final scene from "The Contender"

The final scene from The Contender: Jeff Bridges starring as the President giving a speech to Congress on the confirmation of the first woman vice president.

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• Contender
• Jeff
• Bridges
• Joan
• Allen
• misogyny
• sexism
• woman
• madame
• president
• Hillary
• Clinton

[DeepTchr13]

How apropos can one video possibly be at a time like this? In today's current state of affairs and half-politics, I wish more people were viewing this snipet and were redirected to what's really happening, no following the naked emperor (in new clothes - McCain is now buddies with 'W'??!!) nor the pied piper leading others to their demise in the pomp and circumstance of a catching tune (e.g., "Yes We Can" [scam] --- but no he hasn't accomplished one tenth of what I pretend to represent already])

[1915fas]

What amazed me about this movie was Jeff Bridges' performance. I hadn't seen him in a while and he was so right for this role. His easy command of himself, his presence, made him unmistakably the President. But then he has had this success many times before and never pushed his career toward being a leading man mega star afterwards. He has instead accepted challenging roles as varied as can be imagined.

[pugliesej]

Very good movie, wish someone would post the soundtrack.

[pugliesej]

A good movie, very good performance by Bridges, anyone have the soundtrack?

[smurah17]

@1915fas I totally agree, I don't think he got enough credit for his role.

[paellamama]

I love this movie- watch it- prepare to see what can be truly great about American cinema

[Mann1979HH]

§§§-RUFMORD-§§§ that is the German name of that great movie. On a German forum, sb started a game, that person named a movie and the other other users have been naming other movies starting with the letter the previously named movie ends. Sb wrote §-Excalibur-§, so I was seraching for a movie starting with an #-R-# "committing Rufmord" means: DESTROYING SBs REPUTATION, but WHAT IS THE ENGLISH WORD for RUFMORD????

[darkfire79]

If anyone finds the clip of when she gives her "Chapel Of Democracy" speech, please let me know. I saw one listed, but when I clicked on it I got the ole' "video no longer available" error.

[darkfire79]

I agree. But, that's one of the reason's I also like the film - it was unrealistic. One can always dream. :)

[jksonny]

I think the atheism was an interesting detail to include and I liked what she said about that in her closing. However, that was also one of the aspects of the movie that didn't ring true. Right or wrong, the American people would be aghast to have an atheist as a V.P. and no Prez would nominate an atheist for the position. That's my main problem with the film; the Prez and his admin behave incredibly unrealistically throughout the entire story.