{"id":2258418,"date":"2024-06-03T10:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reagan-movie-busts-through-liberal-hollywood-bias-in-august-open\/"},"modified":"2024-06-03T10:13:13","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T14:13:13","slug":"reagan-movie-busts-through-liberal-hollywood-bias-in-august-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reagan-movie-busts-through-liberal-hollywood-bias-in-august-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Reagan film breaks through Hollywood bias with strong August debut"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freagan-movie-busts-through-liberal-hollywood-bias-in-august-open%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2258418&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In 1980,\u200d Howard Klausner, \u2063initially a supporter of Jimmy Carter,\u2062 shifted his allegiance to Ronald Reagan after witnessing\u2064 Reagan&#8217;s\u2062 resilience post-assassination attempt. Klausner&#8217;s admiration for Reagan led him \u200dto a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/thats-not-the-way-science-should-work-scientist-bashes-academia-for-suppressing-anti-climate-change-narrative\/\" title=\"Scientist criticizes academia for stifling dissent on climate change.\">successful\u200c career<\/a> \u2063in cinema and screenwriting, eventually culminating in his\u200b involvement in the \u2064creation of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rebekah-koffler-how-putins-doctrine-of-chaos-aims-to-tear-americans-apart\/\" title=\"Rebekah Koffler: How Putin\u2019s \u201cDoctrine of Chaos\u201d Aims to Tear Americans Apart\">biographical movie<\/a> &#8220;Reagan.&#8221; Despite challenges from Hollywood, the film is set\u2064 for a nationwide release in August.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Like a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-education-lesson-from-covid-lockdowns-school-choice-is-imperative-for-every-child\/\" title=\"The Education Lesson from COVID Lockdowns: School Choice Is Imperative for Every Child\">young students<\/a> in 1980, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howieklausner.com\/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1YneamnI0STdUAX4B8lV6mxKwdoU8I7Y4T3SalrEWtcoj8vk9ZHVqiJBw_aem_AbAwtfNApk1xU6o2EYVzVsL85rJpxf5zT37JqgHYqs-yIgTPOXmKKC2DMRsUh7EhQnI-IPYJL2hQJVzZwdJ-n7Rv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Howard Klausner<\/a> was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/Jimmy-Carter\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Jimmy Carter<\/a> guy when the first-term president ran for reelection against challenger <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ronald-reagan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ronald Reagan<\/a>, the former California governor.<\/p>\n<p>For many, Carter was likable and progressive, making it easy to overlook his long list of failures. \u201cGreat man, terrible president,\u201d said Klausner, who worked on Carter\u2019s campaign in his home state of Tennessee.<\/p>\n<p>After Reagan won, Klausner moved on to college. But then, the Gipper was shot and almost killed coming out of a Washington hotel in 1981. His survival and how he handled the episode made Klausner and a generation of young Democrats Reaganites forever.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"REAGAN Movie Official Trailer (2024) - In Theaters August 30\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/njLPMG8qZ5M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI flipped in college the night he returned for a joint session to Congress after getting shot. I watched that day, I was in school, and I just went, \u2018Whatever this is that\u2019s going on, I want to be a part of it,\u2019 and that\u2019s when I said I like Ronald Reagan,\u201d he told Secrets.<\/p>\n<p>Klausner studied cinema and writing at the University of Southern California and eventually became an author, filmmaker, and screenwriter, penning the popular <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0186566\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Space Cowboys<\/em><\/a>  movie starring Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland, and James Garner.<\/p>\n<p>Along the way, he remained \u201cintrigued\u201d by Reagan and his defeat of communism and other successes. And about 14 years ago, the call of a lifetime came in. Would he write the screenplay to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reaganmovie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Reagan<\/a><\/em>? Klausner said, \u201cIt has just been a dream.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Howie Klausner at the Reagan Presidential Library. He wrote the screenplay for the new biographical movie, Reagan. (Photo courtesy Howie Klausner.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In August, after years of fights with Hollywood liberals and funding and distribution delays, even COVID-19, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reaganmovie\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><em>Reagan<\/em><\/a>, starring Dennis Quaid in the lead role, will be released nationally.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the first real attempt at a major motion picture about Ronald Reagan,\u201d Reagan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/stores\/Craig-Shirley\/author\/B001IR1RD8?ref=ap_rdr&#038;isDramIntegrated=true&#038;shoppingPortalEnabled=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>biographer Craig Shirley<\/a> said. \u201cReagan was the last astonishingly successful president. Just for the sake of Reagan himself and the sake of history, it\u2019s important to remind people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film shows the life of Reagan, focusing on his defeat of communism.<\/p>\n<p>It also shows his ability to overcome those who didn\u2019t feel he was up to the job of president, even though today, he is considered one of the nation\u2019s best.<\/p>\n<p>The movie is a victory over the liberal bias in Hollywood. It was produced by and stars conservatives who even today have to fight to work. In May, for example, Quaid said he was voting for former President Donald Trump, declaring, \u201cPeople might call him an a**hole but he\u2019s my a**hole.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Klausner, who does a pretty good imitation of Reagan, said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-live-facebook-and-twitter-ceos-testify-before-senate-judiciary-committee\/\" title=\"Watch Live: Facebook and Twitter CEOs Testify Before Senate Judiciary Committee\">anti-conservative bias<\/a> in Hollywood helped to stretch the making of <em>Reagan<\/em> to nearly 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe tried so hard to make it within the system and say, \u2018Hey, everybody, we can get along and do this.\u2019 And finally, we threw in the towel and said we\u2019ve got to do it independently, and we did. And it\u2019s being marketed and released just like a big motion picture, and the response so far has been really good,\u201d Klausner said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SEE THE LATEST POLITICAL NEWS AND BUZZ FROM WASHINGTON SECRETS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He said that while some may criticize the timing of the release before Election Day and highlighting strong presidential leadership at a time when both parties are challenged in that category, the movie is meant solely to entertain and maybe educate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverything has its own time,\u201d Klausner said, adding, \u201cThe best thing that can happen is that this really succeeds.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1980, Howard Klausner, like many young students, supported Jimmy Carter&#8217;s re-election bid against Ronald Reagan. 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