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Film fans pick the best, worst movie presidents

- Chris Heady

Move aside, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, Han Solo is fit for office.

In a survey of more than 1,000 movie lovers, Fandango asked which fictional U. S. movie presidents ( or presidenti­al candidates) they would most and least like to see in office.

The winner was Harrison Ford in Air Force One. Apparently, Ford picking off Russian hijackers and throwing them off a plane brings results in the polls.

Ford is followed by Morgan Freeman ( can you imagine the State of the Union in that glorious voice?) in Deep Impact, Michael Douglas in The American President, Bill Pullman in Independen­ce Day and Jamie Foxx in White House Down. All pretty much save the world from total destructio­n, so we’re in general agreement here.

The least- wanted president in Hollywood is Charlie Sheen’s playboy president in Machete Kills. Sheen’s character, President Rathcock, says in his faux campaign commercial that he’s promarijua­na, pro- Second Amendment, and he’s built a wall to keep out immigrants.

Sheen is followed by Leslie Nielsen in Scary Movie 4, John Travolta in Primary Colors, Peter Sellers in Dr. Strangelov­e ( he does accidental­ly start a nuclear war, so that’s probably fair) and Jack Nicholson in Mars Attacks!

In essence, people want the world saved from alien attacks and don’t want a president who tells crude jokes or doesn’t take the job seriously. And they really like Harrison Ford.

 ?? CLAUDETTE BARIUS, COLUMBIA/ TRISTAR PICTURES ?? Harrison Ford’s poll numbers are high for Air Force One.
CLAUDETTE BARIUS, COLUMBIA/ TRISTAR PICTURES Harrison Ford’s poll numbers are high for Air Force One.
 ?? CHRIS PIZZELLO, INVISION VIA AP ?? Not a lot of people want Charlie Sheen as president.
CHRIS PIZZELLO, INVISION VIA AP Not a lot of people want Charlie Sheen as president.

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