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Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story | |
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Directed by | Stefan Forbes |
Produced by | Stefan Forbes, Noland Walker, Tia Wou |
Starring | Eric Alterman |
Distributed by | Interpositive Media LLC |
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Running time | 86 mins |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Boogie Man: The Lee Atwater Story is a 2008 U.S. documentary on the controversial campaign tactics used by Lee Atwater, while working on George H. W. Bush's 1988 presidential election campaign, and how those tactics have transformed presidential campaigns in the United States.
In an independent theatrical release from InterPositive Media, the film was a Critic's Pick in both The New York Times and The Washington Post, screened at the 2008 Democratic and Republican National Conventions, played 40 American cities theatrically in the fall of 2008 and was number seven in nationwide per-screen average the weekend of its release.