5. George Wallace 1997-Gary Sinise deservedly won an Emmy for his portrayal of the notorious Alabama governor during the Civil Rights movement. The film shows how, after a lost election, Wallace gives up his soul-as well as the respect of his mentor, Jim Folsom (Joe Don Baker)-in order to win the governorship. Features a young (and steamy) Angelina Jolie as Wallace’s second wife, Cornelia.

4. Election- This 1999 film about a student body president election, between an obnoxious overachiever Tracy Flick (Reese Witherspoon, in a star-making role), a dim witted jock and the jock’s lesbian sister, is a wicked satire about elections in general. Tracy is definitely a piece of work: her perfect smile and over-cheerfulness masks a ruthless, win-at-all costs mentality and a temper as ferocious as a pit bull.

With the looming election and current financial crisis, the time is right to view 5 classics that deal, in various ways, with political paranoia.

5. Wag the Dog (1997) When the President is caught molesting a girl scout less than two weeks before the election, his spinmaster (Robert De Niro) creates a phony war with the help of a famed Hollywood producer (Dustin Hoffman). This film is quite funny, yet also infuriating in showing how politics and the media working in tandem can so easily beguile the public. Hoffman’s performance is outstanding and steals the movie.

4. JFK (1991) This movie is full throttle Oliver Stone, with all the subtlety of a wrecking ball. However, his theory/re-creation of that fateful day in Dallas is still outstanding, absorbing filmmaking, whether you agree with the arguments made or not.

Greetings from Cannes, home of the world famous film festival every May and the not nearly as famous MIPTV & MIPCOM markets every April & October. It's great to get away to the south of France for a week - in theory. The reality is 50-something meetings crammed into four days in a stuffy convention center that, for all intents and purposes, could be located just about anywhere in the world. However, that's not the reason for the title of my post. Why then am I mentioning the lack of glamour in our business? Read on my friends..

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