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Actors: Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Dave |
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Dave Kovic is a businessman who looks amazingly like the US President, Bill Mitchell. He is offered to be Mitchell's double, mostly for social occasions. Dave agrees, and shortly after that the President has a stroke from which, the doctors say, he will not recover. The President's Chief of Staff Bob Alexander decides to use this opportunity to become the President, and while he is figuring out a way to do so he wants Dave, the double, to serve as the President.
The doctors' silence is bought, and it is announced to the public that the President has only a minor health problem. Dave does great playing Mitchell, but everyone notices soon the difference: the "new Mitchell" cares. He cares about his work, the people, the country. The change is attributed to the close encounter with death he had had, and everyone is happy. But Ellen, the President's wife, knows her husband too well to believe in such a change. One day, she confronts Dave, tells him that she knows, and asks him where her husband is.
Dave decides to leave after this discovery. Ellen wants to leave, too: she is no longer the President's wife. They escape the White House together, but then they talk, and see how much good they can do together as a team. They go back. Dave implements a new program, trying to give a job to every American who wants one. He also fires the corrupt Bob Alexander. Alexander pays back by revealing some illegal activities of Mitchell, the President. How Dave must decide how to deal with these allegations...
--Laura Southcombe, Resident Scholar
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Dave is about a Presidential lookalike who fills in for the President until the Chief Of Staff can figure out a way for him to become President. Some comedy and romance as the lookalike deals with the Oval Office and the First Lady.
--Ed Phillips, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Dave |
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Plot
Comedy, primarily
Yes
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Romance/Love/Hugging
Yes
Kind of comedy
- political satire
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 20's-30's
- 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Unclothed?
- Chest and Buttocks
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie?
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- politician/elected ruler
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
- 60%
Hair color
- another color
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
City?
Yes
City:
- Washington D.C.
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
- encouraged
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
If this is a kid's movie...
- Ages 10-15
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