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Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

A documentary that explores the rise and fall of the late Roger Ailes, from his early media influence on the Nixon presidency to his controversial leadership at Fox News.

Director

Alexis Bloom

Year

Genre

documentary, biography

Box Office

$38,510

Production

A&E IndieFilms,Jigsaw Productions,Impact Partners,Baird Films

Awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win & 3 nominations total

Homepage

https://www.divideandconquerfilm.com

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My personal view is
we have a desperate need - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

My personal view is we have a desperate need

The New York
and Hollywood elites, - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

The New York and Hollywood elites,

They don't understand
the people - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

They don't understand the people

Austin Pendleton: I first met
Roger Ailes - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Austin Pendleton: I first met Roger Ailes

We would have debates about - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

We would have debates about

But the arguments
that Roger would make - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

But the arguments that Roger would make

Also, Roger was the handsomest
young man you can imagine. - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Also, Roger was the handsomest young man you can imagine.

Launa Newman: Warren was
a beautiful, clean, - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Launa Newman: Warren was a beautiful, clean,

Everywhere you looked,
there was something historic - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Everywhere you looked, there was something historic

Austin Pendleton: Roger's father
was a factory foreman, - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Austin Pendleton: Roger's father was a factory foreman...

Roger Ailes: - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

His father was a union man
who hated the unions. - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

His father was a union man who hated the unions.

The liberals
will destroy this town." - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

The liberals will destroy this town."

And Roger saw - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Their livelihood was gone.
Overnight. - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Their livelihood was gone. Overnight.

And he saw the pride
that people had - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

And he saw the pride that people had

(thunder rumbling) - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

(thunder rumbling)

A physical, real fear - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

A physical, real fear

He had hemophilia diagnosed - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

He had hemophilia diagnosed

And he operated fearlessly, - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

And he operated fearlessly,

In other words, the mother
has to give you hemophilia. - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

In other words, the mother has to give you hemophilia.

I don't know that that had
anything to do with it, - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

I don't know that that had anything to do with it,

She may have had some feeling - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

She may have had some feeling

Austin Pendleton:
Roger's daily life
was a fear of annihilation. - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Austin Pendleton: Roger's daily life was a fear of a...

He said, "It's like
you walk around all your life - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

He said, "It's like you walk around all your life

We're at war,
and this is not going to stop. - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

We're at war, and this is not going to stop.

We gotta understand
what's in our country - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

We gotta understand what's in our country

We need to kill them.
We need to kill them. - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

We need to kill them. We need to kill them.

# If a picture paints
A thousand words # - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

# If a picture paints A thousand words #

I ran sandwiches for the stars, - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

I ran sandwiches for the stars,

I learned
if your audience likes you - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

I learned if your audience likes you

(audience cheering) - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

(audience cheering)

# I bought it
At a second-hand store # - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

# I bought it At a second-hand store #

Look, the pig that I am today.
(laughs) - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Look, the pig that I am today. (laughs)

And, obviously, there were
a lot of dieting segments - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

And, obviously, there were a lot of dieting segments

Kenneth Johnson:
Roger was an associate producer
on the show, - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Kenneth Johnson: Roger was an associate producer on the sh...

He'd been on the show
the longest, next to me, - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

He'd been on the show the longest, next to me,

Kenneth Johnson:
Roger convinced Mike - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Kenneth Johnson: Roger convinced Mike

And Roger became the producer
of The Mike Douglas Show. - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

And Roger became the producer of The Mike Douglas Show.

And that was a big shock - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

And that was a big shock

(aircraft droning) - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

(aircraft droning)

The only person that I saw
Roger Ailes ever really hit on - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

The only person that I saw Roger Ailes ever really hit on

Kenneth Johnson: In 1968, during
the presidential campaign, - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Kenneth Johnson: In 1968, during the presidential campaign,

Have you ever regretted
entering politics - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Have you ever regretted entering politics

No, um, politics, of course,
is a, is a great battle. - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

No, um, politics, of course, is a, is a great battle.

(laughing) - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

You need someone
that can shape you, - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

You need someone that can shape you,

So Roger, very soon after,
left the show - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

So Roger, very soon after, left the show

Roger Ailes:
Let's face it, a lot of people
think Nixon is dull. - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Roger Ailes: Let's face it, a lot of people think Ni...

They look at him
as the kind of kid - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

They look at him as the kind of kid

They figure other kids
got footballs for Christmas, - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

They figure other kids got footballs for Christmas,

Nixon needed someone
who had knowledge of - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Nixon needed someone who had knowledge of

And that, of course,
was reinforced - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

And that, of course, was reinforced

Felycia Sugarman: That was
the Nixon-Kennedy debate - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Felycia Sugarman: That was the Nixon-Kennedy debate

(Kennedy indistinctly speaking) - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

(Kennedy indistinctly speaking)

And even his own mother
was calling in - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

And even his own mother was calling in

Felycia Sugarman:
And, of course, Kennedy went on
to become president. - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Felycia Sugarman: And, of course, Kennedy went on to becom...

So Roger told Nixon - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

So Roger told Nixon

I told him 50 times,
"I want close-ups." - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

I told him 50 times, "I want close-ups."

Kenneth Johnson: Roger and I
had had many conversations - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Kenneth Johnson: Roger and I had had many conversations

(speaking in German) - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

(speaking in German)

And Roger told me
he really thought about that - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

And Roger told me he really thought about that

Tonight, Richard Nixon,
in person, is going to face - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Tonight, Richard Nixon, in person, is going to face

Kenneth Johnson:
He put him in the arena
surrounded by the audience. - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Kenneth Johnson: He put him in the arena surrounded by th...

And, uh, it was
an amazing propaganda piece. - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

And, uh, it was an amazing propaganda piece.

I'd like to stress the point
that this is a live program. - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

I'd like to stress the point that this is a live progra...

Male announcer #3:
No one has any idea
what questions will be asked. - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Male announcer #3: No one has any idea what questions wil...

You have to have the big stroke
of the federal government - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

You have to have the big stroke of the federal government

We've got the power, we've got
a wonderfully motivated people. - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

We've got the power, we've got a wonderfully motiv...

Male announcer #4:
With 287 electoral votes - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Male announcer #4: With 287 electoral votes

For better or worse,
television has changed - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

For better or worse, television has changed

The controlled discussion
with the questioners - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

The controlled discussion with the questioners

And in the book,
The Selling Of The President, - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

And in the book, The Selling Of The President,

Male #1: In your estimation,
is television - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Male #1: In your estimation, is television

Let me put it this way,
I don't believe - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Let me put it this way, I don't believe

And that skillful use - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

And that skillful use

I think that there's
an emotional reaction - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

I think that there's an emotional reaction

John Cook: When I was first
reporting on Fox News - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

John Cook: When I was first reporting on Fox News

That he was an aide to Nixon - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

That he was an aide to Nixon

So I filed information requests
with the Nixon archives. - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

So I filed information requests with the Nixon archives.

And one of the things
that I discovered - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

And one of the things that I discovered

However, the copy I obtained - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

However, the copy I obtained

And the memo said
the liberal elite - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

And the memo said the liberal elite

So it was a proposal - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

So it was a proposal

And Roger Ailes is all over it
saying, "I can do this." - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

And Roger Ailes is all over it saying, "I can do this....

Now, it never happened,
but the idea - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

Now, it never happened, but the idea

How do we get a message
to the people - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

How do we get a message to the people

(indistinct chatter) - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

(indistinct chatter)

I think that Roger
was a kind of genius, - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

I think that Roger was a kind of genius,

And I think that there
is a "Citizen Kane" quality - Divide and Conquer: The Story of Roger Ailes

And I think that there is a "Citizen Kane" qualit...

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A documentary that explores the rise and fall of the late Roger Ailes, from his early media influence on the Nixon presidency to his controversial leadership at Fox News.

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Director: Alexis Bloom

Writer: N/A

Production: A&E IndieFilms,Jigsaw Productions,Impact Partners,Baird Films

Genre: documentary, biography

Year: 2018

MetaScore: 71/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

BoxOffice: $38,510

Released: 07 Dec 2018

Awards: Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. 1 win & 3 nominations total

Homepage: https://www.divideandconquerfilm.com