The re-release of the ‘Reagan’ movie features a clip with a famous line from the 40th president that was left out of the original release. In the scene, Dennis Quaid’s President Ronald Reagan gives a speech at the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, saying, ‘You and your forebearers helped build this nation. Now help us rebuild it. And together, we will make America great again.’

Director’s Decision

Director Sean McNamara explained that the original release of the film did not include the moment because it was an election year. While Reagan was the first to use the ‘Make America Great Again’ line during his 1980 presidential campaign, President Donald Trump then adopted it for his 2016, 2020, and 2024 presidential campaigns, and his supporters often refer to themselves by the acronym ‘MAGA.’ McNamara told Fox News Digital, ‘In the middle of a divisive election season when we released the movie, we made the decision to leave out a moment that might have been mistaken for electioneering.’ However, in this special year of celebration, they are putting back in the phrase which has been uttered by presidents of both parties and which was used as Reagan’s campaign slogan in 1980 and which he repeated in the speech just before he was shot.

A special edition of ‘Reagan,’ with 10 additional minutes of never-before-seen footage, is scheduled to be released in theaters on September 25, in celebration of America’s 250th anniversary. There are plans for both limited audience screenings on July 4 in over a dozen cities and a wider-scale re-release in September in 600 theaters.

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