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Running Mates (2000) -- Jeff Greenfield talks with Harry Smith about who the three top presidential candidates might pick as running mates should they win the nomination.

Overview

User Rating:
5.7/10   397 votes
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Director:
Ron Lagomarsino
Writer (WGA):
Claudia Salter (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
13 August 2000 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
See Tom run! more
Plot:
Tom Selleck is a governor who is campaigning to win the presidential nomination. | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 1 nomination more
NewsDesk:
Casting the 2008 Presidential Election
 (From Rope Of Silicon. 16 October 2008, 7:05 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Enjoyable but fantasy-like fare for election junkies more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Tom Selleck ... Gov. James Reynolds Pryce

Laura Linney ... Lauren Hartman

Nancy Travis ... Jennifer 'Jenny' Pryce

Teri Hatcher ... Shawna Morgan

Faye Dunaway ... Meg Gable

Bob Gunton ... Sen. Terrence Randall

Bruce McGill ... Sen. Mitchell Morris
Robert Culp ... Sen. Parker Gable
Caroline Aaron ... Jody Daniels

Gia Franzia ... Delegate (as Gia Natale)

Wayne Pére ... Aide Larry

Phil Brock ... Aide Fermin
Matt Malloy ... Aide Sam

Rachel Wilson ... Heather Gable

Steffani Brass ... Brooke Pryce
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Washington Slept Here (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
Netherlands:87 min | USA:90 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:L | Australia:M
Filming Locations:
Los Angeles, California, USA

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Soundtrack:
All Night Long more

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Enjoyable but fantasy-like fare for election junkies, 3 November 2004
7/10
Author: scotthumphries from Australia

I just watched this film tonight, quite coincidentally at the same time as the votes are being counted for the 2004 US presidential election.

The film concerns the political skullduggery involved in the nominating of a running mate for a Democratic presidential candidate played by an almost unrecognizable Tom Selleck. He is a bit of ladies' man inspiring unwavering devotion from his faithful followers and his legion of loved and discarded women who still work for him and believe in him even after the affair is done (could part of his character be modeled on that last charismatic Democrat president we ask ourselves?).

Laura Linney has a strong part as his clever campaign manager, Teri Hatcher a less showy part as a press secretary, and Faye Dunaway a very showy supporting part (the type of role she excels in these days) as the wife of a senator hoping to get a place on the ticket.

This is not a bad film and quite interesting for anyone interested in politics. It does not withstand comparison to the similar but superior "Primary Colors", but it is still not bad. The cast is good but the heartwarming ending is a little hokey for this hardened cynic.

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