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Dave
Directed by Ivan Reitman
Produced by Ivan Reitman,
Lauren Shuler-Donner
Written by Gary Ross
Starring Kevin Kline,
Sigourney Weaver,
Frank Langella,
Kevin Dunn,
Ving Rhames,
and Ben Kingsley
Music by James Newton Howard
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date(s) May 7, 1993
Running time 110 min. Ivan Reitman (born October 27, 1946) is a Canadian film producer and director Ivan Reitman (born October 27, 1946) is a Canadian film producer and director Gary Ross (born November 3, 1956 in Los Angeles, California) is an American Writer, director and Actor Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24 1947 is an American Academy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and two time Tony Award -winning stage and film Sigourney Weaver (born October 8, 1949) is an Academy Award -nominated American actress, best known for her roles as Lt Frank A Langella Jr (born January 1, 1938, according to the Internet Movie Database) is an American stage and film Actor Kevin Dunn (born February 26 1956 is an American Actor who has appeared in supporting roles in a number of films since the 1980s Irving Rameses "Ving" Rhames (born May 12 1959) is a Golden Globe -winning American Actor. Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE (born 31 December, 1943) is an English Actor. James Newton Howard (born June 9, 1951 in Los Angeles) is an Academy Award nominated Film score Composer and Warner Bros Entertainment Inc (or Warner Bros, Warner Bros Pictures) is one of the world's largest producers of Film and Events 558 - In Constantinople, the dome of the Hagia Sophia collapses Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar)
Language English
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Dave is a 1993 comedy-drama movie written by Gary Ross, directed by Ivan Reitman, and starring Kevin Kline (in a dual role), Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ving Rhames, Ben Kingsley, and Laura Linney. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Comedy-drama, also called dramedy and dramatic-comedy, is a style of Television and movies in which there is an equal or nearly equal balance Gary Ross (born November 3, 1956 in Los Angeles, California) is an American Writer, director and Actor Ivan Reitman (born October 27, 1946) is a Canadian film producer and director Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24 1947 is an American Academy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and two time Tony Award -winning stage and film Sigourney Weaver (born October 8, 1949) is an Academy Award -nominated American actress, best known for her roles as Lt Frank A Langella Jr (born January 1, 1938, according to the Internet Movie Database) is an American stage and film Actor Kevin Dunn (born February 26 1956 is an American Actor who has appeared in supporting roles in a number of films since the 1980s Irving Rameses "Ving" Rhames (born May 12 1959) is a Golden Globe -winning American Actor. Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE (born 31 December, 1943) is an English Actor. Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is a three-time Academy Award -nominated a three time Golden Globe nominee and a three-time Ross was nominated for an Academy Award for his screenplay. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Kline's performance was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner

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Plot

Kline plays Dave Kovic, who runs a temporary employment agency in Georgetown, Washington, D.C.. Georgetown is a Neighborhood located in the Northwest quadrant of Washington D As a sideline, he makes appearances impersonating President William Harrison "Bill" Mitchell, whom he greatly resembles (and who is also played by Kline). An impersonator is someone who imitates or copies the Behavior or actions of another The President of the United States is the Head of state and Head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in United States by Mitchell's devious Chief of Staff, Bob Alexander (Frank Langella), hires Dave to make an exit at an appearance of President Mitchell, to cover up Mitchell's extramarital affair with White House staffer Randi (Laura Linney). The White House Chief of Staff is the highest-ranking member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States and a senior aide to the President Frank A Langella Jr (born January 1, 1938, according to the Internet Movie Database) is an American stage and film Actor Adultery is the voluntary Sexual intercourse between a married person and another person who is not his or her Spouse, though in many places it is Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is a three-time Academy Award -nominated a three time Golden Globe nominee and a three-time

When the real President Mitchell suffers a stroke during the affair that leaves him in a coma, Bob Alexander sees an opportunity. A stroke is the rapidly developing loss of brain functions due to a disturbance in the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain In Medicine, a coma (from the Greek koma, meaning deep sleep is a profound state of Unconsciousness. Along with Communications Director Alan Reed (Kevin Dunn), Alexander arranges for the President's comatose state to be kept secret. The White House Director of Communications, also known as Assistant to the President for Communications, is part of the senior staff of the President of the United States Kevin Dunn (born February 26 1956 is an American Actor who has appeared in supporting roles in a number of films since the 1980s They then con Dave into impersonating the president on an ongoing basis by telling him that the country would suffer if the truth was revealed or if Vice President Gary Nance (Ben Kingsley), who they say is mentally ill, took office. A confidence trick or confidence game (also known as a bunko, con, flim flam, gaffle, grift, scam, scheme The Vice President of the United States is the first person in the presidential line of succession, becoming the new President of the United States upon the death Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE (born 31 December, 1943) is an English Actor. Mental disorder or mental illness is a psychological or behavioral pattern that occurs in an individual and is thought to cause distress or disability that is not expected as Nance is not mentally ill, but rather an upright politician who refused several of the real Mitchell's underhanded dealings. Due to this, Nance has been sent on a series of extended diplomatic exercises intended to keep him away from the Oval Office. | |-| |-| |- | |-| |-| |-| |-| |} The Oval Office is the official office of the President of the United States.

Apart from Alexander and Reed, only his Secret Service bodyguard, Duane Stevenson (Ving Rhames) and the medical staff tending to the real President Mitchell in the White House basement (being paid hush money by Reed), know the truth. Irving Rameses "Ving" Rhames (born May 12 1959) is a Golden Globe -winning American Actor. Hush Money is a 1931 film featuring Joan Bennett, Hardie Albright, Owen Moore, Myrna Loy, and George Raft Neither Mitchell's mistress Randi nor First Lady Ellen Mitchell (Sigourney Weaver) is informed of the switch. First Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess of the White House. Sigourney Weaver (born October 8, 1949) is an Academy Award -nominated American actress, best known for her roles as Lt

Alexander's true agenda is to exercise the power of the presidency through Dave as a proxy in the short-term, while in the long term framing Vice President Nance for illegal activities, allowing Alexander to succeed Nance as Vice President, and ultimately become President himself. Since the administration, with the exception of Nance, was largely crooked, this appears to be a simple matter of shifting paperwork. However, Dave gradually sets his own course of action, which revives Mitchell's popularity with the public and mystifies both the Washington media (several well-known personalities make cameo appearances as themselves) and the First Lady, whose public support of her husband has been a cover for bitter marital strife in their private life. A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the Performing arts, such as When he takes the extreme action of reworking (with the help of his friend Murray, an accountant from Baltimore) the national budget in order to save a $650 million program for helping the homeless -- a project the First Lady supported but Alexander wanted vetoed -- she tricks him into exposing his ruse. The Budget of the United States Government is a federal document that the President submits to the U Caught, he convinces Duane to take her to see the real President Mitchell, who is not expected to live. Ellen has a minor breakdown and decides to leave the White House, but Dave convinces her to remain and keep up the ruse, when he realizes he has a chance to improve the nation. Despite Ellen's cynicism, she is soon charmed by Dave's sincerity.

Dave realizes that he now has more allies than he expected, and manages to turn the tables on Alexander by recruiting Reed, Ellen Mitchell, and his old friend Murray Blum (Charles Grodin). Charles Grodin (born April 21, 1935) is an American actor comedian author and former cable Talk show host After Blum, a CPA helps Dave reorganize the national budget to save the homeless program, he demonstrates dramatically in a cabinet meeting that he is a much better actor than anyone gave him credit for. An accountant is a practitioner of Accountancy, which is the measurement disclosure or provision of assurance about financial information that helps managers investors Not only does he shut down Alexander's objections (effectively humiliating him), he sways the cabinet and surrounding press into cheering for the new cuts to save the program. When Alexander realizes that Dave is no longer his puppet, he threatens to expose him, but Dave stands up to him and points out that Alexander has more to lose from revealing the fraud. Dave then holds a news conference announcing that he is firing Alexander, and proposing a comprehensive full-employment program to Congress. In Macroeconomics, full employment is when all people looking for employment can find a job

Eventually, Dave meets the returning Vice President Nance, who chastises "Mitchell" for framing him in a financial scandal. Dave realizes that the affable Nance isn't mentally ill, but has merely been used by Alexander. Shocked by this, Dave discovers that much of Mitchell's indiscretions have been maliciously attributed to Nance by Reed and Alexander in order to cover their tracks. Eventually Bob Alexander tries to destroy Dave by implicating him in a Savings and Loan scandal - only this time, as Reed tells Dave seriously, the real President Mitchell is actually guilty. A savings and loan association, also known as a thrift, is a Financial institution that specializes in accepting Savings deposits and making Mortgage At the same time, Alexander pushes his own candidacy for the presidency.

During the uproar over the scandal, Dave refuses to stop pushing his employment bill. Later, Dave and Nance have a short conversation where Dave inquires about Nance's start in politics. During the discussion, Nance reveals that he has always been opinionated, and after complaining for years about poor city administration, decided to run for office with his wife's encouragement. Running on a shoestring budget of $6,000, he began his political career as a city councilman, to which Dave compliments with sincere admiration. Shoelaces (also shoestrings, shoe laces or boot laces) are a system commonly used to secure Shoes The shoelace can be untied and loosened permitting The two bond briefly, and Dave admits later a real admiration for Nance's dedication despite his humble beginnings as a disgruntled shoe salesman. Dave and Ellen agree that Nance is a genuinely public-minded man, and would make a fine president.

In a joint session of Congress, Dave, as Mitchell, admits to his role in the scandal, but introduces evidence (provided by Reed) proving that Alexander was the mastermind and that Nance was innocent. Joint sessions of the United States Congress are the gatherings together of both houses of the United States Congress (the House of Representatives He then seals this by turning to Nance, who is presiding over the joint session, publicly apologizing to him and vindicating him by stating his civic virtues. In the middle of making a formal apology to the nation, Dave fakes a stroke and is switched back with the still-comatose Mitchell. Mitchell is then declared incapacitated under the 25th Amendment, and eventually dies. The Twenty-fifth Amendment ( Amendment XXV) to the United States Constitution partially replaced the ambiguous wording of Article II Section 1 Clause The groundswell of affection generated by Dave's brief time in office is transferred to the real Mitchell, as the public and the media mourn his death. The ruse apparently remains undiscovered; although Bob Alexander is later arrested and indicted, there is no indication that he reveals the secret, since doing so would compound his liability. Nance becomes President and promises to carry out "Mitchell's" employment program. In his Inaugural Address he states that this is still "Bill Mitchell's" term, and dedicates himself to continuing the spirit of Dave's administration. An inauguration is a ceremony of formal Investiture whereby an individual assumes an office or position of authority or power

Five months later, Dave is running his own campaign for city council and has recruited Murray and his own office staff to help with the campaign while continuing to help people find jobs. A city council is a form of Local government, usually covering a City or other Urban area, such as a Town. Ellen Mitchell, now a widow, comes into the office which is now littered with campaign materials, asking for a job, and kisses him. When the door of his office closes, Duane steps in front, indicating that he is now working for Dave.

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In addition, several fictional segments from shows frequented by political junkies were created specifically for it, including The McLaughlin Group (with McLaughlin, Barnes, Clift, Matthews and Kondracke), The Tonight Show Starring Jay Leno, and Larry King Live where Oliver Stone is interviewed by King. Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24 1947 is an American Academy Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and two time Tony Award -winning stage and film Sigourney Weaver (born October 8, 1949) is an Academy Award -nominated American actress, best known for her roles as Lt Frank A Langella Jr (born January 1, 1938, according to the Internet Movie Database) is an American stage and film Actor Kevin Dunn (born February 26 1956 is an American Actor who has appeared in supporting roles in a number of films since the 1980s Irving Rameses "Ving" Rhames (born May 12 1959) is a Golden Globe -winning American Actor. Sir Ben Kingsley, CBE (born 31 December, 1943) is an English Actor. Charles Grodin (born April 21, 1935) is an American actor comedian author and former cable Talk show host Faith Prince (born August 5, 1957) is an American actress and singer known primarily for her work on Broadway. Laura Leggett Linney (born February 5, 1964) is a three-time Academy Award -nominated a three time Golden Globe nominee and a three-time Christopher John Dodd (born May 27, 1944) is an American Lawyer and Democratic Politician, who is currently serving Thomas Richard "Tom" Harkin (born November 19 1939 is a Democratic Senator from Iowa serving in his fourth senate term Frank Fabian Mankiewicz II (born May 16, 1924) is an American Journalist. Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy (November 20 1925 – June 6 1968 also called RFK, was the United States Attorney General from 1961 to 1964 and a George Stanley McGovern Howard Morton Metzenbaum ( June 4 1917 &ndash March 12 2008) was an American politician who served for almost 20 years as a Abner Joseph Mikva (born January 21 1926) is a Democratic former U The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the judicial branch of the government of the United States, and presides over the U Thomas Phillip "Tip" O'Neill Jr ( December 9, 1912 &ndash January 5, 1994) was an American politician. Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger ( German ˌaɐnɔlt aloʏs ˈʃvaɐtsənɛɡɐ born July 30 1947 is an Austrian American Bodybuilder, Actor Paul Martin Simon ( November 29, 1928 &ndash December 9, 2003) was an American politician from Illinois. Alan Kooi Simpson (born September 2, 1931, in Denver Colorado, U Frederic W Barnes is an American Propagandist, Author, and conservative Political commentator. Eleanor Clift (born 7 July 1940 is a American liberal news editor Columnist, Political commentator, pundit, reporter and Author. Bernard Kalb (born February 4, 1922) is a veteran journalist media critic and author Larry King (born November 19, 1933) is an American television/radio host Michael Kinsley (born March 9, 1951 in Detroit Michigan) is an American political Journalist, commentator Television host and pundit Morton M Kondracke (born April 28, 1939) is an American political commentator and Journalist. James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (born April 28 1950 is an Emmy Award -winning American Stand-up comedian and Television host Christopher Matthews (born December 17 1945) is an American News anchor and Political commentator, known for his nightly hour-long John McLaughlin (born March 29 1927) is an American television personality and political commentator Robert David Sanders "Bob" Novak (born February 26, 1931) is a Conservative American political commentator syndicated columnist and journalist for the New Zealand politician see Richard Reeves (New Zealand Richard Reeves is a writer Syndicated columnist and lecturer at the Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born November 25 1944) is an American attorney political figure and Entertainment personality who in his early career William Oliver Stone (born 15 September) is an American Film director and Screenwriter. Kathleen Sullivan (born May 17, 1953 in Pasadena California) is an Emmy Award -Winning American Television Journalist. Jeff Tackett (born December 1, 1965) was a backup catcher for the Baltimore Orioles from 1991-1994 Helen Thomas (born August 4, 1920) is an American News service reporter a Hearst Newspapers Columnist, and member of the Nina Totenberg (born January 14, 1944) is the legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR Sander Vanocur, born January 8 1928 in Cleveland Ohio, is an American Journalist. John Yang (born February 10, 1958) is an American Peabody Award -winning television News correspondent, Commentator Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. The McLaughlin Group is a syndicated half-hour weekly public affairs Television program in the United States, where a group of five pundits The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as appropriate --> The Tonight Show is a long-running Larry King Live is an American talk show hosted by Larry King on CNN. William Oliver Stone (born 15 September) is an American Film director and Screenwriter. Stone, in a self-parody, describes a conspiracy theory that turns out to accurately reflect the developments unfolding in the movie (see plot description above). A conspiracy theory attributes the ultimate cause of an event or chain of events (usually Political, Social or Historical events or the concealment

Political party ambiguous

The film is purposely oblique as to the matter of which political party President Mitchell is a member. However, the "television interviews" given by various Senators towards the end of the film seem to indicate that Mitchell is a Republican. This can be seen most clearly when Senator Simpson refers to having the responsibility of "carrying the water" (political jargon meaning "acting in support") for the President. Further, Ben Stein, well known as a Republican, is shown as a guest at Bob Alexander's home in one scene.

However, at one point, Senator Paul Simon refers to Dave's new proposals as similar to the ones he made when running for president "four years ago". Sen. Simon ran for president in 1988, which would mean the time frame of the story is circa 1992-3. (This is supported by a commentator referring to the "new Bill Mitchell administration". ) In 1993, the newly elected president was Bill Clinton, a Democrat. This article refers to a political Epithet; for information about the U

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