The Contender

Release Date:

Sep 10, 2000

MPAA Rating:

R

Running Time:

2:06

Genre:

Thriller

Director:

Rod Lurie

Cast:

Joan Allen	Laine Hanson
Gary Oldman	Shelly Runyon
Jeff Bridges	President Jackson Evans
Sam Elliott	Kermit Newman
Christian Slater	Reginald Webster
William Petersen	Gov. Jack Hathaway
Philip Baker Hall	Oscar Billings
Saul Rubinek	Jerry Toliver

Producers:

Rainer Bienger , Willi Bär , Marc Frydman , Maurice Leblond , Steve Loglisci , Gary Goldman , Scott Shiffman , James Spies , Douglas Urbanski

Writers:

Rod Lurie

Language:

English

Official Website:

http://www.thecontender-thefilm.com/

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When the sitting Vice President dies, Senator Laine Hanson is chosen by the President to be the first woman to hold the office. The selection meets with opposition from members of both parties, in particular a powerful political adversary who will seemingly stop at nothing to discredit her. Her confirmation hearings set off a firestorm of controversy as shocking secrets from Hanson's past are revealed, threatening her personal life as well as her political future.

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