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Henry Fonda for President

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A personal essay about the United States, viewed through the life and work of a movie actor. Henry Fonda and the roles he played merge into a dazzling and conflicted figure. A very private man who thought he had "no good answers to anything" becomes the unlikely motor of a parallel history. His voice, recorded during his last interview in 1981, and his onscreen avatars guide us through America's past and present -- on a road trip from the village of Fonda, NY, across the Midwest to the Pacific; from 1651 to the 1980s and the presidency of another movie actor. It takes many places and times and characters to imagine an invisible republic -- the United States of Fonda.
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Glenn Kenny New York Times The movie convincingly posits that Fonda was, cinematically, the embodiment of America itself. Apr 3, 2025 Full Review Brad Hanford Slant Magazine If Fonda was an avatar of American liberalism’s tolerance and self-scrutiny, the film suggests, so, too, does he represent its complicity in the nation’s sins and its failure to change its course in the direction of justice. Rated: 3.5/4 Mar 30, 2025 Full Review J. Hoberman Artforum Alexander Horwath’s erudite, entertaining three-hour meta-biopic. Oct 9, 2024 Full Review Armond White National Review Horwath’s ideological biases notwithstanding, Henry Fonda for President makes a monumental plea for those films and filmmakers that reflect a nation’s essence. Apr 9, 2025 Full Review Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru An insightful, well-edited and refreshingly unconventional documentary biopic. Apr 2, 2025 Full Review Ethan Vestby The Film Stage At a time when people’s parasocial relationship with stars plays out to disturbing ends on social media every day, Horwath’s epic presents a thesis not so far drawn from our tendency for projection. Apr 1, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews
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Alexander Horwath

Director

Robert De Niro

Actor

Henry Fonda

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Jane Fonda

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Alexander Horwath

Screenwriter

Ralph Wieser

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Synopsis A personal essay about the United States, viewed through the life and work of a movie actor. Henry Fonda and the roles he played merge into a dazzling and conflicted figure. A very private man who thought he had "no good answers to anything" becomes the unlikely motor of a parallel history. His voice, recorded during his last interview in 1981, and his onscreen avatars guide us through America's past and present -- on a road trip from the village of Fonda, NY, across the Midwest to the Pacific; from 1651 to the 1980s and the presidency of another movie actor. It takes many places and times and characters to imagine an invisible republic -- the United States of Fonda.
Director
Alexander Horwath
Producer
Ralph Wieser, Irene Höfer, Andreas Schroth
Screenwriter
Alexander Horwath
Distributor
The Film Desk
Production Co
Medea Film Factory
Genre
Drama, Documentary
Original Language
German
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 3, 2025, Limited
Runtime
3h 4m