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Journeys With George

Alexandra Pelosi's casually astonishing "Journeys With George" is that rare breed of documentary that could forever alter public perceptions of its high-profile subject. It's difficult to predict what future historians will make of Pelosi's mini-DV "home movie" about George W. Bush's eventful 2000 campaign for the U.S. presidency.

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Alexandra Pelosi’s casually astonishing “Journeys With George” is that rare breed of documentary that could forever alter public perceptions of its high-profile subject. It’s difficult to predict what future historians will make of Pelosi’s mini-DV “home movie” (her own description) about George W. Bush’s eventful 2000 campaign for the U.S. presidency. But it’s even more difficult to see how any future biographer — or, more important, any contemporary pundit — will be able to write anything truly informed about the 43rd chief of state without taking a close look at Pelosi’s revealing portrait. Although technically ragged and in desperate need of soundtrack tweaking, “George” could journey far beyond the fest circuit and launch a profitable theatrical campaign before reaching cable and homevid precincts.

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Already generating interest in newsweeklies and op-ed columns, pic is all the more fascinating in the wake of President Bush’s massive post-9/11 spike in popularity and approval ratings. “George” recalls a time not so long ago when the untested son of President No. 41 was considered even by some Republicans to be an intellectual lightweight sorely lacking in presidential gravitas. Docu strongly suggests that Bush’s image as a callow boob was only partially justified and likely was much more apparent than real.

Pic begins more or less as a harmless pastime by Pelosi, shot during downtime from her duties as a producer for NBC News. At first, she’s simply one of the faceless dozens among the print and TV journalists on a shaky Access Air plane — which, Pelosi pointedly notes, is usually used to transport convicts. (A much nicer aircraft is provided once Bush actually nails the Republican nomination.) But a funny thing happens along the campaign trail: The more she aims her mini-DV camera at Bush between stump speeches and photo ops, the more the candidate opens up while noticing, and gradually befriending, Pelosi.

To be sure, the relationship has its ups and downs. “Stop filming!” Bush barks in mock-annoyance early in pic. “You’re like a head cold!” Much later, Bush turns noticeably frosty after Pelosi asks what he deems an improper question (about the number of executions in Texas) during a routine press conference.

More often, however, auds have a golden opportunity to witness the “unplugged,” after-hours George W. Bush at his most congenial. “George” offers a portrait of a gregariously charming and self-mocking fellow who’s perfectly at ease in his own skin, and who’s no less slick and savvy a politician for being willing to make himself the butt of jokes. Indeed, at one point, he even goes on the press plane loudspeaker to mock his own verbal gaffes at the last campaign stop.

Even though he drinks nothing harder than nonalcoholic beer — which he carefully reveals to the camera on more than one occasion — Bush cheerfully makes quite a few allusions to his own much-rumored, near-legendary past as party-hearty hellraiser. When Pelosi and other sleepy journalists complain about noisy, hard-drinking passengers in front of the plane, Bush steps in to defend those wild and crazy guys and gals “who only wanted to have a good solid margarita and get hopping at 45,000 miles” over Nebraska.

“These are my people,” Bush quips. “It takes an animal to know an animal.”

Some viewers will insist on reading something like a flirty spark between Pelosi and Bush in some scenes. Whether it’s there or not, there’s something undeniably sweet about Bush’s advice to the producer in regard to her budding romance with a Newsweek correspondent: “I predict your relationship with Newsweek man will go beyond handholding.”

Only rarely does something like anger or cynicism seep through the Bush facade of affability. The mask slips a bit when he notes how reporters are noting his hectic campaign pace, “even though the collective wisdom is that I wasn’t working hard enough to become president.”

Later, someone leaks the result of a poll Pelosi takes among her colleagues on the Bush press plane — they indicate Al Gore more likely will win the election — and other the reporters, fearing an angry Bush will become less accessible, begin to shun the producer.

She remains a pariah until, quite unexpectedly, Bush conspicuously draws her aside for a chummy chat. Pelosi quotes him as saying: “When they see me talking to you, they’re gonna act like they’re your friends again. But these people aren’t your friends. They can say what they want about me, but at least I know who I am and who my friends are.”

One could argue — and, judging from her own running commentary, Pelosi might agree — that the filmmaker may have been compromised by a Bush charm offensive. It should be noted, however, that despite her insistent claims of impartiality, Pelosi is a lifelong Democrat whose mother, California Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi, currently is House minority whip. Her largely sympathetic depiction of Bush indicates that there may be a lot more to Bush’s powers of persuasion than his rivals and enemies are willing to acknowledge.

On the other hand, “George” also reveals a group-think mentality (not unlike the Stockholm syndrome) that prevails among reporters “inside the bubble” of a campaign trail for long periods. Two Texas newspaper reporters, R.G. Ratcliffe of the Houston Chronicle and Wayne Slater of the Dallas Morning News, provide hilariously droll comments about campaigning in general and “Journeys With George,” in particular.

But even when Slater is grilled by colleagues about an unprinted Bush interview after someone leaks news of Bush’s long-ago D.U.I. arrest, he and Ratcliffe appear more affectionately indulgent than skeptically critical while discussing the candidate (who, at the time, is governor of their home state).

Richard Wolffe, a bemused Brit from the Financial Times, opines that “Bush is much smarter than people give him credit for — even though he’s a pretty bad public speaker.” Wolffe’s smiles fades only slightly when he seriously considers that, even though he’s covering an election to decide “the most powerful man in the world,” he and his colleagues spend most of their time covering “really stupid things in really stupid places with really stupid people.”

“Journeys With George” vividly details the unglamorous side of being one of the “boys on the bus” while covering a U.S. presidential election. (Pelosi and her colleagues work ungodly hours, endure long swaths of in-flight tedium, and dine almost exclusively on turkey sandwiches.) Just as important, pic offers insights into campaign strategies and inner workings.

At first, Bush’s handlers try to keep the candidate inaccessible to the press pack. But after he loses a few primaries to rival John McCain — whose half-hearted speech in support of Bush is screamingly albeit unintentionally funny — the candidate suddenly becomes accessible, unplugged — and indefatigably charming.

It’s been reported some of President Bush’s current handlers are worried that “Journeys With George” will make Dubya look somehow “less presidential.” Actually, the only thing they have to complain about is the timing of the pic’s release: Had it appeared prior to the 2000 election, there likely would not have been any disputes over the Florida vote count, because Bush’s electoral victory would have been all the more resounding.

• Production: A Purple Monkey Prods. production. Produced by Alexandra Pelosi and Aaron Lubarsky. Directed, written by Alexandra Pelosi.
• Crew: Camera (color, video), Pelosi; editor, Aaron Lubarsky; sound, Coll Anderson. Reviewed at South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival, Austin, Texas, March 8, 2002. Running time: 75 MIN.
• With: With: George W. Bush, Alexandra Pelosi, R.G. Ratcliffe, Wayne Slater, Richard Wolffe, Trent Gegax.

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Journeys With George Reviews

A serious work could have been made from the experience Pelosi underwent, but only if a filmmaker were capable of standing back from the day-to-day flow of events and asserting an independent and critical viewpoint.

Full Review | Feb 16, 2021

You'll like Alexandra.

Full Review | Jan 31, 2018

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Dec 6, 2005

Pelosi's willingness to open up and look into her own spot in the campaign frenzy makes this meta-documentary important the media and those who consume it.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 30, 2004

A must see for all sides of the political spectrum

Full Review | Original Score: A | May 21, 2003

A depressing confirmation of everything those of us who don't object to the description "unelected" have suspected all along: George W. Bush is an incurious, uncharismatic, overgrown frat boy with a mean streak a mile wide.

Full Review | Mar 14, 2003

An amusing, breezily apolitical documentary about life on the campaign trail.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 13, 2003

The movie is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical. What's worse is that Pelosi knows it.

Full Review | Mar 11, 2003

All in all, an interesting look at the life of the campaign-trail press, especially ones that don't really care for the candidate they're forced to follow.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 8, 2003

Shaky close-ups of turkey-on-rolls, stubbly chins, liver spots, red noses and the filmmakers new bobbed do draw easy chuckles but lead nowhere.

Full Review | Mar 8, 2003

A chronicle not only of one man's quest to be president, but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten, cynical journalists into what was essentially, by campaign's end, an extended publicity department.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Mar 8, 2003

It's a hoot and a half, and a great way for the American people to see what a candidate is like when he's not giving the same 15-cent stump speech.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Mar 7, 2003

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Journeys with george.

Directed by Alexandra Pelosi , Aaron Lubarsky

An all-access pass to the man who would become president.

Documentary account of George W. Bush's presidential campaign during the 2000 election.

George W. Bush Alexandra Pelosi Karl Rove Wayne Slater Erin Brockovich Tom Brokaw Barbara Bush George H. W. Bush

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Alexandra Pelosi Aaron Lubarsky

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Sheila Nevins

Purple Monkey Productions

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Review by Michael ★★★

Nothin better than watching George Bush flirt with literally everyone and no one at the same time.

Review by Mia ★★★½

I can't with the Comic Sans

Review by cam 🤍 ★★★★★

5 stars for alexandras hilarious commentary and getting to see the personal side of George Bush

Review by Will Sloan ★

Directed by Nancy Pelosi’s daughter.

Review by Dave ★★★★

Alexandra Pelosi was on a mission: to turn on the camera and let the images speak for themselves. Pelosi is a journalist, and she brought her DV camera with her on George Bush’s campaign trail for a year. We watch Bush struggle with the state primaries, mingle with the press corps during late night parties on the back of buses and planes, and open up with Pelosi in one on one candid interviews along the ride.

“Journeys with George” is a fascinating documentary, surprisingly revealing and sublimely funny. Say what you might about Bush’s politics, but as shown here, he’s a likable, amiable and oftentimes, smarter person than we may think. Pelosi is an objective journalist, and succeeds in the difficult task of humanizing the most powerful man on Earth.

Review by Z V

And then George went on to kill hundreds of thousands of people in the Middle East.

Bold choice to go with Comic Sans for the credits.

Review by Ethan Johnson ★★★½

While this may have been watched for educational purposes in my government class, I found the documentary also quite interesting in the fact that it shed a light on an aspect of politics most know little about.

It was enjoyable, that’s about it. Also, Alexandra Pelosi is really great at narration. 

P.S. Some of the comments made in this are so aged, it’s uncomfortable. Like some of the things Bush says you have to double take because they would not have been socially acceptable today. 

Review by rachel ★★★

this made me wanna smoke a blunt with bush

Review by baylee ★★★★½ 1

So hilarious i watched this in my gov class and i loved it. Alex!!! love the purple

Review by Owen ★★★★

the “vote for bush because gay people have too many rights” sign sent me

i kinda want it on a t shirt

Review by Peter German ★★★★

I think that art can have many meanings outside of its author's intent, which is why I personally like this movie. I don't believe that it was meant too, but I think that it ends up being a fascinating examination of the importance of surface level relationships that dominate politics and the role of media in the creation of the narrative. There was one line that stuck with me, when George Bush essentially told Alexandra that none of these people were her friends. He knew who his friends were. He spends the entire movie establishing these relationships with reporters and in the end he doesn't give a shit. It helps him get power and that's what matters to him. Almost as good as Weiner (2014) at showing how fucked up politicians are.

It's not exactly a stunning examination of the power structures and systems at play, but it's worth a watch anyway.

Review by Evan Engel ★★

Pelosi unintentionally reveals everything that's wrong with the political press. The filmmaker thankfully lets us know who's calling the shots right at the start, when she lets her subject *name the film.* She spends the rest of the time chumming it up with the guy, and gradually loses sight of the campaign entirely in favor of some dorm room hookup drama. The film's most damning moment has little to do with George W. Bush: It's of Pelosi, who confirms her view of journalists-as-cheerleaders when she embarrassingly admits "It looks bad when even your own press corps doesn't think you can win." If the media-political establishment understood how bad this film makes them look, it would be banned, but (for better or worse) the movie's not good enough for them to notice.

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Food, Jokes and Few Issues on the Bush 2000 Campaign

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By Caryn James

• March 14, 2003

ourneys With George" was shown on HBO in November. Following are excerpts from Caryn James's review, which appeared in The New York Times on Nov. 5, 2002; the full text is online at nytimes.com/television. The film opens today in Manhattan.

Traveling with George W. Bush's 2000 campaign, Alexandra Pelosi kept her video camera running and came up with this startling revelation about the man who would be president: sometimes he talks with his mouth full, really full, of cheese and crackers. That was no mere slip; he is also caught talking with a mouthful of what appears to be a sandwich. Fortunately for Mr. Bush, the Democrats never attacked him on the gross-table-manners issue.

There's a lot about food in "Journeys With George," an amusing, breezily apolitical documentary about life on the campaign trail, made when Ms. Pelosi was an NBC News producer. It's a witty reminder that campaigns are an endless string of foolish events and photo ops that are wildly detached from the hard issues a president has to deal with. We knew that about campaigns, but the documentary reinforces the idea.

Much of the documentary was shot on the press plane, where reporters, campaign staffers and the candidate himself all pretend to let their hair down. Mr. Bush teases Ms. Pelosi about her love life, charms her and treats her as comic relief. "Stop filming me, you're like a head cold," he says with a warm smile. It's a thoroughly disarming tactic.

But this likable guy is rarely asked to talk about issues. Instead, Ms. Pelosi interviews her acerbic colleagues about their insular, repetitive lives, as they all traipse from one orchestrated event to another.

Ms. Pelosi is upfront about her own politics. Narrating in a raspy, singsong voice that reinforces the sense of watching a home movie, she says that her mother is Representative Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California. And she has said that viewers will impose their own political slants on the film. Bush supporters will find the portrait humanizing while the anti-Bush contingent will see a bobble-headed Bush doll. But she skirts political issues so widely that even that seems unlikely.

You can find political links only by stretching a point here and there. When Ms. Pelosi pulls out her absentee ballot and asks Mr. Bush why she should vote for him, he sits next to her, giving her campaign platitudes. More tellingly, he takes the ballot from her hand and says, "How does it work, for starters?" And it wasn't even from Florida. It was a California ballot, and behind Mr. Bush's back she votes for Bill Bradley.

Near the end of the campaign, Ms. Pelosi takes a straw poll among the margarita-fueled reporters on the plane, who predict Al Gore will win. When that tidbit turns up in a gossip column, the other reporters stop talking to her. Mr. Bush saves her by walking up, putting a friendly arm around her shoulder and quietly offering some advice. She says that he told her: "When they see me talking to you, they're going to act like your friends again, but those people aren't your friends. They can say what they want about me, but at least I know who I am and who my friends are."

It's a lesson he obviously learned at his father's knee and that Ms. Pelosi says she learned at that moment. With its suggestion that every second of his supposedly candid behavior was cautious after all, that may be the most honest and revealing comment in the film. Either that or Mr. Bush's flat-out statement, "I like a good baloney sandwich."

Directed by Alexandra Pelosi

Not rated, 79 minutes

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This video diary captures Alexandra Pelosi's 18 months on the road covering the 2000 presidential campaign of George W. Bush.

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Culled from countless hours of video and originally broadcast on HBO in November 2002, this Emmy-winning "home movie" purports to provide an "all-access pass" to George W. Bush during the 18-month haul of his 2000 presidential campaign, but it's more accurate to call this a revealing portrait of camaraderie among the campaign's roving press corps. Armed with a camcorder and her own charming personality, NBC news producer Alexandra Pelosi (youngest daughter of California Democratic Representative Nancy Pelosi) captures a "Dubya" we don't often see: casual, charismatic, and (with a mouthful of junk food much of the time) rather lacking in table manners. History has turned Journeys with George into a horror film that looks like a road-trip buddy comedy. The terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001 and the subsequent war in Iraq were more than two years in the future, so this amiable cross-country jaunt now looks like a stress-free postcard from a more innocent time, enjoyable for its candor about the seemingly endless cycle of photo-ops and repetitive campaign rhetoric. What you won't get from Pelosi's video diary is any deeper insight into George W. Bush or the nascent workings of his imminent administration. As a lighter-side companion to The War Room , however, Journeys with George is must-see viewing for anyone interested in the relationship between jaded journalists and the man who would become the 43rd President of the United States. It's unlikely we'll ever see another film quite like this. --Jeff Shannon

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• Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
• Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
• MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.25 x 5.25 x 0.75 inches; 4 ounces
• Director ‏ : ‎ Aaron Lubarsky
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Color, Multiple Formats, Dolby, NTSC
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 16 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ February 24, 2004
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Alexandra Pelosi
• Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
• Studio ‏ : ‎ HBO Studios
• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0000YTOXU
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
• #5,538 in Documentary (Movies & TV)
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