Over the years, films about real-life American presidents from Andrew Jackson to Richard Nixon to Bill Clinton (whether fictionalized or not) have garnered a total of 36 Oscar nominations and seven wins. That count is essentially certain to grow come early 2013, when Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" is all but assured to get a bunch of noms (while another presidential pic, Roger Michell's Fdr-centered "Hyde Park on Hudson," has an outside shot at a couple nods as well). Read More: 2013 Oscar Predictions In honor of the former's wide release this weekend (after a massive limited debut last weekend), Indiewire is running down a basic history of presdential movies at the Oscars. Though a couple of the films indeed fictionalize real-life presidents, only films depicting actual historical figures are included (sorry "Dave" and "The American President"). There are also no TV projects here, despite plenty of quality options...
- 11/14/2012
- by Peter Knegt
- Indiewire
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