Movie nights with the Reagans : a memoir / Mark Weinberg.

"Former special advisor and press secretary to President Ronald Reagan shares an intimate, behind-the-scenes look inside the Reagan presidency--told through the movies they watched together during weekends at Camp David. Over the course of eight years, Mark Weinberg travelled to the legendary presid...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weinberg, Mark (Communications consultant) (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York ; London ; Toronto ; Sydney ; New Delhi : Simon & Schuster, 2018.
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Reagan, Ronald.
Reagan, Nancy, > 1921-2016.
Presidents > United States.
Presidents > Recreation > United States.
Presidents' spouses > United States.
Motion pictures > Miscellanea.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Presidents & Heads of State.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism.
Motion pictures.
Presidents.
Presidents > Recreation.
Presidents' spouses.
United States.
Biographies.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Genre:
Miscellanea.
Biographies.
Trivia and miscellanea.
Physical Description:xxiv, 261 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits ; 23 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction. Nancy Reagan's last good-bye
  • 9 to 5: the film that made the Reagans angry and propelled a First Lady's crusade
  • Oh, God! Book II: the film that starred one of the Reagans' dearest Hollywood friends, who modeled how to joke about old age
  • Raiders of the Lost Ark: the film that revealed the President's greatest Hollywood regret
  • On Golden Pond: the film that hit close to home
  • Chariots of Fire: the film that inspired a President
  • E.T. the Extra-terrestrial: the film that made the Reagans cry
  • Return of the Jedi and Wargames: the films that stirred the President's imagination
  • Curse of the Pink Panther: the film that revealed Reagan's biggest disappointment
  • A golden oldie--Bedtime for Bonzo: the film that helped define a career
  • Ghostbusters: the film that energized the 1984 campaign
  • Back to the Future: the film that left us speechless
  • Anti-communist films--Rocky IV, Reds, and Red Dawn: the films that set the tone for an era
  • Top Gun: the film that became a touchstone for the Reagan years
  • Knute Rockne All-American: the film that created a political legend
  • The Untouchables: the film that echoed one of Reagan's lifelong missions
  • Ferris Bueller's Day Off: the film that reminded the Reagans of yesterday
  • Hellcats of the Navy: the film they starred in together.