I stood in the middle of the Oval Office and made it clear that he who doesn't take the GDC seriously does so at his peril. [Right before their first kiss in the White House China Room]. : That's not what I mean. President Andrew Shepherd: Lucy: President Andrew Shepherd I will not do it playing pool, I will not do it in a school. Sydney Ellen Wade: President Andrew Shepherd: : No, it's my fault. Let me see if I got this. Well then, congratulations. Lewis Rothschild: President Andrew Shepherd: Send her in, please. Sydney Ellen Wade: I'm having lunch at the Kremlin, so we'll have to, you know, start even earlier than that. Because if I wasn't, you'd be the most popular history teacher at the University of Wisconsin! That's my current plan, yes. Bob Rumson's gotta be drooling over this! She's wonderful. : : [continuing to Robin and Leon] Sydney Ellen Wade : Leo's secretary: Should I call you at the office tomorrow? Lewis Rothschild: How can you keep quiet? You just lost my vote! [in his bedroom] He's an above-average dancer. : But the more important question is, why aren't you, Bob? And in this country it is not only permissible to question our leaders, it's our responsibility! Yes, The American President does apply to everything in life. : Should I call you at the office tomorrow? So he had some staff flunky send me a fruit basket. : It's marked perishable. President Andrew Shepherd: [to AJ] You fight the fights that need fighting! It's White House Resolution 455, an energy bill requiring a 20 percent reduction of the emission of fossil fuels over the next ten years. President Andrew Shepherd: [in the Oval Office] My name is Bob Rumson, and I'm running for President! You ever been to Camp David? President Andrew Shepherd: I will. The... China Room. Well, we had a state dinner for the prime minister of Japan, who died shortly thereafter, so we stopped having them just in case. She didn't say anything about me? Lewis Rothschild: I'm a citizen, this is my President. A few. Lucy Shepherd: I hired your reputation, Sydney. He's brilliant, funny, handsome. Your boss is the chief executive of Fantasyland! President Andrew Shepherd: : [in the Oval Office] [in his bedroom] It's *incredibly* unfair. Well, I'm no expert, but I think we did it pretty good this time. Well then, congratulations. Leon Kodak: You have to give me that. President Andrew Shepherd: A.J. This isn't a state of mind. You've said it yourself a million times. Oh. No, he told me to tell you he's on the phone with his dentist. He wants you to think he's a regular guy. [in Beth's apartment] If Mary hadn't died, would we have won three years ago? : [in the Oval Office] So let's start early tomorrow morning, say 7:30? Apparently he went through several drafts. What was the title of Martin Sheen's character? Showing all 33 items. He is the fourth GDC member to lead the organization. I will. : Even the set of the Oval Office in The American President was later used in The West Wing. : President Andrew Shepherd: He's going about doing his job... because he has no idea, in about an hour he's going to die in a massive explosion. President Andrew Shepherd: Do you do this often? Yeah, well, lately I seem to be going out on a lot of first dates. I shouldn't have called you at home. Sydney Ellen Wade : Sex and nervousness. Oh. Sydney Ellen Wade: President Andrew Shepherd And then you walked out the wrong door. Back to "The American President": the GDC didn't have to decide what to do about its threat. | My name is Andrew Shepherd, and I *am* the President. . You know, because I've been blaming it on my mother and my ex-husband and, well, that doesn't seem to be working. The General Dental Council (GDC) is an organisation which regulates dental professionals in the United Kingdom. President Andrew Shepherd: I want to buy her some flowers. President Andrew Shepherd: Sydney Ellen Wade: Do you think there will ever be a time when you can stand in a room with me and not think of me as the President? "Nice shot, Mr. President"? : What we do The General Dental Council (GDC) is the UK-wide statutory regulator of the dental team. President Andrew Shepherd: Oh, here we go. Janie: And yes, I have gotten off to a rocky and somewhat stilted beginning, but don't let that diminish the weight of my message. My Dad told me to tell you that he's on the phone with his dentist, and that I should behave myself and entertain you until he gets back. It's personal. [last lines, walking with each other before delivering his State of the Union address]. Robin McCall: Other ico-D presidents from Canada include Walter Junkind (1974-77), Jorge Frascara (1985-87), and Robert L. Peters (2001-03). Sydney Ellen Wade I've loved two women in my life. : GDC Technics services Barack Obama’s jet as a contract for Boeing, according to the US Air Force. Sydney Ellen Wade | Sex and nervousness. Sydney Ellen Wade: : Sydney, seldom does a day go by where I am not burned in effigy. Are you under the impression I'm mad at you? The name is Andy. Yeah, well, that class wasn't about what I thought it was about. The GDC has been at every president for the last decade and a half that global warming is a calamity the effects of which will be second only to nuclear war. The American President is a 1995 romantic drama directed by Rob Reiner (in his first film after the infamous North) and written by Aaron Sorkin, starring Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Michael J. [while walking to the Oval Office] Release Dates You can't do that, Sydney. [Sydney and President D'Astier were conversing in French during the state dinner]. Yes. Beth Wade: No, sir, but I will if you don't start taking your head out of your ass. President Andrew Shepherd: A.J. [in Beth's apartment] More beheadings at the White House! Mr. President, you got bigger problems than losing me. How much do you make? I hope so. [in her office] Sydney Ellen Wade A.J. : No, this isn't Richard, this is Andrew Shepherd. So, how are we doing? Connections Yes. ... GDC(global defense council) Environmental Lobbyist. Hello? Sydney Ellen Wade Well, I was wrong. A. J. MacInerney: The best scientists in the world have given you every reason to take the GDC seriously, but I'm going to give you one more. President Andrew Shepherd: Sydney Ellen Wade: Douglas, does the NRA have videotapes of you playing golf with Satan? And I want to know what it says to you that in the past seven weeks, 59% of Americans have begun to question your patriotism. Send her in, please. Lewis Rothschild: Leo's secretary: [in the President's limo] : Is she the First Mistress? Sydney Ellen Wade Sydney Ellen Wade: I'm in love with you. Well, I - I think that um, that I - I have a lot of pent-up hostility... Sydney Ellen Wade President Andrew Shepherd: Leon Kodak: Then hit yourself over the head with a baseball bat, would you please? Sydney Ellen Wade [over the phone] Oh, by the way, nice shoes. Susan Sloan: Lewis, it is five a.m. You have got to get yourself a life, man. Question by author saxman4. : Leon Kodak: Six lessons. : President Andrew Shepherd Long pause]. I hired your reputation, Sydney. How can you keep quiet? The delays caused by GDC also threatened to jeopardize work that is of very high importance to the U.S. Air Force and the president of the United States. I was showing off for a colleague who doesn't think very much of me. Oh! And wave an old photo of the President's girlfriend and you scream about patriotism and you tell them, she's to blame for their lot in life, and you go on television and you call her a whore. At least let the agents do a security sweep. I have one concern. President Andrew Shepherd: The 10:15 event has been moved inside to the Indian Treaty Room. Sydney Ellen Wade: You think there's a florist in there planning an assassination on the the off-chance that I might be stopping by? President Andrew Shepherd: The media is often called the 4th branch of government because it has so much power in lawmaking. Oh, so you've got experience with this kind of thing. Lucy Shepherd: Listen, I feel terrible about this, but I'm going to have to cancel our date tonight. Trivia We lost Jarrett. You gather a group of middle-aged, middle-class, middle-income voters who remember with longing an easier time, and you talk to them about family and American values and character. More beheadings at the White House! Sydney Ellen Wade: President Andrew Shepherd: Lucy Shepherd: Sydney Ellen Wade Sydney Ellen Wade : Leo Solomon: And then you walked out the wrong door. Official Sites Sydney Ellen Wade: It's meant to commemorate the birthday of the nation's first president… Well, who's he on the phone with? Another woman? President Andrew Shepherd: Leo Solomon: I think it's important you remember that's a political distinction that comes with the office. And I know what a big step that was for you. Here's my plan. And do you know why? Sydney Ellen Wade (Benning), a top-tier professional political operative, is the GDC's new white knight. President Andrew Shepherd: If you don't live up to the deal you just made, come New Hampshire we're going to go shopping for a new candidate. He had to go and attack Libya. President Andrew Shepherd: [sarcastically, jokingly] They're giving you a 200-pound halibut. But it's not always going to be that way, and the reason I know that is there was a moment last night when you were with ME, not the President. How'd you finally do it? Well, first of all, the two hundred pairs of eyes aren't focused on me. Sure, I used to go there all the time, but then they changed chefs. [to the President] Where in the White House? Well, it turns out I've got a rose garden. President Andrew Shepherd President Andrew Shepherd: : : We have serious problems to solve, and we need serious people to solve them. Do you see it as part of your job to torture me? Beth Wade How'd you finally do it? [Lewis calls the President early in the morning] [feeling the bed] Last night when we were looking at those place settings in the Dish Room, I realized those place settings were provided by the first ladies. [singing giddily that an aide has found a compromising photo of Sydney] Well, I tell you what, let's make it the issue. Do what? [Watching Rumson on television with Andrew]. [in his bedroom] Sorry to keep you waiting. If the media doesn't like the president, bills won't get passed If they do, they will get passed. President Andrew Shepherd: Leon, somewhere in Libya right now, a janitor's working the night shift at Libyan Intelligence Headquarters. Leo's secretary Dig it, Miss Wade... you're the President's girlfriend! Uh, I can't. Sydney Ellen Wade Johnathan Strebly, GDC national Past-President, was elected ico-D President in December. I regrouped. I don't know how you do it. I feel a nightmare coming on... Robin McCall: stands by that pocket]. You wanna... have a doughnut? Lucy: It's Andrew Shepherd! : Robin McCall: The best scientists in the world have given you every reason to take the GDC seriously, but I'm going to give you one more. Sydney Ellen Wade It's a whole new ballgame. [to AJ] Sydney Ellen Wade: [while playing pool] When she called? Sydney, seldom does a day go by where I am not burned in effigy. Oh. He's just going about his job, because he has no idea that about an hour ago I gave an order to have him killed. Nah, I'll grant you that. Well, we had a state dinner for the prime minister of Japan, who died shortly thereafter, so we stopped having them just in case. [Lucy is putting on his bow tie] Do you see it as part of your job to torture me? He is interested in two things and two things only: making you afraid of it and telling you who's to blame for it. America is advanced citizenship. President Andrew Shepherd: You have to give me that. : A. J. MacInerney: President Andrew Shepherd Now, this is an organization whose sole purpose is to defend the Bill of Rights, so it naturally begs the question: Why would a senator, his party's most powerful spokesman and a candidate for President, choose to reject upholding the Constitution? : A. J. MacInerney: Mood swings? Bob's problem is that he can't sell it! Perhaps I didn't properly explain the fundamentals of the slowdown plan. Sir, I'm a little intimidated by my surroundings. Technical Specs, [with dread as she realizes that she was in fact speaking with the president on the phone], [referring to her damaging her career if she has a romantic relationship with the President]. : I will. I know, we gotta rewrite the State of the Union. Sydney Ellen Wade: Sydney Ellen Wade Okay, listen- It took him ten minutes to write the card? [in the White House Press Room] President Andrew Shepherd: We didn't have anything to eat, but I thought there was a connection. The White House has sent me something perishable? Mr. President, you got bigger problems than losing me. That's my private office. President Andrew Shepherd President Andrew Shepherd: I regrouped. If you were a dork, you should say you're sorry. How do you have patience for people who claim they love America, but clearly can't stand Americans? They're focused on you. I mean, if, uh, Eisenhower were here instead of me, he'd be dead by now... and number three... Sydney Ellen Wade Sydney Ellen Wade: And when I'm in a room with you, oval or any other shape, I'm always gonna be a lobbyist, and you're always gonna be the President. What is the movie trying to convey through the imagery at the opening? [in Beth's apartment] No, I just said we're sitting in this beautiful room, listening to the music of this wonderful orchestra, and I wondered why nobody was dancing. President Andrew Shepherd: Beth Wade: : I consider them a threat to national security, and I will go door to door if I have to, but I'm gonna convince Americans that I'm right, and I'm gonna get the guns. Yeah. President Andrew Shepherd He dumped a whole section. The "Sydney issue"? ; Who we are Find out more about the committees and boards that have been created to support the General Dental Council. [in his bedroom] : President Andrew Shepherd Of course, Mister President. I don't want you to get me a girl, A.J.! And the answers are Sydney Ellen Wade, and because she said yes. You just lost my vote! : The GDC has been at every president for the last decade and a half that global warming is a calamity the effects of which will be second only to nuclear war. Of course, Mister President. The numbers are gonna go back up. 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