Overview - The American Vice President: Rethinking a Political Afterthought

Date of release

Genres

  • Documentary

Runtime: 57 minutes

Homepage: The American Vice President: Rethinking a Political Afterthought

Budget

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Revenue

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Spoken Languages

  • English

Production companies

  • Name: Show of Force

    Production country United States of America

  • Name: 42nd Paralell FIlms

    Production country

  • Name: American Experience Films

    Production country United States of America

Overview

The American Vice President explores the little-known story of the second-highest office in the land, tracing its evolution from a constitutional afterthought to a position of political consequence. Focusing on the fraught period between 1963 and 1974, when a grief-stricken and then scandal-plagued America was forced to clarify the role of the vice president, the film examines the passage and first uses of the 25th Amendment and offers a fresh and surprising perspective on succession in the executive branch.

Cast

  • Name: Rachel Maddow

    Character: Self

    Popularity: 0.4293

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  • Name: Robin Miles

    Character: Narrator

    Popularity: 0.0389

  • Name: James Hite

    Character: Self

    Popularity: 0.0484

  • Name: Jared Cohen

    Character: Self

    Popularity: 0.0443

  • Name: Kate Andersen Brower

    Character: Self

    Popularity: 0.0286

  • Name: Ramesh Ponnuru

    Character: Self

    Popularity: 0.0168

  • Name: Joel K. Goldstein

    Character: Self

    Popularity: 0.047

  • Name: John D. Feerick

    Character: Self

    Popularity: 0.0143