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Advise & Consent

  • 19621962
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 2h 19m
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Advise & Consent (1962)
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The polarizing search for a new Secretary of State has far-reaching consequences.The polarizing search for a new Secretary of State has far-reaching consequences.The polarizing search for a new Secretary of State has far-reaching consequences.
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  • Director
    • Otto Preminger
  • Writers
    • Allen Drury(novel)
    • Wendell Mayes(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Franchot Tone
    • Lew Ayres
    • Henry Fonda
  • Director
    • Otto Preminger
  • Writers
    • Allen Drury(novel)
    • Wendell Mayes(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Franchot Tone
    • Lew Ayres
    • Henry Fonda
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 78User reviews
    • 47Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Gene Tierney, Charles Laughton, Will Geer, Tom Helmore, Peter Lawford, and Walter Pidgeon in Advise & Consent (1962)
    Paul Ford, George Grizzard, and Walter Pidgeon in Advise & Consent (1962)
    Henry Fonda, Burgess Meredith, and Paul Stevens in Advise & Consent (1962)
    Don Murray and Inga Swenson in Advise & Consent (1962)
    Burgess Meredith in Advise & Consent (1962)
    Otto Preminger, Don Murray, Charles Laughton, Walter Pidgeon "Advise And Consent" Columbia 1962 / **I.V.
    "Advise & Consent" (Saul Bass Poster) 1962
    Advise & Consent (1962)
    Advise & Consent (1962)
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    Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Inga Swenson, and Franchot Tone in Advise & Consent (1962)
    Henry Fonda in Advise & Consent (1962)

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    Franchot Tone
    Franchot Tone
    • The President
    Lew Ayres
    Lew Ayres
    • The Vice President
    Henry Fonda
    Henry Fonda
    • Robert Leffingwell
    Walter Pidgeon
    Walter Pidgeon
    • Senate Majority Leader
    Charles Laughton
    Charles Laughton
    • Sen. Seabright Cooley
    Don Murray
    Don Murray
    • Sen. Brigham Anderson
    Peter Lawford
    Peter Lawford
    • Sen. Lafe Smith
    Gene Tierney
    Gene Tierney
    • Dolly Harrison
    Burgess Meredith
    Burgess Meredith
    • Herbert Gelman
    Eddie Hodges
    Eddie Hodges
    • Johnny Leffingwell
    Paul Ford
    Paul Ford
    • Sen. Stanley Danta
    George Grizzard
    George Grizzard
    • Sen. Fred Van Ackerman
    Inga Swenson
    Inga Swenson
    • Ellen Anderson
    Paul McGrath
    Paul McGrath
    • Hardiman Fletcher
    Will Geer
    Will Geer
    • Senate Minority Leader
    Edward Andrews
    Edward Andrews
    • Sen. Orrin Knox
    Betty White
    Betty White
    • Sen. Bessie Adams
    Malcolm Atterbury
    Malcolm Atterbury
    • Sen. Tom August
    • Director
      • Otto Preminger
    • Writers
      • Allen Drury(novel)
      • Wendell Mayes(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Director Otto Preminger offered the role of a Southern senator to Martin Luther King Jr., believing that the casting could have a positive impact (despite the fact that there were no black senators at the time). King declined after serious consideration, as he felt playing the role could cause hostility and hurt the civil rights movement.
    • Goofs
      When the roll call vote is being conducted on the motion to advise and consent to Leffingwell's nomination, Senator Van Ackerman's name is not called. Even though he had left the Senate Chamber, the clerk would still have called his name.
    • Quotes

      Johnny Leffingwell: The phone - Senator Munson.

      Robert Leffingwell: Tell him I've gone out.

      Johnny Leffingwell: Why?

      Robert Leffingwell: Because, Johnny, he'll want to do some things that might obligate me.

      Johnny Leffingwell: I mean why do you want me to lie? If you're in, you're in; if you're out, you're out.

      Robert Leffingwell: Son, this is a Washington, D.C. kind of lie. It's when the other person knows you're lying, and also knows you *know* he knows. You follow?

    • Alternate versions
      Also available in a computer colorized version.
    • Connections
      Featured in Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (1982)
    • Soundtracks
      The Song from Advise and Consent
      Music by Jerry Fielding

      Lyrics by Ned Washington

      Sung Frank Sinatra - voice on juke box

    User reviews78

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    A Good Job With Some Challenging Material
    The complex story, numerous characters, and sensitive themes would seem to make Allen Drury's "Advise & Consent" a challenging story to film. This is a good adaptation that succeeds in most respects, and it gets about as much out of the material as you could hope for in a couple of hours or so worth of screen time. Otto Preminger seems to have had a good appreciation for the dramatic possibilities, and the fine cast brings the main characters to life believably.

    The movie version (more so than the novel) is as much or more about the practicalities of politics than it is about ideology. Some of the political issues themselves were hotly debated topics in the movie's own era, and a couple of them are still topical now, but even they are often secondary to the harsh and often unseemly realities of political power. All of the major characters have their flaws and make mistakes, yet all but a couple of them have some worthwhile characteristics. On its best level, the story is not about winning and losing so much as it is about the ways that political battles affect individual lives and personal character.

    There are numerous good performances and some fine casting. Charles Laughton personifies the old-time Senator Cooley, Walter Pigeon (the spell-checker refuses to accept it spelled properly) could not have been better chosen as the Majority Leader, and Henry Fonda is perfect in a challenging role that calls for him to maintain a difficult balance. Even most of the supporting roles are filled well by fine actors like Lew Ayres, Franchot Tone, and Burgess Meredith (who uses his brief screen time very effectively, in a role that must have been quite ironic for him personally).

    Naturally, some of the characters and events from the novel had to be omitted or streamlined, but there is still plenty of meat left, even once you discount the Cold War era ideological issues. The personal lives and personal agendas of the characters, the tension between their lives as individuals and their responsibilities as public servants, and the contrast between what they do and what the public sees, all give the movie some extra depth that makes it worthwhile and that gives it meaning that goes well beyond the political issues on the surface.
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    • Release date
      • June 6, 1962 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Warner Bros.
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Predlog i pristanak
    • Filming locations
      • Columbia/Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio, Senate Chamber - interiors)
    • Production companies
      • Otto Preminger Films
      • Alpha Alpina
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 19 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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