A President to Remember: In the Company of John F. Kennedy (2008)

10.0/10 • 90 min • Documentary

Overview

Bringing to life an American President who was widely respected by his countrymen and celebrated around the world. Composed from four break through films by Robert Drew, each an unprecedented record in candid photography of a phase of John F. Kennedy’s political life. Kennedy is seen in close up from young Senator campaigning for the Presidency, to an ebullient new President moving into the White House, to a burdened President trying to solve grave problems in the Oval Office. The shock of his death is seen through the faces of his compatriots. Now these four films are edited together with other footage of the time. This film is an intimate history of how one American President struggled to bring wisdom and honor to the office of the Presidency.

Cast

Alec Baldwin

Narrator (voice)

Jacqueline Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy

Self (archive footage)

Recommendations

Directed by John Ford
Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction
S4: The Bob Lazar Story
Becoming
I Am Heath Ledger
Audrey
Sidney
As I Was Moving Ahead Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
My Mom Jayne
I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale
Seduced and Abandoned
Love, Antosha
Val
Cameraperson
Pamela, A Love Story
JFK Revisited: Through the Looking Glass
Come See Me in the Good Light
The Class of ‘92
Drew: The Man Behind the Poster
Bright Lights: Starring Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds