Dave 1993

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 105 min

genre: political

director: Ivan Reitman

Score: 6 / 10

Dave is a 1993 American political comedy film directed by Ivan Reitman, written by Gary Ross, and starring Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver. Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Laura Linney, Ving Rhames, Charles Grodin, and Ben Kingsley appear in supporting roles. Kline plays a dual role: a presidential lookalike is hired by the Secret Service to be a stand-in for the U.S. president, but the stand-in becomes stuck in the role indefinitely after the president suffers a major stroke that his corrupt White House Chief of Staff (Langella) wants to keep secret from the First Lady (Weaver) and the general public. Dave was a box office success, and was met with critical acclaim.

Plot

Dave Kovic runs a temporary employment agency in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., and, as a side job, capitalizes on his remarkable resemblance to President Bill Mitchell by comically impersonating him at events. Secret Service agent Duane Stevenson recruits him to impersonate Mitchell after a speech, ostensibly as a security precaution, but actually to allow Mitchell to meet Randi, a White House staffer with whom he is having an affair.

Cast

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author	Gary Ross
contentLocation	Washington, D.C.
director	Ivan Reitman
editor	Sheldon Kahn
genre	comedy political satire
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musicBy	James Newton Howard
nomination	Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
producer	Lauren Shuler Donner
productionCompany	Ivan Reitman The Donners' Company
publisher	Warner Bros.