Article originally appeared on www.westernjournal.com.
The first full-length feature film about Ronald Reagan’s life is set to hit theaters in late August, just ahead of the fall presidential campaign season.
He was among the most popular presidents in the post-World War II era, leaving office in January 1989 with a 63 percent approval rating, according to Gallup.
Reagan was the last presidential candidate to win in a true landslide, 49 states to 1 in 1984, with Democrat Walter Mondale barely taking his home state of Minnesota (by 0.2 percent of the vote) and the District of Columbia.
The film “Reagan,” starring Dennis Quaid in the lead role, will be released nationwide on Aug. 30, Deadline reported.
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The movie explores the conservative icon’s extraordinary life, taking the audience from his boyhood in Illinois to becoming a Hollywood star and president of the Screen Actors Guild in the 1930s, 40s and …
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