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- 1. The Dark Horse Feb 15, 1988
- Rep. Jack Tanner plunges into the primaries and reveals the funny side of the campaign trail.
- 2. For Real Mar 14, 1988
- Presidential candidate Tanner receives death threats.
- 3. Night of the Twinkies Apr 12, 1988
- Tanner gains on the presidential campaign trail.
Representative Jack Tanner of Michigan ( Michael Murphy) is an obscure liberal Democratic politician who struggles to find a voice in the early 1988 Democratic primaries.
Tanner '88: With Michael Murphy, Pamela Reed, Daniel Jenkins, Matt Malloy. A behind-the-scenes look at a former Michigan U.S. Representative's campaign as he vies for his party's Presidential nomination.
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- 1988-02-15
- Comedy, Drama
- 353
Jack Tanner, a former congressman and dark-horse candidate in a crowded field for the Democratic nomination, runs for the White House. 33 IMDb 7.8 1988 11 episodes. X-Ray 7+. Comedy · Drama. Subscribe to Max for $9.99/month or buy.
Tanner ’88. In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize–winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their media campaign as a cross between a soap opera and TV news.
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Aug 21, 2020 · Tanner ’88 follows Jack Tanner (played by longtime Altman collaborator Michael Murphy), a liberal Democrat running a come-from-behind presidential race, as he and his staff travel the...
The result was the groundbreaking TANNER ’88, a piercing satire of media-age American politics, in which actors Michael Murphy (as contender Jack Tanner) and Cynthia Nixon (as his daughter) rub elbows on the campaign trail with real-life political players Jesse Jackson, Gary Hart, Bob Dole, Ralph Nader, Kitty Dukakis, and Gloria Steinem ...
Presidential candidate Tanner receives death threats. Tanner (Michael Murphy) attends a Hollywood party and meets media consultant Dorothy Sarnoff. Tanner prepares for a debate in San...
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