The Contender

Name: The Contender
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 2000-10-13
Duration: 2 h 6 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater, Sam Elliott

Sometimes you can assassinate a leader without firing a shot.

The Contender (2000)

Timing: 2:6 (126 min)

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Release date

2000-10-13

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Production

DreamWorks Pictures, Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG, Battleplan Productions, Cinecontender Internationale, SE8 Group

Genre

Drama, Thriller

Budget

$20 000 000

Revenue

$22 428 990

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Director

Rod Lurie

Actors

Joan Allen, Gary Oldman, Jeff Bridges, Christian Slater, Sam Elliott, William Petersen, Saul Rubinek, Philip Baker Hall, Mike Binder, Robin Thomas
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Scenario

Rod Lurie

Producer

Willi Bär, Marc Frydman, Douglas Urbanski, James Spies, Gary Oldman, Maurice Leblond, Rainer Bienger

Operator

Denis Maloney

Composer

Larry Groupé

Artist

Audition

Mary Jo Slater

Editing

Michael Jablow
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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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