The greatest African American president on film (1 Viewer)

[Jonesy77]

Hollywood has prepared us for the inevitable black president, which could be a reality as early as January 2009. Which of these cinematic presidents was the best?

Pole to follow

For clips of greatness, see below

http://www.nerve.com/CS/blogs/scree...-be-america-s-next-great-black-president.aspx

 

[Ken-Bob]

Tom Beck. Who wouldn't want God (Bruce Almighty, Evan Almighty) for President?

 

[Complex Kid]

I like how in most movies Black President = End of World Scenario!

 

[gboudx]

Only because Morgan Freeman is one of my favorite actors ever.

 

[antipop]

dave chapelle

 

[gavinj]

James Earl Jones as Douglass Dilman in "The Man" (of course, he only became President because the President and VP got killed by a roof collapse)

 

[rob021275]

Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho - Idiocracy

He was a five-time "Smackdown" champion, and he has Not Sure on his team.

 

[Pancakes]

dave chapelle

lus-un2:

" They tried to kill my mother****** father"

 

[mb504]

I'm a big fan of President David Palmer. I also enjoyed his calm, soothing commercials for Moststates Insurance, bringing my seething all-consuming hatred for the company down to a seething mostly-consuming hatred for the company.

 

[Complex Kid]

I'm a big fan of President David Palmer. I also enjoyed his calm, soothing commercials for Moststates Insurance, bringing my seething all-consuming hatred for the company down to a seething mostly-consuming hatred for the company.

Really? When I see those commercials all I think is "Why is Pedro Cerrano trying to sell me insurance?"

 

[Puntz]

i liked david palmer until he started working for allstate...anyone making a homeowner claim knows what i mean

 

[zatsnzapps]

Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho - Idiocracy

He was a five-time "Smackdown" champion, and he has Not Sure on his team.

lus-un2:

****.    I realize **** is all ****** up right now.

 

[shrike3000]

Morgan Freeman. Done.

 

[PayOrPlay]

James Earl Jones as Douglass Dilman in "The Man" (of course, he only became President because the President and VP got killed by a roof collapse)

Agreed.

Also, what happened to Chris Rock as Mays Gilliam in Head of State? (He plays a DC Alderman who ends up running for Pres--he turns out to be almost as qualified as you-know-who.) A flawed but very funny movie.

 

[zatsnzapps]

Agreed.

Also, what happened to Chris Rock as Mays Gilliam in Head of State? (He plays a DC Alderman who ends up running for Pres--he turns out to be almost as qualified as you-know-who.) A flawed but very funny movie.

A bit of personal experience with Head of State: I was at Camden Yards the night that they filmed the baseball scene. Since it was during pre-game, they asked the fans to move down so that they could fill in some of the seats near the Os dugout and then filled in with extras with the Mays Gilliam signs. As I remember, they ran through through 4 or 5 takes and I assume the director then took the best one to send to the production version. It was pretty cool...and unexpected...to see that when just going to a baseball game.