A Soviet-era immigrant and “Reagan” movie actor says it may have been a mistake to come to the United States before President Ronald Reagan took office, citing concerns about the state of the nation and the world. .
Elia Baskin, who plays B.E. Kerchman in the top-rated feature film, joins America's Newsroom to talk about the film's importance and why it means to him personally as an immigrant fleeing authoritarian rule. He talked about whether it was something like this.
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“When I came here nearly half a century ago, I thought I was in paradise,” Baskin told Griff Jenkins on Friday. “Then…Gerald Ford became president. And there were four years under President Carter, which were four completely different years…The Shah of Iran was betrayed by Carter and replaced with Khomeini. He put Israel in a hostage situation and treated Israel like an enemy…and I remember the inflation was like 10% or 12%.
“Every time I go to the store, the prices get higher and higher. I thought maybe coming here was a mistake,” he continued. “I was dreaming, and all of a sudden…what happened? And President Reagan came along and the whole atmosphere of this country changed. And…things get better, life gets a lot better. I realized that it would be, and it changed.'' It's gotten a lot better, and…I feel that way now. ”
(Original caption) WASHINGTON: President Ronald Reagan joins Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger (R) and others who laugh at Vice President George Bush (left)'s comments before the Nov. 13 Cabinet meeting. This will be the first Cabinet meeting since President Reagan's re-election. (Getty)
“Reagan,'' the first full-length novel about the life of former President Ronald Reagan, ranks number one on Amazon's bestseller list. It was added to the list after it became available on Blu-ray, DVD and digital earlier this month.
The film, starring Dennis Quaid as the 40th president, was released on Blu-ray on November 19th and quickly rose to the top of the bestseller list on Amazon's Blu-ray chart over the weekend.
“Reagan” Exceeded box office expectations It ranked third in its opening weekend in September, behind Deadpool and Wolverine and Alien: Romulus. It has a score of 98% on Rotten Tomatoes.
In an op-ed for Fox News last year, Baskin argued that a “discredited Marxist ideology” has permeated American life. He saw his role in “Reagan” as a warning against Marxist domination.
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“The young President Reagan met Kirchman, and he actually told him that everything he was reading in the newspapers was not true because he was a real person and Stalin was a manipulator of public opinion,” Baskin said. spoke. “He invited many famous writers to Russia and treated them as if they were kings. He showed them how wonderful life was under socialism…a paradise, but…at the same time people Suffering.”
“They were hungry… Some were arrested for saying things that the government didn't approve of. [a] “It was a terrible time,” he continued.
”After living here for a few years, when you say “I love America” in America, [you] I'm in trouble. ”
Baskin argued that Stalin used fear and manipulation to maintain control, which is why he drugged Western writers in the Soviet Union to spread deceptive messages to the world.
“Of course, these naive and distinguished Westerners had no idea how ordinary people lived. Stalin showed them only the carefully staged parts of Soviet life. , allowed interaction only with specially trained staff,” he wrote in an op-ed. “During their stay in Moscow, they were closely monitored and were not allowed to deviate even slightly from their pre-planned route.''
“If they had witnessed the real conditions in which my compatriots were living, they would have had nightmares,” he continued. “Millions of people died of starvation, were sent to forced labor camps, or were brutally executed for being disloyal to the regime.”
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But the film also depicts the love story between the 40th president and his wife Nancy.
Singer-songwriter Kathie Lee Gifford, who met with President and Mrs. Reagan, co-wrote a song for the film to express their unique bond.
“When you were with them, you could see that they were madly, madly devoted to each other. It was a beautiful thing to see, a really beautiful thing,” she said Friday. He spoke on “Fox & Friends.'' It's an apologetic romantic song.
Co-host Carly Shimkus read excerpts from a letter President Reagan wrote to his wife on their 31st wedding anniversary. “I love you more than anything,” she wrote. “I am not complete without you. You are life to me. Even though you are gone, I will be waiting for your return so that I can start living again.”
Gifford argued that everyone longs for the kind of unconditional love that Ronald and Nancy shared.
“Everyone wants to be loved like that,” Gifford said. “We're not meant to be alone. We're not. We're not just meant to be alone. We're not meant to be alone. We're not meant to be alone. We're not meant to be alone. We're not meant to be alone. We're not meant to be. We're not meant to be alone. We're not just meant to be. We're not meant to be alone. We're not just meant to be. He is meant to be close to you, and you will love him back in the same way.”
FOX News' Yael Harron contributed to this report.
