The White House Chief
of Staff is one of the toughest jobs in Washington D.C. The men serving in this position are on call to the
President 24 hours a day. They
arrive early, stay late and they can get calls at any time during the night. They are prepared with the news
of the day every day for the early morning briefing of the President. This film shows interviews with former
Presidents and the men who served as their Chief of Staff. Each President is a different
individual with their own style of working with Government and relating with people. The First Lady of each President is
also different. The Chief of Staff
must adapt and also prepare to be disliked by the press and other members of
Government.
This is interesting,
especially the information about the governing and personal styles of the different Presidents and
their First Ladies. This is an
all-consuming job and many times it doesn’t last the entire term of the
President. It is common for the
job to last 1 to 1½ years. 3 ½* (I
liked this movie)
172
min, TV Movie, Drama directed by Gedeon and Jules Naudet with Kevin Bacon as
narrator, Jimmy Carter, George Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, Leon
Panetta, Rahm Emanuel, Barbara Bush, John Podesta, James Baker III, Howard
Baker, John Sununu, Samuel Skinner, Marvin Watson, Jacob Lew.
Note: Imdb 7.4 out of 10, Metascore 62/100,
Newsday 83/100, New York Post 75/100, Hollywood Reporter 70/100, NY Daily News
60/100.
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