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Primary Colors

What went down on the way to the top.

1998 · R · 2h 23m

Directed by Mike Nichols

6.2

TMDB audience score
363 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.

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Cast

  • John Travolta
    Jack Stanton

  • Emma Thompson
    Susan Stanton

  • Billy Bob Thornton
    Richard Jemmons

  • Adrian Lester
    Henry Burton

  • Maura Tierney
    Daisy Green

  • Paul Guilfoyle
    Howard Ferguson

  • Larry Hagman
    Gov. Fred Picker

  • Kathy Bates
    Libby Holden

  • Diane Ladd
    Mamma Stanton

  • Rebecca Walker
    March

  • Caroline Aaron
    Lucille Kaufman

  • Tommy Hollis
    Fat Willie

  • Rob Reiner
    Izzy Rosenblatt

  • Ben Jones
    Arlen Sporken

  • J.C. Quinn
    Uncle Charlie

  • Allison Janney
    Miss Walsh

  • Robert Klein
    Norman Asher

  • Mykelti Williamson
    Dewayne Smith