Director: Mel Stuart
Cast: Martin Gabel, Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Barry Goldwater,
Plot: Acclaimed producer David L. Wolper presents this landmark documentary (based on Theodore H. White's best-selling book) that analyzes Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson's landslide victory over Republican Barry Goldwater in the 1964 presidential election.
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DVD Review: The Making of the President: The 1960s
In the 1960s several factors came together to change the way American politics was both played and perceived, and the journalist Theodore H. White played an important role in the second part of that equation. With his Pulitzer Prize-winning book […]