The Contender (2000)
Sometimes you can assassinate a leader without firing a shot.
126 min
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.
- Release date
- June 27, 2002
- Country of origin
- United States, United Kingdom
- Budget
- $20,000,000
- Box office
- $22,428,990
Trailer
Cast
- Joan Allen as Laine Hanson
- Gary Oldman as Shelly Runyon
- Jeff Bridges as President Jackson Evans
- Christian Slater as Reginald Webster
- Sam Elliott as Kermit Newman
- William Petersen as Jack Hathaway
- Saul Rubinek as Jerry Tolliver
- Philip Baker Hall as Oscar Billings
- Mike Binder as Lewis Hollis
- Robin Thomas as William Hanson
Crew
- Rod Lurie · Director
- Rod Lurie · Writer
- Willi Bär · Producer
- Marc Frydman · Producer
- James Spies · Producer
- Douglas Urbanski · Producer
- Larry Groupé · Composer
- Denis Maloney · Cinematographer
- Michael Jablow · Editor
- Mary Jo Slater · Casting director
- Alec Hammond · Production designer