Directed by:
Jason ReitmanCinematography:
Eric SteelbergComposer:
Rob SimonsenCast:
Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons, Mamoudou Athie, Molly Ephraim, Kaitlyn Dever, Alfred Molina, Josh Brener, Bill Burr, Chris Coy, Oliver Cooper (more)VOD (3)
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With Thank You for Smoking and Up in the Air, writer-director Jason Reitman displayed a rare gift for weaving charged political and social themes into intelligent and entertaining comedy-dramas. His latest, written with Matt Bai and Jay Carson, takes on the 1988 tabloid scandal that derailed Gary Hart’s presidential campaign. Hugh Jackman is remarkably convincing as the senator who is perhaps too interested in ideas and policies to succeed in a changing media culture. Vera Farmiga is quietly heartbreaking as his wife; J.K. Simmons plays the campaign manager unable to persuade the candidate to turn himself into a TV commodity. (Telluride Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Hugh Jackman
Australia
Best movies:
The Prestige (2006)
Prisoners (2013)
X-Men: First Class (2011)
Vera Farmiga
USA
Best movies:
The Departed (2006)
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
J.K. Simmons
USA
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Mamoudou Athie
Mauritania
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Elemental (2023)
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Molly Ephraim
USA
Best movies:
The Front Runner (2018)
Gravy (2015)
Paranormal Activity 2 (2010)
Kaitlyn Dever
USA
Best movies:
Dopesick (2021) (series)
Short Term 12 (2013)
Men, Women & Children (2014)
Alfred Molina
UK
Best movies:
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Dead Man (1995)
Magnolia (1999)
Josh Brener
USA
Best movies:
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All My Life (2020)
The Internship (2013)
Bill Burr
USA
Best movies:
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Chris Coy
USA
Best movies:
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Oliver Cooper
USA
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Tommy Dewey
USA
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Sara Paxton
USA
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Cheap Thrills (2013)
Liar Liar (1997)
Spencer Garrett
USA
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The Comey Rule (2020) (series)
The Crow (1994)
Ari Graynor
USA
Best movies:
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Toby Huss
USA
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Mike Judge
Ecuador
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Alex Karpovsky
USA
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John Bedford Lloyd
USA
Best movies:
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Jen Landon
USA
Best movies:
The Front Runner (2018)
I Spit on Your Grave III: Vengeance Is Mine (2015)