Primary Colors (1998)

Directed by

Mike Nichols

Genre

drama film, comedy film, biographical film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

2h 18m

Rated

R

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 351 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A political operative joins a charismatic southern governor's presidential campaign. The film follows their efforts to manage scandals and win the election.

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What happens

Primary Colors is a 1998 American political comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Elaine May was adapted from the novel Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics, a roman à clef about the Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign, which was originally published anonymously, but in 1996 was revealed to have been written by journalist Joe Klein, who had been covering Bill Clinton's campaign for Newsweek. The film stars John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Maura Tierney, Larry Hagman and Adrian Lester. Primary Colors was released by Universal Pictures on March 20, 1998. The film received critical acclaim but was a box office bomb, earning $52.1 million from a $65 million budget. Bates was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance, and May was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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