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6.6A sweet-natured Temp Agency operator and amateur Presidential look-alike is recruited by the Secret Service to become a temporary stand-in for the President of the United States.
Released: 1993-05-07110 minDir: Ivan ReitmanComedyBudget: $28.0MBox office: $92.0M
Cast
- Kevin Kline as Dave Kovic / Bill Mitchell
- Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Mitchell
- Frank Langella as Bob Alexander
- Kevin Dunn as Alan Reed
- Ving Rhames as Duane Stevenson
- Ben Kingsley as Vice-President Nance
Themes
- coma
- usa president
- the white house
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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 released by Warner Bros. on May 7, 1993, and was a box office success by grossing $92 million against a $28 million budget, and was met with critical acclaim.
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1990s political comedy films1993 American films1993 comedy films1993 English-language films1993 filmsAmerican political comedy filmsAmerican political satire filmsEnglish-language political comedy filmsFilms about fictional presidents of the United StatesFilms about lookalikesFilms directed by Ivan ReitmanFilms produced by Ivan Reitman