Somewhere in Movie Heaven, A Cable Channel Is Showing Pressure On Loop

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Photo: Alex Bailey/Focus Features/STUDIOCANAL The version of Dwight D. Eisenhower portrayed by Brendan Fraser in the gripping new World War II film Pressure may not be entirely accurate, but he does make for a fine narrative accelerant. Fraser plays the legendary general (and future president) as a tempestuous mountain of a man, a far cry from the modest and even-keeled Eisenhower of record. But no matter: We need an Ike like this for the drama to work. Pressure isn’t really about Eisenhower so