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Power

  • 19861986
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  • 1h 51m
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5.7/10
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Power (1986)
After a close friend drops out of politics, a political consultant helping to find a replacement finds a web of corruption and deceit as well.
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After a close friend drops out of politics, a political consultant helping to find a replacement finds a web of corruption and deceit as well.After a close friend drops out of politics, a political consultant helping to find a replacement finds a web of corruption and deceit as well.After a close friend drops out of politics, a political consultant helping to find a replacement finds a web of corruption and deceit as well.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
3.1K
YOUR RATING
    • Sidney Lumet
    • David Himmelstein
  • Stars
    • Richard Gere
    • Julie Christie
    • Gene Hackman
    • Sidney Lumet
    • David Himmelstein
  • Stars
    • Richard Gere
    • Julie Christie
    • Gene Hackman
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 19User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
    • 50Metascore
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    Richard Gere in Power (1986)
    Julie Christie in Power (1986)
    Richard Gere and Julie Christie in Power (1986)
    Denzel Washington in Power (1986)
    Gene Hackman in Power (1986)
    Gene Hackman in Power (1986)
    Richard Gere in Power (1986)
    Denzel Washington in Power (1986)
    Richard Gere and Gene Hackman in Power (1986)
    Richard Gere and Julie Christie in Power (1986)
    Richard Gere and Gene Hackman in Power (1986)
    Richard Gere in Power (1986)

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    Richard Gere
    Richard Gere
    • Pete St. John
    Julie Christie
    Julie Christie
    • Ellen Freeman
    Gene Hackman
    Gene Hackman
    • Wilfred Buckley
    Kate Capshaw
    Kate Capshaw
    • Sydney Betterman
    Denzel Washington
    Denzel Washington
    • Arnold Billings
    E.G. Marshall
    E.G. Marshall
    • Senator Sam Hastings
    Beatrice Straight
    Beatrice Straight
    • Claire Hastings
    Fritz Weaver
    Fritz Weaver
    • Wallace Furman
    Michael Learned
    Michael Learned
    • Governor Andrea Stannard
    J.T. Walsh
    J.T. Walsh
    • Jerome Cade
    E. Katherine Kerr
    E. Katherine Kerr
    • Irene Furman
    Polly Rowles
    Polly Rowles
    • Lucille DeWitt
    Matt Salinger
    Matt Salinger
    • Phillip Aarons
    Tom Mardirosian
    Tom Mardirosian
    • Sheikh
    Omar Torres
    • Roberto Cepeda
    Ricardo Gallarzo Jr.
    • Interpreter
    • (as Ricardo Gallarzo)
    Jessica James
    • Helen
    Glenn Kezer
    • Frank McKusker
      • Sidney Lumet
      • David Himmelstein
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    • Trivia
      When this film premiered at the 1986 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, reels three and four 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 filmmakers demanded that the incomplete premiere be stopped, and it wasn't rescheduled, the only such film in festival history to do so.
    • Goofs
      The character portrayed by Denzel Washington has the surname Billings. In the end credits, the character's surname is spelled Billing.
    • Quotes

      Arnold Billings: [about Pete and Ellen, slamming phone down] They are now in his room fucking.

    • Crazy credits
      The billing of the character name of Arnold Billings, played by actor Denzel Washington in the film, is incorrectly spelled in the movie's credits as Arnold Billing.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Power/Down and Out in Beverly Hills/Hannah and Her Sisters/The Best of Times (1986)
    • Soundtracks
      Sing, Sing, Sing
      Written by Louis Prima
      Performed by Benny Goodman
      Courtesy of RCA Records

    User reviews19

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    AT LAST! ...
    ...the doors opened and fresh air rushed in as a weary audience trudged sleepily from the theater to the parking lot.

    "Power" is powerful medicine for those unable to get some sleep. Buy this as a CD or VHS and keep it in your bedroom for those nights when you are wide awake.

    Those who liked the film did so because they find a political reason for it. It was written in the 1980s and apparently for no particular reason at all other than to make some quick bucks...which it did not.

    Reviewers and public held the project in such low esteem that only a few critics and political zealots bother to comment on it.
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    • Jul 7, 2003

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    • Release date
      • January 31, 1986 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
      • Spanish
      • Yiddish
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    • Filming locations
      • Kaufman Astoria Studios - 3412 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Lorimar Productions
      • Polar Entertainment
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 51 minutes
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