Advise & Consent
An adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Allen Drury, a conservative journalist with deep knowledge of Washington’s inner workings, who turned to writing political thrillers in the 1950s. Advise and Consent became the best-selling book of 1960, with fans ranging from John F. Kennedy to Richard Nixon.
As a gravely ill president (Franchot Tone) from an unnamed political party nominates Robert Leffingwell (Henry Fonda — who played a strikingly similar role that same year in The Best Man, featured in the Politics on Screen section at the 15th AFF) to be secretary of state, the Senate — tasked with offering “advice and consent” — must decide whether to confirm or reject the nomination. But is Leffingwell truly the best candidate to lead American diplomacy? And can a president, even in the name of national interest, act unethically?
Fun fact: both Martin Luther King Jr. and Richard Nixon were invited to appear in the film. They declined — but we do get Betty White, who plays a sharp, fearless senator with scene-stealing flair.
before the screening on 8.11 intro by Podkast amerykański hosts
in Polish only
Otto Preminger
Otto Preminger was an American director of Austrian descent who first gained acclaim as a theater director in Vienna before the outbreak of World War II. He emigrated to the United States in the mid-1930s, where he went on to direct more than 30 films over the following decades, many of which are now considered classics. A three-time Academy Award nominee, twice for Best Director and once for Best Picture, Preminger is also known for his memorable cameos in his own films and in works by fellow filmmakers like Billy Wilder.
Selected filmography
1944 Laura
1955 Złotoręki / The Man with the Golden Arm
1959 Anatomia morderstwa / Anatomy of a Murder
1962 Burza nad Waszyngtonem / Advise & Consent
1965 Bunny Lake zaginęła / Bunny Lake is Missing
Cast & Crew
