''The President's Man'' is a 2000 American

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starring

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and

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in his last role before his death in March 2020. A sequel, '' The President's Man: A Line in the Sand'' was made in 2002, it is the first installment in the ''The President's Man'' film series. It was first shown on

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on April 2, 2000.

Plot

Joshua McCord (Norris) is thinking about retiring from his grueling job as The President's Man, a secret agent not affiliated with any intelligence agency who is assigned to carry out missions by the President of the United States (Waite), and answers to the President alone. Before he can retire, he must save the First Lady (Adams), who has been kidnapped by a mysterious band of terrorists. While McCord struggles with the end of his career, his daughter/aide (Tung), seeks out candidates to become his replacement. Through her search she finds Deke Slater (Neal) a former Army sergeant with a temper serving a 30 year sentence in federal prison.

Cast

as Agent Joshua McCord *

as Sgt. Deke Slater * Jennifer Tung as Que McCord *

as President Matthews *

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as First Lady Matthews *

as George Williams *

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as General Vinh Tran * Jonathan Nichols as Don Diego Santiago * Brigitta Dau as Lee McCord * Ariel Chipman as Terry Anderson * Greg Ricks as Dr. Francis Anderson * Ken Farmer as The Judge * Mark Dalton as Delta Force Soldier

Production

Filming

The filming of'' The President's Man'' took place from the November 30, 1999 to March 21, 2000, entirely in

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and Camp Hoblitzelle

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, and

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with a budget of 2,000,000 U.S. dollars.

Release

Television and home media

On April 2, 2000, the television-film had its American premiere on

. Months after it was released on DVD in other countries including France, England and Argentina. In Italy it was released in the first TV in 2001.

Sequel

A sequel, titled ''The President's Man: A Line in the Sand'', first aired on CBS in 2002.

External links

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:President's Man, The 2000 television films 2000 films 2000 action films American action television films CBS films Films about fictional presidents of the United States 2000s English-language films English-language action films