Dick - DVD

The mystery of the 18-minute-gap in Richard Nixon's White House tapes -- and how it connects to the previously undocumented involvement of two teenage girls in the Watergate scandal -- is the subject of this political comedy. Betsy Jobs (Kirsten Dunst) and Arlene Lorenzo (Michelle Williams) are high school students and best friends living in Washington D.C. in 1972. Betsy is pretty and popular, while Arlene is cute but a bit awkward. Arlene is obsessed with singing star Bobby Sherman, but that comes to a halt when she and Betsy get lost during a school field trip to the White House. A chance encounter with Checkers the dog leads to the girls meeting President Richard M. Nixon himself (Dan Hedaya). In Nixon, Arlene sees a strong, caring man who loves his dog, and she soon develops a furious crush on the president; Betsy is puzzled but remains supportive. Arlene's devotion to the president is rewarded when she and Betsy are named official White House dog walkers; however, when Arlene and Betsy discover that Nixon has a foul mouth and a short temper and, worst of all, kicks his dog, they realize that the President is not all he appears to be. And when they overhear Nixon ranting about Bob Woodward (Will Ferrell) and Carl Bernstein (Bruce McCulloch), a pair of reporters from The Washington Post looking for dirt on the President, Arlene and Betsy decide that they're happy to help. Dick also features Dave Foley as Bob Haldeman, Harry Shearer as G. Gordon Liddy, and Ana Gasteyer as Rosemary Woods. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Format: DVD

Studio: Columbia Tristar

Theatrical Release Date: 1999

Release Date: 1999-12-14

Cast: Bruce McCulloch (Carl Bernstein); Ted McGinley (Roderick); Ana Gasteyer (Rosemary Woods); Will Ferrell (Bob Woodward); Saul Rubinek (Henry Kissinger); G.D. Spradlin (Ben Bradlee); Harry Shearer (G. Gordon Liddy); Ryan Reynolds (Chip); Jim Breuer (John Dean); Kirsten Dunst (Betsy Jobs); Dave Foley (Bob Haldeman); Teri Garr (Teri Lorenzo); Dan Hedaya (President Richard Nixon); Michelle Williams (Arlene Lorenzo); Devon Gummersall (Larry Jobs); Dan Hedaya (Richard M. Nixon)

Crew: Gale Anne Hurd (Producer); Lucinda Zak (Art Director); David Coatsworth (Executive Producer); Barbara Dunphy (Production Designer); Sheryl Longin (Screenwriter); Nancy Pankiw (Set Designer); Donald Emblad (Set Designer); Libby Hodgson (First Assistant Director); David Husby (Sound/Sound Designer); Alexander Gruszynski (Cinematographer); Ralph Sall (Musical Direction/Supervision); Pam Dixon Mickelson (Casting); John Debney (Composer (Music Score)); Andrew Fleming (Director); Deborah Everton (Costume Designer)

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