Obama's blockbuster gift for Brown to reaffirm the 'special relationship': 25 DVDs

Daily Mail UK ^ | 3/5/09 | Joe Murphy

[pissant]

Gordon Brown has been given a collection of 25 classic American films on DVD as his official gift from Barack Obama.

The Prime Minister flew home from his successful trip to Washington this morning with the 'special collector's box' of films hidden in his luggage.

No 10 had tried to keep the present a secret, refusing to answer reporters who asked what President Obama had given to mark the reaffirmation of the special relationship.

However, the Evening Standard discovered the truth through White House insiders.

[evilC]

This debacle can be saved with that great US invention ...
... eBay

[penelopesire]

Update at the link:(they didn’t have the info this morning)

The movies Obama gave (which it has been discovered that Brown donated to charity...LOL

(snip)

“Not surprisingly, it later emerged that the PM had decided not to keep the gift. Instead, he gave it to charity.
Movies in the box-set produced for the White House by the American Film Institute:”
1. Citizen Kane
2. The Godfather
3. Casablanca
4. Raging Bull
5. Singing In The Rain
6. Gone With The Wind
7. Lawrence Of Arabia
8. Schindler’s List
9. Vertigo
10. The Wizard Of Oz
11. City Lights
12. The Searchers
13. Star Wars: Episode IV
14. Psycho
15. 2001: A Space Odyssey
16. Sunset Boulevard
17. The Graduate
18. The General
19. On The waterfront
20. It’s A Wonderful Life
21. China Town
22. Some Like It Hot

23. The Grapes Of Wrath
24. ET: The Extra Terrestrial
25. To Kill A Mocking Bird.

[topfile]

I bet Obama had those DVDs leftover from his last Winter Solstice Festival.

[dixiechick2000]

These people are classless, and an embarrassment.

Just tacky...

Thank you for the post and ping!

[dixiechick2000]

[GOPJ]

The movies Obama gave (which it has been discovered that Brown donated to charity...LOL

I'm sure a British thrift store could pull in enough to buy some tea with the proceeds. Not enough for crumpets, but enough for the tea...

A part of me wishes the Brits had sent the DVD's back to Amazon.com and had the check forwarded to the White House with a note explaining that we must need the money more than they do...

[penelopesire]

That would have been great! LOL

Obama is an embarrassment to his party and our country.

[penelopesire]

LOL...Love it dixie!!

[Revolting cat!]

Prime Minister Brown should be thankful these two didn't give him a gift certificate to Burger King, the highest prize where Michelle comes from, you know what I'm talking about?!

[dixiechick2000]

Isn’t it great!!!

I lifted it from the PUMAs, God love ‘em. ;o)

[a fool in paradise]

Star Wars on DVD. Hmm. I think anyone over 40 who hasn’t seen it yet has no interest in it.

[a fool in paradise]

[reformed_dem]

I have a DVD player that plays both NTSC and PAL. I found it online and it wasn’t that expensive.

[Tax-chick]

Thanks! I’ll keep that in mind if we replace ours.

[snowsislander]

Even more appropriate might have been a gift of Martin Gilbert's recent addition to his classic Churchill works: Churchill and America, published in 2005.

[Daffynition]

I have to put that one on my “must read” list!

[apocalypto]

Wonder if they included Mel Gibson's “The Patriot” and “Braveheart”?

[patriot preacher]

Disgusting...Insulting...And totally ON PURPOSE.

Seems PBO wants to make nicer with the Taliban and Syria than he does with Great Britain and Israel....

[pissant]

I prefer to think it is sheer incompetence.

[patriotspride]

I hope he checked to see that these were PAL versions,
or have no region restrictions.

The European DVD players are a different coding than ours, unless they have changed in the last several years.

It would be that much more insulting if he gave him something that doesn’t even work