Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Name: Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes
Genre: Documentary
Released: December 7, 2018
Duration: 107 min
Rating: 71
Cast: Alison Rooney, Austin Pendleton, Babette Bombshell, Catherine Corcoran, Glenn Beck

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Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

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Magnolia Pictures | Release Date: December 7, 2018 | Not Rated

Starring: Alison Rooney, Austin Pendleton, Babette Bombshell, Catherine Corcoran, Glenn Beck, Mitch McConnell, Nancy Davis, Richard Nixon, Roger Ailes, Ronald Reagan

Summary: Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes deftly fuses the personal, the political and the just plain surreal as it charts the rise and fall of Fox News Chairman, Roger Ailes. Variously called a bulldog, a kingmaker, and the Ernest Hemingway of campaign advisors, Ailes was a key media consultant to Presidents Nixon, Reagan and GeorgeDivide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes deftly fuses the personal, the political and the just plain surreal as it charts the rise and fall of Fox News Chairman, Roger Ailes. Variously called a bulldog, a kingmaker, and the Ernest Hemingway of campaign advisors, Ailes was a key media consultant to Presidents Nixon, Reagan and George H.W. Bush, powerfully shaping American political history over the last fifty years. After creating a ratings powerhouse, with more viewers than all its direct competitors combined, in 2016 Ailes was forced out of Fox amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment. He died in May 2017 at the age of 77. Divide and Conquer is the origin story of one of the most powerful and divisive figures in American media, as well as a clear-eyed look at how we got where we are today.… Expand

Director: Alexis Bloom

Genre(s): Documentary

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 107 min

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