Advise and Consent

WuWei · 2018-06-09T21:29:05.641Z

Any of you guys see this 1962 film about the confirmation process for SECSTATE?

Henry Fonda and a bunch of other big names.

Great film about corruption in CENTGOV.

WuWei · 2018-06-09T21:31:29.441Z

A lot of collusion and legacy preservation. Amazing film.

WuWei · 2018-06-09T21:53:10.905Z

Homosexuality in the military is brought in to the plot.

Martin Luther King was offered a role as a Senator even though there weren’t any black sitting Senators at the time

Charles Laughton played Strom Thurmond.

Demon · 2018-06-09T22:00:53.841Z

Just got done watching it. Great movie.

GrandWazoo · 2018-06-09T22:01:06.612Z

Old Otto directed some great flicks. Another good one that was made two years later is Seven Days In May.

GrandWazoo · 2018-06-09T22:04:03.930Z

WuWei:

Martin Luther King was offered a role as a Senator even though there weren’t any black sitting Senators at the time

Did you get that from the trivia page at IMDB.COM? It is an interesting fact.

WuWei · 2018-06-09T22:06:52.570Z

It was on the TCM wrap up after the movie.

GrandWazoo · 2018-06-09T22:08:55.327Z

WuWei:

It was on the TCM wrap up after the movie.

Kewl. It was also Betty White’s first film.

WildRose · 2018-06-10T05:06:12.550Z

Long ago, very good movie. I wish we still had TCM here.

Thirstyboots · 2018-06-10T05:11:57.757Z

I’ll have to check it out! Thanks for the recommendation…

WuWei · 2018-06-10T12:06:37.447Z

That I did not know.

GrandWazoo · 2018-06-10T15:07:51.851Z

Here is the link to the trivia page for the movie at IMDB.com

IMDb

Advise & Consent (1962) - IMDb

Advise & Consent (1962) Trivia on IMDb: Cameos, Mistakes, Spoilers and more...

Don’t know if you visit the site, but it is my go-to for all things movie and television.

WuWei · 2018-06-10T15:34:26.142Z

Thank you.

BigBear · 2018-06-10T15:51:20.241Z

WuWei:

Any of you guys see this 1962 film about the confirmation process for SECSTATE?

Henry Fonda and a bunch of other big names.

Great film about corruption in CENTGOV.

Wow, never heard of it, gets a 7.8 viewer rating on iMDB.com, which is very high. Thanks, I will definitely find and watch. I liked the movie quote from this first paragraph from the New York Times review (link via imdb):

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"TOWARD the end of the sassy, stinging, picture that Otto Preminger has made out of Allen Drury’s best-selling novel about Washington, “Advise and Consent,” the majority leader of the United States Senate snaps at one of his Senate confreres who has pulled a vicious trick on the pretext of being patriotic, “Fortunately, this country is able to survive patriots like you.”
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So thanks for the tip, and here’s to hoping that’s still the case.

WuWei · 2018-06-10T16:12:52.474Z

Yes, that was a great line.