"Simon O'Connell" Filmography
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The Special Relationship
2010, UK, USA
- Actors: Michael Sheen, Dennis Quaid, Hope Davis, Helen McCrory, Mark Bazeley, Adam Godley, Marc Rioufol, Matthew Marsh, Nancy Crane, Demetri Goritsas, Eric Meyers, Lara Pulver, John Schwab, Kerry Shale, Rufus Wright, Roarke Alexander, Stewart Alexander, Mark Barrows, James Fiddy, Joe Golby, Jefferson King, Martyn Moore, Simon O'Connell, Robert Harrison O'Neil, Robert Roman Ratajczak, Adam Robinson, Emily Robinson, Nick Shaw, Pauline Stone, John Warman
- Genre: Drama, History
- Director(s): Richard Loncraine
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Available languages:
- English English.
In 1992 Labour leader Tony Blair goes to America and is impressed by the policies of President Clinton,which he uses to reshape his party. Two years later he is invited back for an audience with Clinton,who,rightly, predicts that he will be Britain's next Prime Minister.Thus begins the 'special relationship' between the two, though Clinton is clearly the senior partner with Blair seeking his advice on Northern Ireland. The situation in Kosovo however reverses the roles as Blair forces American intervention by a reluctant president and is seen in the American media as the hero of the hour. As Clinton accuses his ally of stabbing him in the back the special relationship starts to sour and,with Clinton ultimately out of the White House,Blair takes his first photo call with the next incumbent,Bush.