Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become Governor of the state of Missouri. While making a stop in St. Louis, a chance encounter brings his past back to haunt him. Will the truth ...
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| William Hurt | ... | Blake | |
| Nigel Hawthorne | ... | Kim | |
| Miranda Richardson | ... | Dinah | |
| Irène Jacob | ... | Cela (as Irene Jacob) | |
| Ewan Stewart | ... | Kinzel | |
| Gregg Henry | ... | Billy | |
| Ron Livingston | ... | Sheldon Buckle | |
| Jefferson Mays | ... | Garne Strickland | |
| Jim Metzler | ... | Pacxy Barragan | |
| Carmine Giovinazzo | ... | Young Billy | |
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Thomas Patrick Kelly | ... | Young Blake |
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Mack Harrell | ... | Homer Dix |
| Lisette Bross | ... | B.C. Dix | |
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F. Joseph Schulte | ... | Senator Jack Moorehead |
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Peggy Freisen | ... | Gigi Moorehead (as Peggy Friesen) |
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Blake Pellarin is on the campaign trail to become Governor of the state of Missouri. While making a stop in St. Louis, a chance encounter brings his past back to haunt him. Will the truth ruin his chances for office or will he land the "Big Brass Ring"? Written by Michael Presky
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suspected homosexual | based on short film | nudity | remake | election |Taglines:
In pursuit of power, the only thing worse than denying the truth - is telling it. See more »Genres:
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Kim: Abraham Lincoln said it best: it is common enough that we triumph under adversity, but if you truly wish to test a man's character, give him power.
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Composed by Christopher Curtis
(c) 1999 Original Soundtrack Recordings
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When Director George Hickenlooper first started the project, he went to Oliver Stone, who disliked the idea of making a movie based on a screenplay by Orson Welles, since he felt audiences might not take to someone else directing Welles' work. See more »Goofs
Despite both gubernatorial candidates apparently being from Missouri, they sport deep south accents. This is never explained. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Kim: Abraham Lincoln said it best: it is common enough that we triumph under adversity, but if you truly wish to test a man's character, give him power.
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Cocoa FizzComposed by Christopher Curtis
(c) 1999 Original Soundtrack Recordings
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William Hurt plays Gubernatorial candidate William Blake, in the final days of his election campaign. Nigel Hawthorne is Kim Mennaker, a svengali figure from Blake's childhood, who lives in Cuba for some reason, and has evidence which can sink Blake's election chances. Actually, by halfway through the movie, half of Missouri seems to have this evidence, and why nobody actually uses it is about as bewildering as why Hurt wanders about all night with a monkey on his shoulder, which he had previously complained had urinated all over him - unless that's a pun on a monkey for his back.
As usual, William Hurt is boring (look, I'm sorry, but he just is). Nigel Hawthorne, on the other hand, is incapable of being less than good, though his character is really quite ridiculous.
An understated movie, which, I admit, has emotional subtleties and plot complexities which keep it above average, but which ultimately don't save it from being a bit soporific. I'll give it 6.0. Worth watching, but don't expect to be dazzled.