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The Contender

10/13/2000

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2hrs 6min

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Drama

,Thriller

Sometimes you can assassinate a leader without firing a shot.

STORY

The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.

CAST & CREW

    Cast

  • Joan Allen
  • Gary Oldman
  • Jeff Bridges
  • Christian Slater
  • Sam Elliott

    Director

  • Rod Lurie

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • Cinerenta
  • Cinecontender Internationale
  • Battleplan Productions
  • SE8 Group
  • DreamWorks Pictures

    Production Countries

  • Germany
  • United Kingdom
  • United States of America

LANGUAGES

  • German
  • English

Cast

Joan Allen

Laine Hanson

Gary Oldman

Shelly Runyon

Jeff Bridges

President Jackson Evans

Christian Slater

Reginald Webster

Sam Elliott

Kermit Newman

William Petersen

Jack Hathaway

Saul Rubinek

Jerry Tolliver

Philip Baker Hall

Oscar Billings

Mike Binder

Lewis Hollis

Robin Thomas

William Hanson

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