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Writer:
David Himmelstein (written by)
Release Date:
31 January 1986 (USA)
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Tagline:
More seductive than sex... More addictive than any drug... More precious than gold. And one man can get it for you. For a price. more
Plot:
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country...
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Political
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Senator
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Power
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Corruption
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A realistic look at the political consulting industry
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Richard Gere | ... | Pete St. John | |
| Julie Christie | ... | Ellen Freeman | |
| Gene Hackman | ... | Wilfred Buckley | |
| Kate Capshaw | ... | Sydnet Betterman | |
| Denzel Washington | ... | Arnold Billing | |
| E.G. Marshall | ... | Senator Sam Hastings, Ohio | |
| Beatrice Straight | ... | Claire Hastings | |
| Fritz Weaver | ... | Wallace Furman, New Mexico Gubernatorial Candidate | |
| Michael Learned | ... | Governor Andrea Stannard, Washington | |
| J.T. Walsh | ... | Jerome Cade, Ohio Senatorial Candidate | |
| E. Katherine Kerr | ... | Irene Furman | |
| Polly Rowles | ... | Lucille DeWitt | |
| Matt Salinger | ... | Phillip Aarons, Independent Ohio Senatorial Candidate | |
| Tom Mardirosian | ... | Sheikh | |
| Omar Torres | ... | Roberto Cepeda, Presidential Candidate |
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111 min
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When this film premiered at the 1986 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, reels 3 and 4 were sequentially reversed by Sundance staffer and IATSE projectionist David Nelson. Most critics and viewers said that they didn't notice the mistake in what they called an otherwise disappointing film. One of the film's makers demanded that the incomplete premiere be stopped and it wasn't rescheduled, the only such film in festival history to do so.
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Features "The New Price Is Right" (1972)
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SING, SING, SING
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Having worked in the political consulting industry, I found this film very realistic and true to form, although no one I knew had a private jet and I never got to take showers with my personal assistant. But the strategies and tactics shown in the film are a very good example of how the industry works. I enjoy watching the film every so often to remind me how much I did enjoy the business and how happy I am that I am no longer in it. The one thing they forgot to show was how difficult it was to collect our fees after the elections were over.