John McCain - Part 1
Politician
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Having served 31 years, the six-term senior Arizona senator agreed to participate in a documentary shortly after being diagnosed with brain cancer, providing unprecedented access to his daily life in Washington, D.C. and Sedona, Arizona. This sweeping account combines the senator's own voice, culled from original interviews, commentary and speeches, with archival newsreel and television footage and previously unseen home movies and photographs. The film also features interviews with family, friends, colleagues and leading political figures.
Senator McCain’s recent battle with brain cancer underscores his fighting spirit and resilience as he continues to crusade for the causes he believes in, despite advancing health issues and daunting odds. What emerges is a portrait of an American maverick who has kept his eye on the most important American goals.
A Screening Guide and the full-length interviews completed in the production of the the documentary are available.
"A portrait of an American maverick who kept his eye on the most important American goals"
- HBO
Vice Admiral John S. McCain, USN with his son, Commander John S. McCain, Jr., on board a U.S. Navy ship in Tokyo Bay, circa September 1945, (Courtesy U.S. naval History and Heritage Command)
Lt. Commander John McCain escorted to a waiting Air Force aircraft at Gia Lam Airport after his release from prison in Hanoi, Vietnam, March 14, 1973 (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James L. Baker, Courtesy Images of Freedom)
Lt. Commander John McCain aboard an Air Force aircraft after his release from prison in Hanoi, Vietnam, March 14, 1973 (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. James L. Baker, Courtesy Images of Freedom)
President Nixon greets former POW US Navy Lieutenant Commander John McCain at a pre-POW dinner reception at the White House, Washington D.C., 1973 (Courtesy National Archives)
Former POW Lt. Commander John McCain, April 24, 1973 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
President Ronald Reagan speaking with Senator John McCain at the White House, Washington, D.C., 1987 (Courtesy Library of Congress)
Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham at Sather Air Base, Iraq, March 16, 2008 (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Allen, Courtesy Images of Freedom)
Members of the Haditha City Council greet Senator John McCain in Haditha, Iraq, March 16, 2008 (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Erin A. Kirk, Courtesy Images of Freedom)
Senator John McCain stands with U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gordon Hilbun in Haditha, Iraq, March 16, 2008. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Erin A. Kirk, Courtesy Images of Freedom)
Senators John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham arrive on Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, Dec. 7, 2008 (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Pete Thibodeau, Courtesy Images of Freedom)
President Barack Obama meets with Senator John McCain in the Oval Office, Washington, D.C., February 2, 2011 (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)
Vice President Joe Biden talks with Senator John McCain before speaking at the McCain Institute for International Leadership Sedona Forum in Sedona, Arizona. April 26, 2013 (Official White House Photo by David Lienemann, Courtesy the White House)
