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From 'Primary Colors' to 'Another Woman'
Movies tell tales of presidents and first ladies, and other assorted relationships.
By STEVE PERSALL
© St. Petersburg Times,
published October 11, 2001
[Photo: AP]
Bill and Hillary Clinton celebrate their 26th wedding anniversary today.
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Today marks the 26th wedding anniversary of former President Bill Clinton and New York Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. And Matt Drudge said it would never last.
No telling how the couple plans to celebrate. Perhaps something athletic, like whitewater rafting. Perhaps a quiet evening at home, curled up with a few good video selections. Any resemblance between characters in these movies to persons living, dead or barred from arguing cases before the U.S. Supreme Court is hardly coincidental:
Primary Colors -- Adulterous U.S. president (John Travolta) faces re-election and a steely first lady (Emma Thompson). Based on the anonymous bestselling novel later credited to White House journalist Joe Klein.
Dave -- Adulterous U.S. president suffers a stroke during a tryst, forcing his aides to hire a look-alike (both played by Kevin Kline) to make it through a re-election campaign.
The War of the Roses -- Divorce brings out the worst in a husband and wife (Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner), each trying to gain custody of their big, white house.
Indiscreet -- Ingrid Bergman plays a loser at love until dashing Cary Grant walks into the room with a secret: He's married. Elegant screwball comedy from director Stanley Donen.
Strange Bedfellows -- Politics make them, and so do Rock Hudson and Gina Lollobrigida as a couple who can't stay unromantic long enough to finalize their divorce.
Irreconcilable Differences -- Upwardly mobile marrieds (Ryan O'Neal, Shelley Long) plan to get divorced, but their precocious daughter (Drew Barrymore) files for legal proceedings of her own.
Unfaithfully Yours -- Orchestra conductor plots to murder his wife, whom he believes is having an affair. Take your pick between the urbane 1948 version (Rex Harrison, Linda Darnell) or the sillier 1984 remake with Dudley Moore and Nastassja Kinski.
Another Woman -- A leftover from Woody Allen's serious phase, starring Gena Rowlands as an isolated author eavesdropping on the psychiatrist next door.
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