 Preceded by: Ronald Reagan Succeeded by: Bill Clinton Date of birth: 12 June , 1924 Place of birth: Milton, Massachusetts First Lady: Barbara Pierce Bush Political party: Republican George Herbert Walker Bush ( born 12... Bush delivering the famous line at the 1988 convention Read my lips: No new taxes was a famous pledge made by Republican Presidential candidate George H.W. Bush at the 1988 Republican convention in his acceptance speech on August 18. ... Its the economy, stupid, in American politics was a phrase widely, but incorrectly, attributed to Democratic Party strategist James Carville during the successful 1992 presidential campaign of Bill Clinton. ...


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External link

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The War Room - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (270 words)
The War Room is an American documentary film made in 1993.
The War Room shows the behind-the-scenes activity in Bill Clinton's campaign for President of the United States in 1992.
The film crew, led by husband and wife directors D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus, was given unprecedented access behind the scenes starting with the 1992 Democratic National Convention, with the story of the primaries constructed from news footage.
William Ayton - Inside the War Room (1226 words)
The War Room, William T. Ayton’s four-wall, painted installation, surrounds the viewer with stark, monochromatic images that explore and expose the human faces and consequences of war.
Partly as a tribute to Guernica, The War Room’s four panels are painted in fl-and-white, with other references embedded within, such as a half-hidden horse in the Warriors panel alluding to Picasso’s symbol for human nobility and vulnerability.
War has taken its toll and all that remains are bits of war machinery, fragments of masonry and suggestions of body parts.
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