Movie Nights With The Reagans: A Memoir
- Author: Mark Weinberg
- Narrator: George Newbern
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster
- Duration: 6:28:59
Synopsis
The former special advisor and press secretary to President Ronald Reagan shares a “sentimental but often revealing…enjoyable walk down Memory Lane” (Kirkus Reviews)—told through the movies he watched with the Reagans every week at Camp David.
Over the course of eight years, Mark Weinberg travelled to Camp David with Ronald and Nancy Reagan as they screened movies on Friday and Saturday nights. They watched movies in times of triumph, such as the aftermath of Reagan’s 1984 landslide, and after moments of tragedy, such as the explosion of the Challenger and the shooting of the President and Press Secretary Jim Brady.
Weinberg’s unparalleled access offers a rare glimpse of the Reagans—unscripted, relaxed, unburdened by the world, with no cameras in sight. Each chapter discusses a legendary film, what the Reagans thought of it, and provides warm anecdotes and untold stories about his family and the administration. From Reagan’s pranks on the Secret Service to his thoughts on the parallels between Hollywood and Washington, Weinberg paints a full picture of the president The New Yorker once famously dubbed “The Unknowable.”
A “meander through a simpler time capturing a different time and a different president” (USA TODAY), Movie Nights with the Reagans is a nostalgic journey through the 1980s and its most iconic films, seen through the eyes of one of Hollywood’s former stars: one who was simultaneously transforming the Republican Party, the American economy, and the course of the Cold War. “For those equally enthused about movies and the fortieth president, this book will serve as a welcome change from today’s political climate” (Publishers Weekly).
Chapters
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MovieNightsWithTheReagans 01 Open
Duration: 40s -
MovieNightsWithTheReagans 02 Introduction
Duration: 22min -
MovieNightsWithTheReagans 03 Ch01
Duration: 19min -
MovieNightsWithTheReagans 04 Ch02
Duration: 21min -
MovieNightsWithTheReagans 05 Ch03
Duration: 20min -
MovieNightsWithTheReagans 06 Ch04
Duration: 19min -
MovieNightsWithTheReagans 07 Ch05
Duration: 20min -
MovieNightsWithTheReagans 08 Ch06
Duration: 24min -
MovieNightsWithTheReagans 09 Ch07
Duration: 18min -
MovieNightsWithTheReagans 10 Ch08
Duration: 27min -
MovieNightsWithTheReagans 11 Ch09
Duration: 19min -
MovieNightsWithTheReagans 12 Ch10
Duration: 16min -
MovieNightsWithTheReagans 13 Ch11
Duration: 22min -
MovieNightsWithTheReagans 14 Ch12
Duration: 31min -
MovieNightsWithTheReagans 15 Ch13
Duration: 23min -
MovieNightsWithTheReagans 16 Ch14
Duration: 18min -
MovieNightsWithTheReagans 17 Ch15
Duration: 19min -
MovieNightsWithTheReagans 18 Ch16
Duration: 17min -
MovieNightsWithTheReagans 19 Ch17
Duration: 16min -
MovieNightsWithTheReagans 20 Epilogue
Duration: 07min