Details
- Release: Mar 20 1998
- Runtime: 143 min
- Language: English
- Budget: $65,000,000
- Revenue: $52,090,187
Overview
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.
Credits
John Travolta
Jack Stanton
Emma Thompson
Susan Stanton
Billy Bob Thornton
Richard Jemmons
Rob Reiner
Izzy Rosenblatt
Kathy Bates
Libby Holden
Allison Janney
Miss Walsh
Maura Tierney
Daisy Green
James Earl Jones
CNN Voiceover (voice)
Bonnie Bartlett
Martha Harris
Tony Shalhoub
Eddie Reyes
Diane Ladd
Mamma Stanton
Mykelti Williamson
Dewayne Smith
James Denton
Mitch
Bianca Lawson
Loretta
Caroline Aaron
Lucille Kaufman
Stacy Edwards
Jennifer Rogers
Bill Maher
Himself
Larry Hagman
Gov. Fred Picker
Paul Guilfoyle
Howard Ferguson
Brian Markinson
Randy Culligan