“Reagan,'' the first full-length film about the former president's life. ronald reagan Ranked #1 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.
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I worked for Ronald Reagan and I love how liberal critics are outraged by new movies
Dennis Quaid plays President Ronald Reagan in the new movie “REAGAN.'' ((Noah “Nanea” Hamilton/Rawhide Pictures))
“Reagan'' exceeded expectations at the box office during its opening weekend in September, coming in third place behind “Deadpool & Wolverine'' and “Alien: Romulus.''
Despite boasting a 98% score on Rotten Tomatoes, the biographical drama became a target of left-wing media, which widely criticized the film.
The Daily Beast called “Reagan” “the worst movie of the year.” Ahead of the film's opening weekend, harsh reviews were also published in The Washington Post, Variety, The Wrap, and The Hollywood Reporter.
In an interview with FOX News Digital last August, he said: Quaid brushes off concerns He said he would be “cancelled” if he played a Republican president.
“This is a biopic. It's a love story. It's a story about all of us, about the America we once were,” Quaid said. “A lot of things get twisted because people have plans. So, yeah, they tried to cancel me a few times, so what?”
Quaid said that while President Reagan may have been a divisive figure for some on the left, the film, which depicts the president's life, is not “political.”
'Reagan' star Dennis Quaid takes to Facebook to dismiss 'canceled' movie
This movie is based on the 40th president. (Getty Images)
“When Reagan was president too, you know, people called him a warmonger. But, by the way, this is the guy who ended the Cold War and made peace with the Soviet Union. But there's no such thing as They needed a cold war fighter…and they called him a third-rate actor and all that,” Quaid said.
Elia Baskin, who also stars in the film, discussed the importance of her casting in an op-ed she wrote for Fox News Digital last year.
“When I was offered the role in the movie “Reagan,'' I read the script and immediately knew I had to play the role. You see, the role I was asked to play was the role of a Soviet national with that name. “B.E. Kirchman, who emigrated to the United States in the 1920s,” he wrote.
“When I came to the United States 45 years ago, I thought I had arrived in paradise. The people I met were friendly and generous, and the amount of supplies I had was amazing. It had to be something as simple as toilet paper. In America, people could not openly express their opinions about anything without fear of being prosecuted. ” Baskin continued.
“I always thought things would stay like this forever in America. Unfortunately, I was wrong. This new country that I held dear to my heart began to change. “I began to notice that Marxist ideology, which had been discredited many times around the world, was slowly creeping into different aspects of our lives,” he said. “Traditional moral values were being overturned, and the use of simple common sense was becoming anathema to the intellectual elite.
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“Today, just like in the Soviet Union, I have to hide my true feelings and am afraid to express them openly. Subjective ideas about what is politically and socially correct I'm going to control what opinionated people can say to me and will continue to do so.''Soon I'll be allowed to think. ”
He said the film was perhaps the “most important” work of his career and characterized his role in “Reagan” as a “warning.”
