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The Hunting of the President is a 2004 English language documentary film about Bill Clinton. Clinton and his wife Hillary Clinton appear in archived footage. The film is based on the book The Hunting of the President: The Ten Year Campaign to Destroy Bill and Hillary Clinton, written by investigative journalists Joe Conason and Gene Lyons, and published by Thomas Dunne Books in 2000. Narrated by Morgan Freeman, the film premiered at the 2004 Sundance Film Festival. The book and movie explore Clinton friends Jim and Susan McDougal, former Associate Attorney General Webster Hubbell, and Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker. Interviewed for the book and movie, Susan McDougal discusses legal threats from the independent 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.
Original Release
06/18/2004
US Release
06/18/2004
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Morgan Freeman | Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
Jonathan Alter | Self - Investigative Reporter, Newsweek |
Steve Barnes | Self - Political Reporter |
Paul Begala | Self - Democratic Political Strategist |
Richard Ben-Veniste | Self - Former U.S. Attorney |
Carl Bernstein | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Sidney Blumenthal | Self - Author, The Clinton Wars |
Max Brantley | Self - Editor-in-Chief, Arkansas Times |
David Brock | Self - Former Investigative Reporter, The American Spectator |
Dale Bumpers | Self - Senator, Arkansas / Self - Senator, Arkansas (archive footage) |
Directors
Harry Thomason, Nickolas Perry
Writers
Joe Conason, Gene Lyons, Harry Thomason, Nickolas Perry
Cast
Name | Character |
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Morgan Freeman | Narrator / Narrator (voice) |
Jonathan Alter | Self - Investigative Reporter, Newsweek |
Steve Barnes | Self - Political Reporter |
Paul Begala | Self - Democratic Political Strategist |
Richard Ben-Veniste | Self - Former U.S. Attorney |
Carl Bernstein | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Sidney Blumenthal | Self - Author, The Clinton Wars |
Max Brantley | Self - Editor-in-Chief, Arkansas Times |
David Brock | Self - Former Investigative Reporter, The American Spectator |
Dale Bumpers | Self - Senator, Arkansas / Self - Senator, Arkansas (archive footage) |
Joe Cammerata | Self - Paula Jones Attorney |
John Camp | Self - Investigative Reporter, CNN |
Susan Carpenter-McMillan | Self - Paula Jones' Advisor / Self - Paula Jones' Advisor (archive footage) |
James Carville | Self - Democratic Political Strategist |
Larry Case | Self - Private Investigator |
Paula Casey | Self - Former U.S. Attorney |
Bill Clinton | Self / Self (archive footage) |
Hillary Clinton | Self / Self (archive footage) (as Hillary Rodham Clinton) |
George Conway | Self - Paula Jones Adviser / Self - Paula Jones Adviser (archive footage) |
Andrew Cooper | Self - Reporter, The Dominion |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Joe Conason | Producer |
Adrienne Crow | Producer |
Amy Greenspun | Producer |
Ben Harrell | Producer |
Douglas Jackson | Producer |
Kyle Minor | Producer |
Chad O'Conner | Producer |
Keith Sky | Producer |
Dana Stoltzner | Producer |