Primary Colors

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Director:
Mike Nichols
Release Date:
14 October 1998
Genre:
Comedy / Drama
Country:
France
Runtime:
143 min
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 10 wins&15 nominations
IMDB Rating:
6.6

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	John Travolta	Governor Jack Stanton
	Emma Thompson	Susan Stanton
	Billy Bob Thornton	Richard Jemmons
	Kathy Bates	Libby Holden

This work is the barely fictionalized account of candidate Bill Clinton in 1992 via the character Southern Governor Jack Stanton. Joe Klein joined Newsweek as a political reporter and columnist during the 1992 US Presidential race, and followed then candidate Bill Clinton on the road. As such, Klein dutifully conveys the youthful exuberance for a new candidate, along with the sense of awe at his determination, drive, and intelligence. All along, he also displays the shocking lack of personal morals of a "natural" candidate for the office. Further, he shows the inner deal-making that everyone connected with the campaign makes to achieve the vision they started with, no matter how ugly the cheating, talented candidate gets on his road to the election. Klein tells the story from the 1st person perspective of a sophomorish campaign manager, Henry Burton, that just happens to be a grandson of a black civil rights leader. They join the Southern Governor at a talk given on adult education, in which Gov. Stanton cries as he tells the students how they were braver than his uncle--a World War II veteran that earned the Medal of Honor, but went home and never took a job because he was too embarrassed to tell anyone he was illiterate. We next find out this story is not true! Despite this, Burton decides to join the campaign, and works many of the standard issues--such as fighting off scurrilous attacks by opposing candidates, and captured and doctored cell phone conversations, etc. Burton walks into the campaign headquarters (a hotel suite) to find the Governor coming out of a bedroom not completely dressed, and a disheveled librarian they had just met at a school they had attended. Of course, Susan Stanton, the Governor's wife, is nowhere to be found. The team flies to another destination to meet up with Mrs. Stanton, as she has been campaigning for her husband among their party elite in that state. Burton is eventually introduced to Libby Holden, whose job is to defend the President by combating the attacks from all comers. She does so with ruthless abandon, but also with a strict moral code: There apparently is something noble about stopping the attacks of others, but it is almost reprehensible about digging up the dirt on others -- essentially attacking them first. We come to know that Gov. Stanton is a philanderer of extraordinary magnitude, but an inspired genius at politics. Unfortunately, this extends to sleeping with a 17-year-old babysitter, the librarian they just recently met, a long-term affair with another woman, and the list goes on.

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aandcbolt

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great movie18 May 2016

Thinly veiled account of Bill Clinton's campaign trail functions very well without the parallels. Travolta and Thompson offer particular portraits that mirror but do not degrade or mock their real-life counterparts. Top-notch performances from a large, diverse cast, with Bates a heartbreaking,... more

Heather

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B+

Primary Colors02 July 2014

This movie was okay.

Lizzy

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Thanks for that comment good to know.26 April 2012

Thanks for that comment good to know.

Karma1370500

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Thanks17 March 2012

Thanks for commenting, helps us to know if we should check it out.

Fellinifan

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Politically fascinating18 December 2011

The book on which this film is based is amazing - written anonymously, it purported to tell the inside story of a Presidential hopeful just like Clinton. The film was unable to do it full justice but is still worth watching - even if only to see John Trevolta send himself up by dancing badly.

richie74

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B+

please any info01 October 2011

any comment please on viewing this movie. tks

Lizzy

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Is it worth viewing?13 July 2011

Is it worth viewing?

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C+

Question08 June 2011

Has anyone seen this, would you recommend it.

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great movie18 May 2016

Primary Colors02 July 2014

Thanks for that comment good to know.26 April 2012

Thanks17 March 2012

Politically fascinating18 December 2011

please any info01 October 2011

Is it worth viewing?13 July 2011

Question08 June 2011

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