Michael Rogan on Ronald Reagan’s acting habit

Title

Michael Rogan on Ronald Reagan’s acting habit

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

7 Jan 1986

Year of production

1986

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Duration

00:11:17

Description

Michael Rogan has presented a paper entitled, Ronald Reagan: The Movie to the American Political Science Association. Rogan claims that Reagan confuses movies with real life. He says that when the President speaks, he speaks movie lines. We hear Reagan speak various lines lifted from various movies in his speeches. Rogan talks about Reagan’s autobiography, entitled, Where’s the Rest of Me? Report by Morley Safer, of CBS’s 60 Minutes.

Contributors

Ronald Reagan; CBS; Michael Rogan; Morley Safer

Keywords

USA; Actors; Films; Autobiographies; Presidents; Ronald Reagan; American Political Science Association; Where’s the Rest of Me?

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