Tanner 88 (1988)
4.0 of 5 from 49 ratings
5h 53min
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- Synopsis:
- In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize-winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their media campaign as a cross between a soap opera and TV news. The result was the groundbreaking Tanner '88, a piercing satire of media-age American politics, in which actors Michael Murphy (as contender Jack Tanner) and Cynthia Nixon (as his daughter) rub elbows on the campaign trail with real-life political players Jesse Jackson, Gary Hart, Bob Dole, Ralph Nader, Kitty Dukakis, and Gloria Steinem, among many others.
- Actors:
- Michael Murphy, Pamela Reed, Daniel Jenkins, Matt Malloy, Ilana Levine, Cynthia Nixon, Jim Fyfe, Veronica Cartwright, Frank Barhydt, Sandra Bowie, Wendy Crewson, Kevin J. O'Connor, Richard Cox, Greg Procaccino, E.G. Marshall, Harry Anderson, David Alan Grier, Ken Daly, Lorianne Crook, Waylon Jennings
- Directors:
- Robert Altman
- Genres:
- TV Comedies, TV Dramas, TV Military & War Dramas, TV Political
- Collections:
- The Instant Expert's Guide to: Robert Altman
