The hard-ball gamesmanship and casual character assassination of American politics sets the stage for this thriller from writer and director Rod Lurie. When the Vice President of the United States unexpectedly dies, all eyes in Washington D.C. are on President Jackson Evans (Jeff Bridges) as he ...more
MPAA Rating: R | Year: 2000 | Running Time: 126 minutes
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$8.99CONTENDER (2000) / (WS)
- Joan Allen - Sen. Laine Hanson
- Gary Oldman - Congressman Sheldon B. Runyon
- Jeff Bridges - President Jackson Evans
- Sam Elliott - Kermit Newman
- Christian Slater - Congressman Reginald Webster
- Kathryn Morris - Fed
- Mariel Hemingway - Cynthia Lee
- Mike Binder - Lewis Hollis
- William L. Petersen - Sen. Jack Hathaway
- Philip Baker Hall - Oscar Billings
- Saul Rubinek - Jerry Tolliver
- Rod Lurie - Director
- Maurice Leblond - Executive Producer
- Rainer Bienger - Executive Producer
- Gary Oldman - Executive Producer
- James Spies - Producer
- Douglas Urbanski - Producer
- Willi Baer - Producer
- Marc Frydman - Producer
- Rod Lurie - Screenwriter
- Suzanne Lauer - Associate Producer
- Scott Shiffman - Co-producer
- Steve Loglisci - Co-producer
- Matt Jacobsen - Costume Designer
- Michael Jablow - Editor












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