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| America: Imagine the World Without Her | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Dinesh D'Souza John Sullivan |
| Written by | Dinesh D'Souza |
| Produced by | Dinesh D'Souza Gerald R. Molen |
| Starring | Dinesh D'Souza |
| Music by | Bryan E. Miller |
| Distributed by | Lionsgate Films |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 103 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $4,418,776 |
America: Imagine the World Without Her is a 2014 documentary based on a book by Dinesh D'Souza. D'Souza executive produced and co-directed with John Sullivan.
As with its predecessor, 2016: Obama's America, the film received poor ratings from film critics, but was very well received by its viewers and the conservative community.
Cast
- Don Taylor - President Abraham Lincoln
- Michelle Swink - Mary Todd Lincoln
- Josh Bonzie - Frederick Douglass
- Janitta Swain - Madame C. J. Walker
- Rett Terrell - Alexis de Toqueville
- Russell W. Reed - Actor at Ford's Theatre
- John Koopman - George Washington
- Tina Fortune - Hispanic worker
- Casey Allen - Crew member
- Rodney Luis Aquino - Hernan Cortes
- Joey Arguello - East Indian
- Michael D. Arite - Major Henry Rathbone
- Oscar Azul - Officer
- Andrew Baker - Lucayan Indian
- Chad Baker - Gustave de Beaumont
- Katy Baker - Audience member at Lincoln-Douglas debate
- Diana Baracaldo - Lucayan Indian
- Mateo Baracaldo - Lucayan Indian
- Chris Barber - Middle Eastern Sheik
- Crystal Barragan - East Indian Lucayan Indian
- Brian Rubright - Priest
Release & box office
The film was put in wide release on July 2. It finished #11 in the weekend box office for July 4 through 6 grossing $2,743,753 for a total gross of $4,062,721 after its opening weekend in wide release. The film did not perform as well as D'Souza's earlier film 2016: Obama's America.
Reception
The film has been met with negative reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 11%, based on 18 critics. On Metacritic, the film has a score of 14 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "overwhelming dislike". However CinemaScore polls conducted during the opening weekend revealed the average grade cinemagoers gave the film was A+ on an A+ to F scale, indicating that moviegoers who were predisposed to see the film did enjoy it. A total of 52 films have been scored an "A+" since Cinemascore's inception most films are given a lower grade.
After receiving a poor review from Reuters entitled To celebrate the Fourth of July, don’t go see this movie, where the author wrote "I wouldn’t ordinarily dignify such nonsense with a column, but America the movie exemplifies everything that’s wrong about the American political conversation these days, rich with examples from both left and right." Gerald R. Molen responded stating, "I'm used to having my movies critiqued, but to have a reporter actually tell people not to attend a movie is a first. This is the movie world's version of voter suppression efforts in politics. Shameful. But most Americans don't like to be told what to do by elite journalists and I have faith that it will only motivate Americans to go to their local theater."
References
- ^ "America (2014)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved July 4, 2014.
- D'Souza, Dinesh (2014). America.
- Leydon, Joe (June 27, 2014). "Film Review: 'America: Imagine the World Without Her'". Variety. Retrieved July 2, 2014.
- http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2014&wknd=27&p=.htm
- http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=america2014.htm
- http://www.thewrap.com/dinesh-dsouzas-doc-america-cant-match-box-office-lightning-of-his-2016-obamas-america/
- http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/america_imagine_a_world_without_her/
- http://www.metacritic.com/movie/america
- http://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3869&p=.htm
- http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/07/05/heres-the-list-of-legendary-films-dinesh-dsouzas-america-now-sits-next-to-because-of-the-incredibly-rare-grade-viewers-gave-it/
- http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/why-cinemascore-matters-box-office-225563
- http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Hollywood/2014/07/03/reuters-blogger-boycott-america
- http://blogs.reuters.com/great-debate/2014/07/02/to-celebrate-the-fourth-of-july-dont-go-see-this-movie/