Continuity mistake: When the President comes home, right before Sydney tells him that he lost her vote, he is walking up the stairs and unbuttoning his jacket. However, in the next shot, he goes to kiss his daughter, and his jacket is buttoned again.
The American President (1995)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Rob Reiner
Starring: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Michael J. Fox, Martin Sheen
The President makes a speech defending himself. He submits the environment bill and throws out the crime bill. Sydney comes back to the White House just as the president is going to go and find her, they end up together and he regains his popularity at the polls.
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More mistakes in The American President
President Andrew Shepherd: You have concerns?
Sydney Ellen Wade: Yes. Not many. A few. One. I have one concern.
President Andrew Shepherd: This wouldn't have to do with the fact that one of us is president?
Question: I have a question about the scene where Sidney receives the ham from the President. At the theatre I believe someone read the note aloud, but my video cut that part. Does anyone know what the note said?
Answer: You are correct; in early versions of the movie, Leo reads the note out loud but has been cut from other versions.
Answer: Sydney mouths the words to the note and laughs, but she doesn't say the words outloud.
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