Weve had black presidents in the movies before, of course. Gerard butler, morgan freeman, and aaron eckhart leave the. It is a career that began in the mid60s, when freeman appeared in an offbroadway production of the niggerlovers and with performerp3301pearl. Driving miss daisy is a 1989 american comedydrama film directed by bruce beresford and written by alfred uhry, based on uhrys play of the same name. This marks the second time of freeman as president, after he played president tom beck in deep impact 1998. Not wanting to let down his little girl with the news, he takes her on a tour of the white house, when the complex is overtaken by a heavily armed. Butler, aaron eckhart et morgan freeman, prendra ses quartiers a londres.
Step inside the imposing gates of the white house for a revealing visit to the most famous, yet mysterious building in america. White house down and other great presidential action movies. Sold by we care media and ships from amazon fulfillment. A revealing look inside the most famous house in america.
Jamie foxx, angela bassett, channing tatum, gerard butler, morgan freeman. If you havent seen this movie, its absolutely gripping. Morgan porterfield freeman born june 1, 1937 is an american actor and film narrator. The top 5 white house attacks in scifi movie history list. I understand that the true appeal of this movie is in the violence, and ill say thats what. Freeman won an academy award in 2005 for best supporting actor with million dollar baby 2004 and has received oscar nominations for his performances in street smart 1987, driving miss daisy 1989, the shawshank redemption 1994 and invictus 2009. In london for the prime ministers funeral, mike banning is caught up in a plot to assassinate all the attending world leaders. Morgan freeman full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Actor morgan freeman plays the role of congressman martin trumbull, a seasoned speaker of the house. Actor morgan freeman, in an interview with aarp the magazine, gave his opinion of president donald trump, and it is certainly going to irk some hollywood elites who refuse to exercise any tolerance for those who think differently than they do. Morgan freeman has enjoyed an impressive and varied career on stage, television, and screen. Complete movie series dvd collection with bonus white house down film and art card.
Disgraced secret service agent mike banning finds himself trapped inside the white house in the wake of a. Discover the human side of this legendary house in candid interviews with presidents and first ladies, and peek inside the. Oscar winning actor morgan freeman has declared that the u. Some of the people who are interviewed were portrayed by actors in backstairs at the white house 1979, including the writer of the book which backstairs was based on, lillian rogers parks.
In olympus has fallen 20, morgan freeman portrayed the speaker of the house, and in london has fallen 2016, he became vice president. Olympus is captured and the president aaron eckhart is kidnapped by a terrorist mastermind. With an authoritative voice and calm demeanor, this ever popular american actor has grown into one of the most respected figures in modern us cinema. Crawling behind the white house walls, popping out only long enough to snap some villainous necks, banning stays in contact with the acting president morgan freeman by way of a secure cellphone. Inside the white house tv movie documentary 1995 narrator voice 1995 vh1 honors tv movie 1995 himself. The film is based on the novel heroic measures by jill. It is the first installment in the fallen film series. Rounding out the cast, ashley judd plays the presidents wife. It startes when the president is kidnapped by a famous terrorist. It is a career that began in the mid60s, when freeman appeared in an offbroadway production of the. Olympus has fallen is a 20 american action thriller film directed by antoine fuqua, and written by creighton rothenberger and katrin benedikt. The story of gods morgan freeman discusses his divine. I found myself grabbing my laptop and researching everytime something piqued my interest such as when the white house was destroyed by fire when captured by the british in 1814.
I am looking forward to the day that i can sit down and watch it again with my children. Through the wormhole with morgan freeman 80 episodes 20102020 through the warmhole with morgan freeman 2 episodes 20192019 beyond the wormhole with morgan freeman 15 episodes 202014. Gerard butler, aaron eckhart, morgan freeman olympus has fallen 20 action thriller disgraced secret service agent mike banning finds himself trapped inside the white house in the wake of a terrorist attack and works with national security to rescue the president from his kidnappers. Angel has fallen trailer 2019 gerard butler, morgan freeman. Mel brooks and morgan freeman lead list of award winners. While at the white house they meet the president of the united states james sawyer jamie foxx.
In collaboration with the white house historical association, national geographic presents this authoritative overview of americas first home featuring. American actor and director morgan freeman has had a prolific career on film, television and on the stage. With morgan freeman, reds arrington, kathleen battle, barbara bush. The film stars gerard butler, aaron eckhart, morgan freeman, angela bassett. So it is fitting that angel has fallen would be a lionsgate movie at least. The top 5 white house attacks in scifi movie history. Disgraced secret service agent mike banning finds himself trapped inside the white house in the wake of a terrorist attack and works with national security to rescue the president from his kidnappers. This is an excellent documentary and very educational too. Directed by antoine fuqua training day and also starring morgan freeman, angela bassett, melissa leo, ashley judd and rick yune. President allan trumbull morgan freeman, his trusted confidant, secret service agent mike banning gerard butler, is. First, morgan freemans character is now the president of the united. Secret service agent is the only man left in the white house during a daring ambush and must rescue the president from an impenetrable underground bunker.
With gerard butler, aaron eckhart, morgan freeman, angela bassett. With a rose garden, and there is an unmistakable formulaic quality to olympus has fallen. Aaron eckhart, and morgan freeman played the speaker of the house. As the national security team scrambles to respond, the secret service ground team is wiped out and its up to banning to retake the white house, save the president and avert an even bigger crisis. This was one of two movies released in 20 with a similar premise, which is the. To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. Incidentally, a high level protector of the president survives and contacts to the department of defense. His film debut was as an uncredited character in the sidney lumetdirected drama the pawnbroker in 1964. Its hard to make a serious case for the has fallen films. The plot depicts a north koreanled guerrilla assault on the white house, and. Service agent mike banning finds himself trapped inside the white house in the wake. Until one day, north korean terrorists staged a meticulouslyplanned takeover of the white house and held the president hostage inside of the secure bunker.
Himself actor segment morgan freeman 1 episode, 2005 soul of the delta documentary short 2005 himself the black movie awards. He has no problem assuming command when the president aaron eckhart is taken hostage, and he will unflinchingly make even the most difficult decisions when it comes to protecting the country. Freeman reprised his role from the original offbroadway production. Clearly, this gig aint too lowstakes for a movie, but hollywood thinks otherwise, which is why we have the second hide yo kids, hide yo wife, cuz the white house is getting is blown the hell up. Dvd action movie set white house down capitol policeman john cale channing tatum has just been denied his dream job with the secret service of protecting president james sawyer jamie foxx.
When ruthless terrorists seize the white house, one man is the last line of defense. While on a tour of the white house with his young daughter, a capitol policeman springs into action to. Gerard butler, aaron eckhart, morgan freeman, angela bassett, dylan mcdermott, ashley judd, melissa leo, rick yune. Morgan was born on june 1, 1937 in memphis, tennessee, to mayme edna revere, a teacher, and morgan porterfield freeman, a barber. Piers morgan tonight tv series 2011 himself guest 3 episodes, 2011 the bafta britannia awards. Donald trump says he wants barron back in the classroom and laments ive been in the white house for months. Morgan freeman, lori mccreary and james younger spoke with deadline about the third season of their nat geo series, the story of god. White house down 20 consider this my resignation scene. In between the second film and this one, his character has been elected as president of the united states. I literally sat on the edge of my seat the whole time exclaiming, i love this movie. Morgan freeman, gerard butler, and aaron eckharts new movie imagines north korea attacking the white houseand exploits every stereotype about the american id. Butler is the best part, eckhart plays every president in every movie ever, and morgan freeman completely phones this one in. Instead hes tasked with protecting a new president, played by 82yearold morgan freeman. President barack obama presents the national medal of arts to comedian mel brooks during an east room ceremony at the white house september 22, 2016 in washington, dc.
Morgan freeman was a regular, average, ordinary elderly black speaker of the house. The film stars jessica tandy, morgan freeman, and dan aykroyd. Immediately, a campaign to recuse president is started. After taking the white house as a base, he begins to ravage other important places. In london has fallen, a deadly plot to kill the worlds most powerful leaders in unveiled at the british prime ministers funeral and only three.
Morgan freeman, gerard butler and aaron eckhart are our only team of defense when terrorists attack the white house in this action thriller. Angel has fallen 2019 movie official trailer gerard. The vile, false patriotism of olympus has fallen the. Angel has fallen trailer 2019 gerard butler, morgan freeman action movie. Gerard butler, morgan freeman save washington in olympus. Morgan freeman list of movies and tv shows tv guide.