John Hinckley

Film Review: Hinckley: I Shot the President is a topical documentary that’s at once informative and entertaining

On July 13th, 2024, Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old loner from Pennsylvania, attempted to assassinate former U.S. President – and current Presidential nominee – Donald Trump.  Failing in his intended mission by only wounding Trump, though he did fatally strike one rally attendee before being killed by the Secret Service Counter Sniper Team, the still-unexplained…

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Interview: Neil McGregor on uncovering history for his provocative documentary John Hinckley: I Shot the President

In March 1981, John Hinckley shot U.S. President Ronald Reagan in a failed assassination attempt driven by a dangerous obsession with the Martin Scorsese film Taxi Driver and actress Jodie Foster.  The attack shocked the world and forever changed American history.  Found not guilty by reason of insanity, John spent thirty-five years in a psychiatric…

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Queensland director Neil McGregor explores America’s dark history in trailer for assassination documentary Hinckley: I Shot the President

On Sunday 21st of July this year, the world stopped as former US President, Donald Trump, survived an assassination attempt. The last attempted American Presidential assassination attempt was March 30, 1981 when John Hinckley Jr. attempted to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan. This significant world event sparked global interest about history repeating itself. In Queensland, Australia,…

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