Directed by:
Robert AltmanCinematography:
Jean LépineCast:
Michael Murphy, Cynthia Nixon, Pamela Reed, Daniel Jenkins, Wendy Crewson, Matt Malloy, Kevin J. O'Connor, Veronica Cartwright, E.G. Marshall, Jim Fyfe, Gregory McKinney, Harry Anderson (more)Plots(1)
During the 1988 presidential campaign, Democratic hopefuls spiritedly canvass the country, jostle for their party's nomination and the honor of opposing Republican Vice President George Bush, when Senator Jack Tanner suddenly emerges from the shadows of a lengthy political hiatus to challenge candidates such as Al Gore, Jesse Jackson, Gary Hart, and Michael Dukakis. Filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Garry Trudeau created this mock-documentary television miniseries, which brought a fictitious presidential candidate out on the campaign trail and shed a revelatory light on America's political process and landscape. (official distributor synopsis)
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