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George H.W. Bush is a 2008 two-part biographical television film about former United States President George H. W. Bush. Produced by PBS for the American Experience documentary program, it recounts Bush's life from his childhood and experience in World War II up to the end of his presidency in 1993. Written, co-produced, and directed by Austin Hoyt, the film aired on PBS in two parts on May 5 and 6, 2008.

Interviewees

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• Barbara Bush, first lady
• Richard Darman, budget director
• Marlin Fitzwater, press secretary
• Mikhail Gorbachev
• John Robert Greene, presidential historian
• Doro Bush Koch, daughter
• Timothy Naftali, biographer
• Colin Powell, chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Condoleezza Rice

Home media

George H.W. Bush was made available for streaming at the official American Experience "Presidents" website beginning on May 7, 2008. The film was later released on DVD by PBS on August 26, 2008. On the same day, it was also released in an American Experience DVD box set collecting its films about United States presidents.

References

1. ^ "George H.W. Bush - Credits". PBS. WGBH Educational Foundation. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
2. ^ "American Experience: George H.W. Bush". Amazon.com. Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved August 26, 2020.
3. "American Experience | George H. W. Bush". PBS. PBS / WGBH. Archived from the original on October 31, 2008. Watch George H.W. Bush on American Experience's Presidents site starting May 7, 2008.
4. "American Experience: The Presidents Collection". Amazon.com. Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved August 26, 2020.

External links

• PBS official site

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Public image	Saturday Night Live parodies The X-Presidents Presidential Reunion (2010 short film) The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear (1991) What It Takes: The Way to the White House (1993) The Silence of the Hams (1994) George Bush: The Life of a Lone Star Yankee (1997) The Family: The Real Story of the Bush Dynasty (2004) George H.W. Bush (2008) Bad for Democracy (2008) Family of Secrets (2009) 41: A Portrait of My Father (2014 book) Destiny and Power (2015 book)
Books	A World Transformed (1998) All the Best (1999)
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