
The Contender (2000)
6.7|13 Oct, 2000|126 min
Sometimes you can assassinate a leader without firing a shot.
6.7|13 Oct, 2000|126 min
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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.
Language
Budget$20,000,000
Revenue $22,428,990
Deutsch,
English
Budget$20,000,000
Revenue $22,428,990
Keywords
usa president
washington dc, usa
government
politics
sex scandal
vice president
Casts

Joan Allen
Laine Hanson

Gary Oldman
Shelly Runyon

Jeff Bridges
President Jackson Evans

Christian Slater
Reginald Webster

Sam Elliott
Kermit Newman

William Petersen
Jack Hathaway

Saul Rubinek
Jerry Tolliver

Philip Baker Hall
Oscar Billings

Mike Binder
Lewis Hollis

Robin Thomas
William Hanson

Kathryn Morris
Paige Willomina

Kristen Shaw
Fiona Hathaway

Douglas Urbanski
Makerowitz
Noah Fryrear
Timmy

Angelica Page
Dierdra

Joseph Lyle Taylor
Paul Smith
Kevin Geer
Congressman Skakle

Doug Roberts
Congressman Harding

Mariel Hemingway
Cynthia Lee
Bev Appleton
Congressman Marshall
Sandra Register
Glenda

Anthony Booth
Peter Crenshaw
Andrew Boothby
Steve Poullet

Irene Ziegler
Maggie Runyon
Del Driver
Director Friend
Sean Pratt
Wilke
Bill Bevins
Anchorman
Ed Sala
Show Producer
Kirk Penberthy
Stevenson

Justin Dray
Stagehand
David Laubacher
Reporter #4
David Bridgewater
Aide
Kevin Grantz
Secret Service Chief
Michael Kennedy
Congressman Fletcher
David Londoner
Congressman Jones

Larry King
Larry King
Amit Mehta
ABU Hunter
Catherine Shaffner
Patricia Lavameer
Liz Marks
Sheila
Sherri Richmond
Reporter

Teresa Jones
Reporter
Lynn West
Reporter
Heather Rosbeck
Elaine Bidwell
Dawn Westbrook
Secretary
Jolene Carroll
Maid

Michael Goodwin
Reporter

Ashly Covington
Aide (uncredited)
Cynthia Webb
Nurse (uncredited)

Caryn Mower
Drowning Victim (uncredited)

Robert Shepherd
Congressman (uncredited)
Denis Maloney
White House Photographer (uncredited)

Lucas N. Hall
Congressional Aid (uncredited)
Crews

Rod Lurie
Director
Larry Groupé
Original Music Composer
Denis Maloney
Director of Photography
Michael Jablow
Editor

Mary Jo Slater
Casting
Alec Hammond
Production Design
Halina Gebarowicz
Art Direction
Eloise Crane Stammerjohn
Set Decoration
Matthew Jacobsen
Costume Design

Rod Lurie
Writer

Marc Frydman
Producer

Douglas Urbanski
Producer

Willi Bär
Producer
James Spies
Producer
Rainer Bienger
Executive Producer

Gary Oldman
Executive Producer
Maurice Leblond
Executive Producer
Scott Shiffman
Co-Producer
Steve Loglisci
Co-Producer
Oriana Robertson
Unit Production Manager

Ronnie Rondell Jr.
Stunts

Caryn Mower
Stunts
Hubie Kerns Jr.
Stunts

Doug Coleman
Stunts

Loyd Catlett
Stunt Coordinator
Daniel W. Barringer
Stunts
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