{"id":11648,"date":"2016-10-14T15:53:45","date_gmt":"2016-10-14T19:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/?p=11648"},"modified":"2016-10-14T15:59:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T19:59:40","slug":"nat-geo-film-explores-humanity-gipper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2016\/10\/nat-geo-film-explores-humanity-gipper.html","title":{"rendered":"Nat Geo Film Explores the Humanity of \u201cThe Gipper\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe title=\"Official Trailer | Killing Reagan\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ohj-v0pjFeY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The film \u201cKilling Reagan,\u201d is a political thriller based on the book by Bill O\u2019Reilly, which\u00a0chronicled the events leading to the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley Jr. in 1981.\u00a0\u00a0Tim Matheson stars as Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States. The project was daunting at first because Reagan was and is revered by so many conservatives. Playing the role was \u201cabout putting aside any of my own political beliefs because you can\u2019t act politics, and just trying to absorb the humanity, the inner man and his feelings, emotions and thoughts,\u201d Matheson explained. By studying Reagan, Matheson had a deeper admiration for \u201cThe Gipper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We can see the humanity and humor of Reagan in the film, as he combated Matheson protesters who called him a racist during the campaign. It deeply bothered him that people viewed him in such a terrible matter. Dealing with people\u2019s misconceptions and battling the opposing political party, Reagan still had humanness about him, Matheson recalled.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a man before he was a politician. He had a common humanity and sort of related to people on that level before he did by party line. He could battle toe-to-toe with the Democrats and the Democratic Party all day long and yet sit down with drinks with them that night,&#8221; said Matheson, who played the ghost of Reagan in the \u201cTalker\u201d in 2011. With a country and political system so divided it was clear for the actor Reagan was something special. \u201cI came away with tremendous respect for him and for the ability to do this.\u00a0He was the tonic we needed for this country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The film chronicled Hinckley&#8217;s\u00a0unraveling mental faculties, and therapy sessions as he was\u00a0obsessed with\u00a0becoming famous, and becoming a writer. \u00a0The story gives a background of his obsession with the film &#8220;Taxi&#8221; and Jodie Foster. Meanwhile, the film shifts to the end of Reagan&#8217;s campaign and win over Jimmy Carter. People will also be immersed in the tick-tock of the environment and the faulty thoughts of Hinckley&#8217;s. In \u201cKilling Reagan\u201d we will experience a true collision course of hunter and the prey. As the story moves along, we go deeper into the head of Reagan and his love story with Nancy (Cynthia Nixon) and their strong bond.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKilling Reagan\u201d is part of a series that includes, \u201cKilling Jesus,\u201d\u00a0\u201cKilling Lincoln,\u201d and \u201cKilling Patton.\u201d\u00a0\u201cHe [O\u2019Reilly] has an approach in theses books of giving us history and it is embedded in mystery and suspense, and a love story that is riveting. And we learn all this historical stuff without feeling we\u2019ve been given a spoonful of medicine,\u201d said\u00a0Matheson.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/channel.nationalgeographic.com\/killing-reagan\/videos\/killing-reagan-trailer\/\">\u201cKilling Reagan\u201d<\/a> will premiere Sunday, Oct. 16 at 8 p.m. on the\u00a0<em>National Geographic Channel.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The film \u201cKilling Reagan,\u201d is a political thriller based on the book by Bill O\u2019Reilly, which\u00a0chronicled the events leading to the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan by John Hinckley Jr. in 1981.\u00a0\u00a0Tim Matheson stars as Ronald Reagan, the 40th President of the United States. 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