The Contender (2000)

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starring:
Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater, Sam Elliott, William Petersen, Saul Rubinek, Philip Baker Hall, Mike Binder, Robin Thomas
director:
Rod Lurie
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Studio: DreamWorks SKG
Rating: R
Release Date: Oct 13, 2000
Running Time: 120 mins.
Country Of Origin: Germany
Country Of Origin: United States
Country Of Origin: France
synopsis
U.S. Senator Laine Hanson's nomination for Vice President is jeopardized when a sex scandal from her past is revealed. In particular, she is opposed by the Speaker of the House, who will stop at nothing to discredit her. Her confirmation hearings set off a firestorm of controversy as shocking secrets from her past emerge and threaten her personal life as well as her political future. Hanson has what it takes to be a heartbeat away from the presidency. Now she must prove she has the stomach for what it takes to get the job.
cast + crew
Rod Lurie
Director
Gary Oldman
Shelly Runyon
Joan Allen
Laine Hanson
Jeff Bridges
President Jackson Evans
Christian Slater
Reginald Webster
Sam Elliott
Kermit Newman
William Petersen
Jack Hathaway
Saul Rubinek
Jerry Toliver
Philip Baker Hall
Oscar Billings
Mike Binder
Lewis Hollis
Robin Thomas
William Hanson
Rod Lurie
Screenplay
Marc Frydman
Producer
Douglas Urbanski
Producer
Willi Baer
Producer
James Spies
Producer
Scott Shiffman
Co-Producer
Steve Loglisci
Co-Producer
Rainer Bienger
Executive Producer
Gary Oldman
Executive Producer
Maurice Leblond
Executive Producer
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December 10, 2000
Election day is upon us, so a balls-out movie unafraid to pitch a few high hard ones at political hypocrisy should be just the ticket. Rod Lurie, the former film critic for KABC radio in Los Angeles, who wrote and directed this rouser, really wants The Contender to be that movie. He pumps honest energy into it, and enough potent performances to stuff the Oscar ballot box. What a shame that Lurie, a 1984 West Point grad and the son of political cartoonist Ronan Lurie, backs off nearly every… Continued
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After two Oscar nominations and a series of roles as repressed women, Joan Allen finally has a chance to play a different sort of character. In The Contender, she is Laine Billings Hanson, a Republican-turned-Democrat senator who is tapped by the President (Jeff Bridges) to fill the position of Vice President, left vacant by an untimely death. The major obstacle to a smooth confirmation hearing lies in the opposition of the committee head, Shelley Runyon (Gary Oldman, who also served as an… Continued