The American President(1995)
Why can't the most powerful man in the world have the one thing he wants most?
Widowed U.S. president Andrew Shepherd, one of the world's most powerful men, can have anything he wants -- and what he covets most is Sydney Ellen Wade, a Washington lobbyist. But Shepherd's attempts at courting her spark wild rumors and decimate his approval ratings.
Movie: The American President
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Andrew Shepherd
Sydney Ellen Wade
A.J. MacInerney
Lewis Rothschild
Robin McCall
Janie Basdin
Lucy Shepherd
Leon Kodak
Mrs. Chapil
Senator Rumson
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