Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater (2006)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Julie Anderson

Release Date:

18 September 2006 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography

Plot Keywords:

Political | Period In Title | Republican Party | Interview | Politician

Cast

Julian Bond	...	Himself
Benjamin C. Bradlee
James Carville	...	Himself
Hillary Rodham Clinton	...	Herself
Barry Cronkite	...	Himself
Walter Cronkite
Alfonse D'amato
John Dean	...	Himself
Al Franken	...	Himself
Barry Goldwater	...	Himself (archive footage)
Paggy Goldwater-Clay
Joanne Goldwater
Michael Goldwater
Ted Kennedy	...	Himself
Robert MacNeil
John McCain	...	Himself
Sandra Day O'Connor	...	Herself
Sally Quinn	...	Herself
Andrew Rooney	...	Himself
Bob Schieffer	...	Himself
Helen Thomas	...	Herself
Richard Viguerie	...	Himself
John Warner	...	Himself
George Will	...	Himself

Directed by
Julie Anderson

Produced by
Nancy Abraham	....	supervising producer
Tani Cohen	....	producer
C.C. Goldwater	....	producer (as CC Goldwater)
Joseph Martin	....	field producer: Washington D.C.
Sheila Nevins	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Joseph Vitarelli

Cinematography by
Tom Inskeep

Film Editing by
Juliet Weber

Sound Department
Leslie Bloom	....	foley artist
Neil Cedar	....	supervising sound editor
Philippe Desloovere	....	sound editor
Chris Foster	....	foley editor
Chris Foster	....	foley recordist
Ken Hahn	....	sound re-recording mixer

Animation Department
Andreas Minas	....	animation graphics

Editorial Department
Jim Hession	....	assistant editor

Other crew
Judy Aley	....	archivist
Amy Ferzoco	....	production assistant
Joseph Martin	....	location manager: Washington DC

Thanks
Madison Cliff	....	special thanks
Markus Czyzewski	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• Sweet Pea Films

Distributors

• HBO Documentary Films (2006) (USA) (TV)

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Sweet Pea Films

Excellent, Unbiased View of A Major Player in 20th Century American Politics

This documentary gives great insight into the man that was Barry Goldwater. Liberal use of news footage and political ads give a great look at Goldwater the politician. However, the most interesting moments of the documentary come when Goldwater's personal life in examined through the use of personal family films made by Goldwater himself. I do find it a bit ironic, however, that Goldwater would probably not be embraced by the current incarnation of the Republican party - a party that he helped to bring back from the brink of self-destruction. Clearly, the party is in desperate need of someone like him today. And this is coming from a bleeding heart liberal!