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Release Date: 2000

Cast: Jeff Bridges, Michael Stanton Kennedy, Saul Rubinek, Christian Slater, Philip Baker Hall, Mariel Hemingway, Angelica Torn, William Petersen, Noah Fryrear, Kathryn Morris, Douglas Urbanski, Ric Young ...MORE

Cast: Jeff Bridges, Michael Stanton Kennedy, Saul Rubinek, Christian Slater, Philip Baker Hall, Mariel Hemingway, Angelica Torn, William Petersen, Noah Fryrear, Kathryn Morris, Douglas Urbanski, Ric Young, Sam Elliott, Gary Oldman, Kristen Shaw, Mike Binder, Joan Allen, Larry King, Robin Thomas, Kevin Geer ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Thriller, Political drama, Suspense

The Contender is a 2000 political thriller starring Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges and Christian Slater. The film was directed by Rod Lurie and focuses on a fictional United States President (played by Bridges) and the events surrounding his appointment of a new Vice President (Allen). Second-term Democratic U.S. President Jackson Evans (Jeff Bridges) must select a new vice president following the sudden death of the current VP. The obvious choice seems to be Virginian Governor Jack Hathaway (William Petersen), who is hailed as a hero after he recently dove into a lake in a failed... MORE

The Contender is a 2000 political thriller starring Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges and Christian Slater. The film was directed by Rod Lurie and focuses on a fictional United States President (played by Bridges) and the events surrounding his appointment of a new Vice President (Allen). Second-term Democratic U.S. President Jackson Evans (Jeff Bridges) must select a new vice president following the sudden death of the current VP. The obvious choice seems to be Virginian Governor Jack Hathaway (William Petersen), who is hailed as a hero after he recently dove into a lake in a failed attempt to save a drowning girl. The president opts not to choose Hathaway, claiming that the administration cannot afford another Chappaquiddick. The President instead decides that his "swan song" will be helping to break the glass ceiling. He nominates Laine Hanson (Joan Allen), a talented senator from Ohio who is a Republican-turned-Democrat. Standing in her way is Republican Congressman Shelley Runyon (Gary Oldman) of Illinois, who believes she is unqualified for the position, and backs Hathaway for the nod. His investigation in her background turns up an incident where she was apparently LESS