The War Room

The War Room is an American documentary film made in 1993 about Bill Clinton's campaign for President of the United States in 1992. At the start of the 1992 Democratic primaries, D.A. Pennebaker, a revered documentary filmmaker, pitched the idea to the Clinton Campaign to allow for access into the campaign strategy sessions to increase popularity. The Clinton campaign agreed, and allowed Pennebaker to focus on Communications Director George Steph... more

The War Room is an American documentary film made in 1993 about Bill Clinton's campaign for President of the United States in 1992. At the start of the 1992 Democratic primaries, D.A. Pennebaker, a revered documentary filmmaker, pitched the idea to the Clinton Campaign to allow for access into the campaign strategy sessions to increase popularity. The Clinton campaign agreed, and allowed Pennebaker to focus on Communications Director George Stephanopoulos as well as Lead Strategist James Carville. At the start of filming, the film team was embedded with the Clinton Campaign in New Hampshire for that state's Democratic primary. During the onset of the campaign, the film crew traveled around the state with the Bill Clinton Campaign. After the surprise Clinton second place finish in the New Hampshire primary, the film crew filmed mostly in Little Rock, Arkansas, home to the Clinton campaign's national headquarters. As the film focused in on Carville and Stephanopoulos, the film crew saw... less