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Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Documentary1h 26m

🍅93%

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93%

Tomatometer

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79%

Popcornmeter

7.6

TMDB

Storyline

Boogie Man is a comprehensive look at political strategist, racist, and former Republican National Convention Committee chairman, Lee Atwater, who reinvigorated the Republican Party’s Southern Strategy to increase political support among white voters in the South by appealing to racism against African Americans. He mentored Karl Rove and George W. Bush and played a key role in the elections of Reagan and George H.W. Bush.

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Details

DirectorStefan Forbes

ReleasedSep 26, 2008

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Studio

InterPositive Media

Cast

Tom DeLay

Self

Michael Dukakis

Michael Dukakis

Self

Ishmael Reed

Self

Sam Donaldson

Sam Donaldson

Self

Mary Matalin

Mary Matalin

Self - Atwater Aide '88

Strom Thurmond

Strom Thurmond

Self (archive footage)

Lee Atwater

Self (archive footage)

Where to watch(NG)

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Amazon Prime Video

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Amazon Video

Apple TV Store

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YouTube

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

7 fresh · 0 rotten

Critics consensus

“Boogie Man is a complex, absorbing study of the contradictory life and times of architect of modern smear politics.”

93% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

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Jonathan F. Richards

RTFilm.comNov 10, 2008

Director Stefan Forbes has assembled a brilliantly complex portrait that shines an unnerving light on the man who painted the landscape of contemporary American politics.

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Jessica Reaves

RTChicago TribuneOct 31, 2008

By the end of Forbes' brisk, economical portrait, Atwater has been revealed as a repugnant and pathetic soul--and a political visionary, among the first to fully understand and harness the raw power of voters' fears.

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Nathan Rabin

RTAV ClubOct 30, 2008

Conventional but absorbing.

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David Harris

RTSpectrum CultureOct 1, 2019

Boogie Man provides an incisive and fascinating look at a man who sold his soul for victory.

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Information

Title

Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story

Released

Sep 26, 2008

Rated

Not rated

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 26m

Status

Released

Studio

InterPositive Media

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