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The Contender (2000) [R]

Release Date:
October 13, 2000

Original Title:
The Contender

Alternate Titles:
A manipulátor
挑拨性丑闻
政界风云

Genres:
Drama | Thriller

Production Companies:
Battleplan Productions
Cinecontender Internationale
Cinerenta
DreamWorks Pictures
SE8 Group

Production Countries:
Germany | United Kingdom | United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
DE: 12  FR: TP  GR: 13  IE: 15  JP: R15+  US: R 

Runtime: 126

Sometimes you can assassinate a leader without firing a shot.

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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.

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Art Direction:
Halina Gebarowicz

Casting:
Mary Jo Slater

Co-Producer:
Steve Loglisci
Scott Shiffman

Costume Design:
Matthew Jacobsen

Director:
Rod Lurie

Director of Photography:
Denis Maloney

Editor:
Michael Jablow

Executive Producer:
Gary Oldman
Rainer Bienger
Maurice Leblond

Original Music Composer:
Larry Groupé

Producer:
Marc Frydman
James Spies
Willi Bär
Douglas Urbanski

Production Design:
Alec Hammond

Set Decoration:
Eloise Crane Stammerjohn

Stunt Coordinator:
Loyd Catlett

Stunts:
Doug Coleman
Hubie Kerns Jr.
Caryn Mower
Ronnie Rondell Jr.
Daniel W. Barringer

Unit Production Manager:
Oriana Robertson

Writer:
Rod Lurie

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