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True Colors (1991)

True Colors poster
Directed by
Herbert Ross
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 45m
Rated
15+
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 80 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two law school friends take very different paths in Washington D.C. politics. One becomes an idealistic prosecutor while the other climbs the ladder through manipulation and ambition.

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What happens

True Colors is a 1991 American political drama film directed by Herbert Ross, written by Kevin Wade, and starring John Cusack, James Spader, Imogen Stubbs, Mandy Patinkin, and (in one of his final film roles) Richard Widmark. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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