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Release Date: 1997

Cast: Phil Hartman, Joanna Cassidy, James Coburn, Dan Hedaya, Denis Leary, James Earl Jones, Kevin McCarthy, Elizabeth Peña, Brian Keith, William Schallert, Kevin Dunn, Ron Perlman ...MORE

Cast: Phil Hartman, Joanna Cassidy, James Coburn, Dan Hedaya, Denis Leary, James Earl Jones, Kevin McCarthy, Elizabeth Peña, Brian Keith, William Schallert, Kevin Dunn, Ron Perlman, Beau Bridges ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Parody, Comedy, Science Fiction, Black Comedy, Political Satire, Television Movie, Political Cinema, Drama Film

The Second Civil War is a satirical/comedy film made for the HBO cable television network and first shown on March 15, 1997. Directed by Joe Dante, the film is a satire about anti-immigrant sentiment in the melting pot that is the United States. The film was shown in theaters in Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands and France in 1997 and 1998, before being released on videotape. In Australia, the film was released directly to videotape in April/May 1998. The DVD was released in 2005. Beau Bridges won the 1997 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for his... MORE

The Second Civil War is a satirical/comedy film made for the HBO cable television network and first shown on March 15, 1997. Directed by Joe Dante, the film is a satire about anti-immigrant sentiment in the melting pot that is the United States. The film was shown in theaters in Italy, Portugal, the Netherlands and France in 1997 and 1998, before being released on videotape. In Australia, the film was released directly to videotape in April/May 1998. The DVD was released in 2005. Beau Bridges won the 1997 Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for his portrayal of a Governor of Idaho who decides to close that state's borders to immigrants, precipitating a national crisis. The film also stars James Earl Jones, Elizabeth Peña and Denis Leary as reporters for a CNN like cable network, ("NN"); Phil Hartman as the U.S. President, James Coburn as his chief political advisor, and William Schallert as the Secretary of Defense. Brian Keith portrayed a general in one of his final movie roles. The 1997 film is set in a United States in which foreign immigration has skyrocketed: The Mayor of Los Angeles speaks only in Spanish, Rhode Island is populated mostly LESS