John McCain: For Whom the Bell Tolls
After having a hard life and being a POW in Vietnam, John McCain has his own distinguished politician in USA by his hard work. John talks in the movie about all his career and how he switched from past to his current position.
27 May 1923, Fürth, Bavaria, Germany
11 August 1961
2 March 1953, Janesville, Wisconsin, USA
9 July 1932, Chicago, Illinois, USA
24 February 1942, Stamford, Connecticut, USA
9 July 1955, Central, South Carolina, USA
20 November 1942, Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
6 July 1946, New Haven, Connecticut, USA
11 December 1943, Aurora, Colorado, USA
29 August 1936, Canal Zone, Panama
4 August 1961, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
26 October 1947, Chicago, Illinois, USA
20 May 1954, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
11 February 1964, Sandpoint, Idaho, USA
19 August 1946, Hope, Arkansas, USA
23 October 1984, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
May 29, 2018
The respect and admiration for the cancer-afflicted POW turned Arizona senator is non-partisan and clearly more than pro forma during this 1 hour, 45 minute film.
May 23, 2018
Keenly aware that he's nearing the end, McCain and director Peter Kunhardt have left a guide to a figure described, for good or ill, as being the most influential non-president of the last half-century.
May 29, 2018
HBO would like to offer you the following answer: "No, you shouldn't respect John McCain because he has stage IV brain cancer." It has a lot of other reasons why you should. And you'll agree or you won't.
May 29, 2018
It's an altogether new form of tribute: Having one's last word while being able to hear the things everyone will say when you're really gone.
May 29, 2018
It's certainly an inspirational portrait; it's also a blatant exercise in legacy management... Still, For Whom is entirely convincing, even moving, in its intimation that McCain's passing will mark the alarming disappearance of the GOP's old guard.
May 23, 2018
The political myth-making around McCain has always been tough to take, and this movie is basically two hours of it. The myths aren't just about McCain, either, but also an effort to gloss over... how we got to the terrible place we're in today.
May 25, 2018
There are reasons that one might differ with his politics, but there's no disputing his accomplishments, or his moments of bravery...
May 29, 2018
First and foremost, this documentary is as a moving farewell to a flawed, but still admirable, man. But it also comes across as another type of good-bye, one to the basic civility Americans once were able to take for granted in the political realm.
