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| The Hunting of the President | |
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| Directed by | Nickolas Perry Harry Thomason |
| Written by | Nickolas Perry Harry Thomason |
| Based on | The Hunting of the President by |
| Produced by | Douglas Jackson |
| Distributed by | Regent Releasing |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Hunting of the President is a 2004 English-languagedocumentary film about formerU.S. PresidentBill Clinton. Clinton and his wifeHillary Clinton appear in archived footage. The film is based on the bookThe Hunting of the President: The Ten-Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton, written byinvestigative journalistsJoe Conason andGene Lyons, and published byThomas Dunne Books in 2000. Narrated byMorgan Freeman, the film premiered at the 2004Sundance Film Festival.
The book and movie explore Clinton friendsJim andSusan McDougal, formerAssociate Attorney GeneralWebster Hubbell, andArkansas GovernorJim Guy Tucker. Interviewed for the book and movie, Susan McDougal discusses legal threats from theindependent counsel to pressure her to implicate the Clintons in something illegal. She told the independent counsel the Clintons did nothing wrong, and the independent counsel said they had statements prepared and she simply had to agree with the pre-written claims.
The film was nominated forBest Documentary Screenplay from theWriters Guild of America.[1]
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