A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: HOLLYWOOD GOES TO WASHINGTON will provide an in-depth look at the treatment of politics in cinema. Beginning with the genre’s most defining movies, the special will explore how filmmakers have approached politics in their storytelling. A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: HOLLYWOOD GOES TO WASHINGTON will examine films about political campaigns and political conspiracies, and the portrayal of American presidents in the movies.

Among the many interviewees featured in A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES: HOLLYWOOD GOES TO WASHINGTON are filmmakers Oliver Stone (JFK, Nixon, W.), Rob Reiner (The American President), Gary Ross (Dave, The Hunger Games); and Rod Lurie (The Contender); actors Illeana Douglas (To Die For) as well as granddaughter of Melvin Douglas and James Cromwell (The Queen, W.); actor/politician Fred Thompson (The Hunt for Red October, In the Line of Fire); producer Marc Frydman (The Contender); political consultant and commentator James Carville (The War Room); screenwriter Bob Gale (Back to the Future); author and film critic Julie Salamon (The Devil’s Candy); and Projecting Hollywood co-author Terry Christensen.