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Drama
Comedy
What went down on the way to the top.
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.
1998-03-20
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Cast
Director
Mike Nichols
John Travolta as Jack Stanton
Emma Thompson as Susan Stanton
Billy Bob Thornton as Richard Jemmons
Adrian Lester as Henry Burton
Maura Tierney as Daisy Green
Paul Guilfoyle as Howard Ferguson
Larry Hagman as Gov. Fred Picker
Kathy Bates as Libby Holden
Diane Ladd as Mamma Stanton
Caroline Aaron as Lucille Kaufman
Tommy Hollis as Fat Willie
Rob Reiner as Izzy Rosenblatt
Ben Jones as Arlen Sporken
J.C. Quinn as Uncle Charlie
Allison Janney as Miss Walsh
Robert Klein as Norman Asher
Mykelti Williamson as Dewayne Smith
James Denton as Mitch
Ned Eisenberg as Brad Lieberman
Brian Markinson as Randy Culligan
Geraldo Rivera as Himself
Charlie Rose as Himself
Larry King as Himself
O'Neal Compton as Sailorman Shoreson
Kevin Cooney as Lawrence Harris
Bonnie Bartlett as Martha Harris
Chelcie Ross as Charlie Martin
John Vargas as Lorenzo Delgado
Tony Shalhoub as Eddie Reyes
Bianca Lawson as Loretta
Robert Cicchini as Jimmy Ozio
William Stanford Davis as Jack Mandela Washington
Harrison Young as Sam
Rolando Molina as Anthony Ramirez
Stacy Edwards as Jennifer Rogers
Vickilyn Reynolds as Amalee
Robert Symonds as Bart Nilson
Gia Carides as Cashmere McLeod
Robert Easton as Dr. Beauregard
Bill Maher as Himself
Lu Elrod as Chubby Woman
Michael Haley as Shipyard Announcer
Henry Woronicz as Pundit
Susan Forristal as Bugger Bugger Woman
James Earl Jones as CNN Voiceover (voice)
James DuMont as Man 1 Airport Bar
Amaris Dupree as Emily Lopez
Tony Winters as Pundit 3
Allan Wayne Anderson as Swimming Pool Guest
Greg Bronson as Campaign Staff
Anthony Michael Frederick as Detective
Nick Loeb as Waiter
Rocco Salata as News Videographer
Lorna Scott as Woman in Airport Bar
Lynn Wanlass as Woman in Red
Charlie Weirauch as Muffin
Tim R. Worley as Hotel Bar Patron