Sometimes you can assassinate a leader without firing a shot.
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.
- 6.7
- 2000
- Released
- 2h 6m
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
Robin Thomas
William Hanson
Kathryn Morris
Paige Willomina
Mike Binder
Lewis Hollis
Kristen Shaw
Fiona Hathaway
Noah Fryrear
Timmy
Angelica Page
Dierdra
Joseph Lyle Taylor
Paul SmithKevin Geer
Congressman Skakle
Doug Roberts
Congressman Harding
Mariel Hemingway
Cynthia LeeBev Appleton
Congressman MarshallSandra Register
Glenda
Anthony Booth
Peter CrenshawAndrew Boothby
Steve Poullet
Irene Ziegler
Maggie RunyonDel Driver
Director FriendSean Pratt
WilkeBill Bevins
AnchormanEd Sala
Show ProducerKirk Penberthy
Stevenson
Justin Dray
StagehandDavid Laubacher
Reporter #4David Bridgewater
AideKevin Grantz
Secret Service ChiefMichael Kennedy
Congressman FletcherDavid Londoner
Congressman Jones
Larry King
Larry KingAmit Mehta
ABU HunterCatherine Shaffner
Patricia LavameerLiz Marks
SheilaSherri Richmond
Reporter
Teresa Jones
ReporterLynn West
ReporterHeather Rosbeck
Elaine BidwellDawn Westbrook
SecretaryJolene Carroll
Maid
Michael Goodwin
ReporterCynthia Webb
Nurse (uncredited)
Robert Shepherd
Congressman (uncredited)
Lucas N. Hall
Congressional Aid (uncredited)
Released
en
$20,000,000.00
$22,428,990.00
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Joan Allen is an American senator who is nominated to replace a recently deceased Vice-President by Jeff Bridges ("President Evans"). Once her confirmation hearing begins, she finds her rather interesting private life under the scrutiny of hostile committee chairman Gary Oldman who is determined to expose every aspect of her life - past and present - to the public. Oscar-nominated Allen is good as