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Andrew Fleming’s smart Nixon satire Dick (1999), with Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams and Dan Hedaya. Photograph: Kerry Hayes/Columbia/Phoenix/Kobal/Shutterstock
Andrew Fleming’s smart Nixon satire Dick (1999), with Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Williams and Dan Hedaya. Photograph: Kerry Hayes/Columbia/Phoenix/Kobal/Shutterstock
How long before a Donald Trump biopic? Meanwhile, from young Obama to stately Abraham Lincoln, some White House incumbents fare better than others on the big screen
Sat 23 Jan 2021 03.00 EST
At long last, Donald Trump is out of the White House. His story, one suspects, is far from over: any screenwriters hovering eagerly to write the quintessential film about America’s 45th president would be best advised to keep their powder dry. But write they eventually will – the presidential biopic practically being the due of most men who have held the position, however eventfully or otherwise. Few stick arou