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Ronald Wilson Reagan (/ˈrɒnəld ˈwɪlsən ˈreɪɡən/; February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor, who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Prior to his presidency, he served as the 33rd Governor of California from 1967 to 1975, following a career as a Hollywood actor and union leader.
Raised in a poor family in small towns of Northern Illinois, Ronald Reagan graduated from Eureka College in 1932 and worked as a sports announcer on several regional radio stations. After moving to Hollywood in 1937, he became an actor and starred in a few major productions. Reagan was twice elected as President of the Screen Actors Guild, the labor union for actors, where he worked to root out Communist influence. In the 1950s, he moved into television and was a motivational speaker at General Electric factories. Having been a lifelong liberal Democrat, his views changed. He became a conservative and in 1962 switched to the Republican Party. In 1964, Reagan's speech, "A Time for Choosing," in support of Barry Goldwater's floundering presidential campaign, earned him national attention as a new conservative spokesman. Building a network of supporters, he was elected Governor of California in 1966. As governor, Reagan raised taxes, turned a state budget deficit to a surplus, challenged the protesters at the University of California, ordered National Guard troops in during a period of protest movements in 1969, and was re-elected in 1970. He twice ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nominations in 1968 and 1976; four years later, he easily won the nomination outright, going on to be elected the oldest President, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter in 1980.
James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician and author who served as the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981. He was awarded the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Carter Center.
Carter, a Democrat raised in rural Georgia, was a peanut farmer who served two terms as a Georgia State Senator, from 1963 to 1967, and one as the Governor of Georgia, from 1971 to 1975. He was elected President in 1976, defeating incumbent President Gerald Ford in a relatively close election, the Electoral College margin of 57 votes was the closest at that time since 1916.
Actors: Vernon Dobtcheff (actor), James Fox (actor), Ray Donn (actor), Jeremy Child (actor), John Standing (actor), John Woodvine (actor), Garrick Hagon (actor), Robert Hardy (actor), Michael Cochrane (actor), Bob Sherman (actor), Colin Stinton (actor), Richard Fell (producer), Patrick Godfrey (actor), Clive Merrison (actor), Patricia Hodge (actress),
Plot: Twenty years ago, Britain went to war to regain the Falkland Islands. The Falklands Play is a gripping account of how Margaret Thatcher's government handled the biggest crisis in British foreign affairs since Suez. It tells the story of how Argentina - an ally of the British - fought the Conservative government and invaded sovereign British territory. This play charts the backroom manoeuvrings between Thatcher's government and the military, between the British and the Americans, and the Americans and the Argentineans that led to a breakdown in diplomacy, to war and to Britain's eventual victory.
Keywords: argentina, britain, falkland-islands, falklands, falklands-war, junta, south-georgia-islandActors: Richard Benjamin (actor), Dan Aykroyd (actor), Gary Busey (actor), Dana Carvey (actor), Chevy Chase (actor), Chris Farley (actor), Michael J. Fox (actor), Al Franken (actor), Tom Hanks (actor), Phil Hartman (actor), Buck Henry (actor), Eric Idle (actor), Jon Lovitz (actor), Tim Meadows (actor), Dennis Miller (actor),
Genres: Comedy,Actors: Arthur B. Rubinstein (composer), Barnard Hughes (actor), Peter Boyle (actor), Dakin Matthews (actor), Terry O'Quinn (actor), Bundy Chanock (miscellaneous crew), David Spielberg (actor), Paul Dooley (actor), Annette O'Toole (actress), Miguel Ferrer (actor), Jim Fitzpatrick (actor), David Keith (actor), Mike Robe (director), Mike Robe (writer), Joe Dorsey (actor),
Genres: Drama, Thriller,Actors: Dick Smothers (actor), Tom Smothers (actor), Jon Cryer (actor), Carol Kane (actress), Timothy Marx (producer), Reathel Bean (actor), Reathel Bean (actor), Jay Dubin (director), Ula Hedwig (actress), Garry Trudeau (writer), Greg Dougherty (editor), Steve Blanchard (actor), Jim Morris (actor),
Genres: Comedy,