Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Hugh Jackman | ... | Gary Hart | |
Vera Farmiga | ... | Lee Hart | |
J.K. Simmons | ... | Bill Dixon | |
Mark O'Brien | ... | Billy Shore | |
Molly Ephraim | ... | Irene Kelly | |
Chris Coy | ... | Kevin Sweeney | |
Alex Karpovsky | ... | Mike Stratton | |
Josh Brener | ... | Doug Wilson | |
Tommy Dewey | ... | John Emerson | |
Kaitlyn Dever | ... | Andrea Hart | |
Oliver Cooper | ... | Joe Trippi | |
Jenna Kanell | ... | Ginny Terzano | |
RJ Brown | ... | Bill Martin | |
Alfred Molina | ... | Ben Bradlee | |
Mamoudou Athie | ... | AJ Parker |
Gary Hart, a U.S. senator from Colorado, is the widely accepted front-runner in the race for the Democratic presidential nomination. After losing the 1984 nomination to vice-president Walter Mondale, Hart decides to run for President of the United States. At one point during his campaign, against the will of his manager Bill Dixon, Hart challenges the press and public to "follow him around" while he's not campaigning on weekends. This proves to be a mistake when in 1987, photos of him and journalist Donna Rice are published by Miami Herald Reporters. In a desperate attempt to clear his name, Hart tries to fix his reputation at a news event concerning the affair but to no avail. Because of the consequences of his actions, Hart is disgraced, berated by Dixon, and forced to drop out of the campaign while his wife Oletha remains to be close with him. Donna also announces that she has personally denied sleeping with the now former senator..
I have no idea what the 'sound departments' of the film industry today think is more important..............the words that carry the film or the added sound track that conveys mood? in this movie the sounds drowned out the words.
i like Jackman and all other actors also gave a good performance. i like political intrigue but i nearly switched it off because a drumbeat drowned out everything for the FIRST 24 MINUTES!!
it is definitely overlong, nearly 2 hours, but honest in the way it portrayed the press........it is one of those films i will not watch again.