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The Contender

2000
Directed byRod Lurie
2h 6m

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.

CAST
Joan AllenLaine HansonGary OldmanShelly RunyonJeff BridgesPresident Jackson Evans
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Christian SlaterReginald Webster
Sam ElliottKermit Newman
William L. PetersenJack Hathaway
Saul RubinekJerry Tolliver
Philip Baker HallOscar Billings
Robin ThomasWilliam Hanson
Kathryn MorrisPaige Willomina
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DramaThriller
STATUSReleased
PRODUCTION
CinerentaCinecontender InternationaleBattleplan ProductionsSE8 Group
RATING
6.7

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