Learn what it’s like to be one of the 5 people who helped John Kerry try to win your vote in the hard fought 2004 election
The evening of November 2nd, 2004 – John Kerry’s closest advisers privately celebrated that their sources told them “They’re Crying In the White House.” As the evening proceeded, words like “Landslide” and victory bounced around the jubilant war room. It wasn’t until well after midnight that the facts became apparent.
Just as in the last Presidential Election, the exit polls were simply wrong. As the votes were tallied, Kerry’s “Bubble” - his closest advisors – tore up the victory speech they had prepared, and instead worked through the night to write the next mornings concession speech.
What began as a reprise of DA Pennebaker’s historic fim “The War Room” turned instead into the infamous “Heart of Darkness” - an inside look at a campaign gone terribly wrong.
The film offers a front row seat inside the biggest story of 2004 with unique, exclusive, backstage coverage of the race for the White House, seen through the eyes of the senior staffers & advisers to Senator John Kerry.
The ‘bubble’ is a private place where the man who would be President surrounds himself only with the people he trusts the most. The ‘bubble’ floats above ground, where media hounds are normally kept at bay.
This is the place where a small group of super-humans give everything they have to one man. The ‘bubble people’ put personal lives on hold - sacrificing sleep, health, family, career, cash and sometimes sanity – to work together to defeat a President and lead the nation.
In the closest election, in a war against terror…you’ll understand what it’s like to be one of 5 people helping one man fight for ideas & win your vote on the rollercoaster ride of a lifetime.
Inside the Bubble
Release Year: 2005
Duration: 86 min
Availability:
Worldwide
Related: Politics
The evening of November 2nd, 2004 – John Kerry’s closest advisers privately celebrated that their sources told them “They’re Crying In the White House.” As the evening proceeded, words like “Landslide” and victory bounced around the jubilant war room. It wasn’t until well after midnight that the facts became apparent.
Just as in the last Presidential Election, the exit polls were simply wrong. As the votes were tallied, Kerry’s “Bubble” - his closest advisors – tore up the victory speech they had prepared, and instead worked through the night to write the next mornings concession speech.
What began as a reprise of DA Pennebaker’s historic fim “The War Room” turned instead into the infamous “Heart of Darkness” - an inside look at a campaign gone terribly wrong.
The film offers a front row seat inside the biggest story of 2004 with unique, exclusive, backstage coverage of the race for the White House, seen through the eyes of the senior staffers & advisers to Senator John Kerry.
The ‘bubble’ is a private place where the man who would be President surrounds himself only with the people he trusts the most. The ‘bubble’ floats above ground, where media hounds are normally kept at bay.
This is the place where a small group of super-humans give everything they have to one man. The ‘bubble people’ put personal lives on hold - sacrificing sleep, health, family, career, cash and sometimes sanity – to work together to defeat a President and lead the nation.
In the closest election, in a war against terror…you’ll understand what it’s like to be one of 5 people helping one man fight for ideas & win your vote on the rollercoaster ride of a lifetime.
Producers
Kate Cunningham
Douglas G. Davis
Executive Producers
Lisa Gansky
Ronald Guttman
Tony Kranz
Mark Patricof
Steven Rosenbaum
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lmstanley wrote:
Inside the Bubble was far more entertaining than what I thought it was going to be. In part, because of the characters running the show, and in part because of the exhausting pace at which they all work. Plus, it was interesting to relive that time. I had forgotten a bit about how close that race was, and all the craziness that happened in Florida and Ohio. It makes me hope that we don't see a repeat of that in this coming election. I would highly recommend checking out this movie. It's a fun, i[...] more >
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Posted 02/07/09 by Shane Nelson
Both Al Gore, and John Kerry’s campaign missed a golden opportunity with the press. They didn’t treat the press well, and they paid a price in coverage. The Press helped elect George Bush in 2000, and they stayed silent in 2004, which helped elect Bush again. In 2008 they helped Obama a lot. All I am saying is that the press plays a big role in our elections, and if I were running a campaign, I’d be feeding them hamburgers, and shakes, and would kiss they’re ### in every way possible. It couldn’t hurt.
Posted 11/22/08 by Josh
What a depressing film. The campaign as presented here presented a sharp contrast to the way the Obama campaign seems to have handled things, but I suppose we won’t know for sure until that Ed Norton documentary comes out. For me, though, the most telling part of the film was the way everyone was dismissive of Election Day itself--based on this year’s campaign I would have expected all operatives to be frantically organizing the get-out-the-vote program; where was it?
Either way, congratulations to the campaign on a job well-fought and many thanks to Steven Rosenbaum for making this available for free online.
Posted 10/24/08 by thedoctor
hm, yeah. which results were wrong again? everyone knows that election was stolen and most are afraid to admit it.
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