Sometimes you can assassinate a leader without firing a shot.
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.
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Classical in form, grave, earnest and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- contemporarynostalgic
- rawmeticulous
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Cast
- Joan AllenLaine Hanson
- Gary OldmanShelly Runyon
- Jeff BridgesPresident Jackson Evans
- Christian SlaterReginald Webster
- Sam ElliottKermit Newman
- William L. PetersenJack Hathaway
- Saul RubinekJerry Tolliver
- Philip Baker HallOscar Billings
- Robin ThomasWilliam Hanson
- Kathryn MorrisPaige Willomina
Crew
- Rod LurieDirector
- Rod LurieWriter
- Denis MaloneyDirector of Photography
- Larry GroupéOriginal Music Composer
- Michael JablowEditor
- Willi BärProducer
- Douglas UrbanskiProducer
- Marc FrydmanProducer
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