Overview:
The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.| Status: | Released (2000-10-13) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 2 Oscars. 1 win & 22 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $17,872,723 |
| Screen: | Rod Lurie |
| Productions: | Cinerenta, Cinecontender Internationale, Battleplan Productions, SE8 Group, DreamWorks Pictures |
| Production Countries: | Germany, United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English, Deutsch |
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Casts
- 11148: Joan Allen - Laine Hanson
- 64: Gary Oldman - Shelly Runyon
- 1229: Jeff Bridges - President Jackson Evans
- 2224: Christian Slater - Reginald Webster
- 16431: Sam Elliott - Kermit Newman
- 52267: William Petersen - Jack Hathaway
- 3712: Saul Rubinek - Jerry Tolliver
Crews
- 21526: Rod Lurie - Director - Directing
- 22143: Denis Maloney - Director of Photography - Camera
- 37038: Larry Groupé - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 77251: Halina Gebarowicz - Art Direction - Art
- 9648: Alec Hammond - Production Design - Art
- 1478463: Matthew Jacobsen - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 2121: Mary Jo Slater - Casting - Production
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Joan Allen is an American senator who is nominated to replace a recently deceased Vice-President by Jeff Bridges ("President Evans"). Once her confirmation hearing begins, she finds her rather interesting private life under the scrutiny of hostile committee chairman Gary Oldman who i ....
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