The Contender (2000)

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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.

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Director

Rod Lurie

Stars

Gary Oldman
Shelly Runyon

Joan Allen
Laine Hanson

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

Others...

Budget

9,000,000.00

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Keywords

usa president, government, politics, washington d.c., vice president, sex scandal

Production

Battleplan Productions, Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG, Cinecontender Internationale, SE8 Group

Actor

Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater, Sam Elliott, William Petersen, Saul Rubinek, Philip Baker Hall, Mike Binder, Robin Thomas, Mariel Hemingway, Kathryn Morris, Kristen Shaw, Douglas Urbanski, Noah Fryrear, Angelica Page, Joseph Lyle Taylor, Kevin Geer, Doug Roberts, Bev Appleton, Sandra Register, Tony Booth, Andrew Boothby, Irene Ziegler

Creators

Gary Oldman (Executive Producer), Mary Jo Slater (Casting), Alec Hammond (Production Design), Rod Lurie (Director), Michael Jablow (Editor), Eloise Crane Stammerjohn (Set Decoration), Denis Maloney (Director of Photography), Larry Groupé (Original Music Composer), Willi Bär (Producer), Marc Frydman (Producer), Scott Shiffman (Co-Producer), Maurice Leblond (Executive Producer), Halina Gebarowicz (Art Direction), Rainer Bienger (Executive Producer), Douglas Urbanski (Producer), Steve Loglisci (Co-Producer), James Spies (Producer), Matthew Jacobsen (Costume Design), Oriana Robertson (Unit Production Manager)

Alternative titles

A manipulátor (HU)

Release dates

13.10.2000 (US)
06.03.2001 (US)
27.04.2001 (GR)
29.06.2001 (DE)
04.05.2001 (FR)