The American President

November. 17,1995      PG-13
Rating:
6.8
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Michael Douglas as  Andrew Shepherd
Annette Bening as  Sydney Ellen Wade
Martin Sheen as  A.J. MacInerney
Michael J. Fox as  Lewis Rothschild
Anna Deavere Smith as  Robin McCall
Samantha Mathis as  Janie Basdin
Shawna Waldron as  Lucy Shepherd
David Paymer as  Leon Kodak
Anne Haney as  Mrs. Chapil
Richard Dreyfuss as  Senator Rumson

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