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Matalin and Carville have gone on record saying they do not talk politics at home. [25] The best example of contention between the two, aside from appearances on talk shows, is the portrayal of their relationship in the 1993 movie The War Room. In the 1992 political campaign, Matalin and Carville were staffing opposing campaigns.
James Carville and Mary Matalin have been the nation's political odd couple for decades. Carville, 79, a Democrat, became famous after heading Bill Clinton's campaign in 1992 when he upset ...
Carville: Winning Is Everything, Stupid! is a 2024 American documentary film about the life of Democratic political operative James Carville and his marriage to Republican adviser Mary Matalin. It is produced and directed by Matt Tyrnauer. It premiered at the 51st Telluride Film Festival.
Carville was born on October 25, 1944, at a U.S. Army hospital at Georgia's Fort Benning (now Fort Moore), where his father was stationed during World War II. [4] While his mother, Lucille (née Normand), had stayed behind in Carville, Louisiana, where James was raised, she traveled to Fort Benning long enough to have her firstborn son born there.
It also examines his famous bipartisan marriage to Mary Matalin, a top strategist for then-President George H.W. Bush’s reelection campaign in 1992, who lost to Carville’s candidate, Bill Clinton.
Matalin and her husband, Democratic strategist James Carville, are well-known in Washington for years as the couple willing to duke it out over the issues on TV.
In addition to Carville and Matalin, the film features political figureheads including Bill Clinton, George Stephanopoulos, Paul Begala, and Rev. Al Sharpton.
Scott and Marjorie Cowen were credited by Mary Matalin for swaying her to relocate to New Orleans. They convinced Matalin that her husband James Carville was right about the merits of moving their family to New Orleans. After having breakfast with the Cowens, Matalin went shopping for a house. [46]