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Genres:
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Drama /
Thriller
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Release:
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Director:
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Rod Lurie
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Actors:
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Mike Binder,
Kristen Shaw,
Douglas Urbanski,
Noah Fryrear,
Gary Oldman,
Joan Allen,
Jeff Bridges,
Christian Slater,
Sam Elliott,
William Petersen,
Saul Rubinek,
Philip Baker Hall,
Robin Thomas,
Mariel Hemingway,
Kathryn Morris
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Duration:
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127 min.
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Rating:
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(6.9/10)88
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Plot Summary:
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When the sitting Failing President dies, Senator Laine Hanson (Joan Allen) is chosen nearby the President (Jeff Bridges) to be the first chick to contain the offices. The selection meets with opposition from members of both parties, in definite a powerful political adversary (Gary Oldman) who drive superficially stop at nothing to discredit her. Her confirmation hearings set down off a firestorm of spat as shocking secrets from Hanson's gone are revealed, menacing her personal life as well as her partisan approaching.
Laine Hanson has what it takes to be a heartbeat away ... from the presidency. Now she obligated to substantiate she has the stomach for what it takes to make heads the felony.
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Contender, The
Quality political thriller about a slimey Republican, played by Gary Oldman, trying to destroy the career of Joan Allen's Democrat vice-presidency candidate. Jeff Bridges joins the list of Hollywood worthies who've played the pres
As the position of American vice-president was once described as being not worth a bucket of spit it is difficult to imagine what director Rod Lurie was thinking when he decided to make this essentially powerless job the focus of his first big-budget movie. Difficult to imagine, that is, until you actually see the result and realise that - for two thirds of its length at least - Lurie has concocted one of the best political-thrillers since the early 70s, the undoubted heyday of the genre.
In large part the credit must go to the fi...
Contender, The
Good story line, and up to date politically. Would have found disappointing at the cinema but good for a night in. Jeff Bridges made a very plausible President.
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