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Release Date:
20 March 1998 (USA)
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Tagline:
What went down on the way to the top. more
Plot:
A man joins the political campaign of a smooth-operator candidate for president of the USA. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 9 wins
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15 nominations
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Clip joint: bad dads
(From The Guardian - Film News. 10 February 2010, 5:26 AM, PST)
'Valentine's Day' countdown: Kathy Bates, 'Misery' loves the Dunder Mifflin company
(From Zap2It - From Inside the Box. 6 February 2010, 10:32 AM, PST)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 10 February 2010, 5:26 AM, PST)
'Valentine's Day' countdown: Kathy Bates, 'Misery' loves the Dunder Mifflin company
(From Zap2It - From Inside the Box. 6 February 2010, 10:32 AM, PST)
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Primary Flaws: A Modern Tragedy
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| John Travolta | ... | Governor Jack Stanton | |
| Emma Thompson | ... | Susan Stanton | |
| Billy Bob Thornton | ... | Richard Jemmons | |
| Kathy Bates | ... | Libby Holden | |
| Adrian Lester | ... | Henry Burton | |
| Maura Tierney | ... | Daisy Green | |
| Larry Hagman | ... | Gov. Fred Picker | |
| Diane Ladd | ... | Mamma Stanton | |
| Paul Guilfoyle | ... | Howard Ferguson | |
| Rebecca Walker | ... | March | |
| Caroline Aaron | ... | Lucille Kaufman | |
| Tommy Hollis | ... | William McCullison (Fat Willie) | |
| Rob Reiner | ... | Izzy Rosenblatt | |
| Ben Jones | ... | Arlen Sporken | |
| J.C. Quinn | ... | Uncle Charlie |
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Rated R for strong language and sexual references.
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143 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Denmark:7 |
Australia:M (re-rating after appeal) |
Australia:MA (original rating) |
Iceland:L |
South Korea:12 |
Philippines:PG-13 |
Singapore:M18 |
Spain:13 |
Finland:K-3 (new rating: 2001) |
Argentina:13 |
Belgium:KT |
Canada:PG |
Chile:14 |
Finland:S |
France:U |
Germany:12 (w) |
Hong Kong:IIB |
Netherlands:AL |
Portugal:M/12 |
Sweden:7 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:R
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: When Norman Asher suggests going on talk shows, his lips say, "Oprah," but the soundtrack says, "Montel."
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Richard Jemmons:
I'm blacker than you are. I got some slave in me, I can feel it.
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Spoofs Sudden Impact (1983)
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Over There
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As (I think it was) Yogi Berra said, "It's deja vu all over again!" On this, the weekend after the release of the Starr report, the movie rings so true. Travolta was great in por- traying the manic pathology of Stanton/Clinton.
And of course, Kathy Bates was superb as Libby, who in the end was unable to reconcile her loyalty to Stanton with her loyalty to the truth. If Stanton was flawed by his weakness of the flesh, Libby was flawed by her strength - by her inability to give up the best part of herself to the moral malaise that so pervaded the Stanton candidacy.
How ironic that the film ends with the inauguration ball, with Stanton and wife whirling in triumph across the ballroom floor, without a hint of what was to come... I have seen this film labeled a comedy. I cannot see it as anything other than a tragedy, in the Greek sense - a man who with the best of in- tentions, but whose flaws finally undo him.