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    The Second Civil War

    R1997 · Comedy · 1h 37m

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  1. The Second Civil War is a satirical black comedy television film directed by Joe Dante for the HBO cable television network, first aired on March 15, 1997. The film details the build-up to an ethnically-fueled civil war in an alternate future United States as a result of unsustainably excessive immigration, political self-interest, and ratings-pursuing news media.

  2. Mar 15, 1997 · The Second Civil War: Directed by Joe Dante. With Beau Bridges, Joanna Cassidy, Phil Hartman, James Earl Jones. A simple immigration issue spins wildly out of control for those involved, ranging from the President of the United States, to a news producer.

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    • Comedy, Drama
    • Joe Dante
    • 1997-03-15
  3. Rent The Second Civil War on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. The media, the White House and the world watch as Idaho's governor (Beau Bridges) closes borders to a planeload of Pakistani ...

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    • Joe Dante
    • TV-MA
    • Beau Bridges
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  5. Synopsis. When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho defies the president and closes the state's border. News Net Television, a cable news program that makes hay by reporting on political scandals, quickly spins the racist act into an overnight media sensation, creating a ...

    • Gov. Jim Farley; Helena Newman; The President
    • Joe Dante
    • 1997
    • 16
  6. The Second Civil War. 1997. 1 hr 35 mins. Drama, Comedy. R. Watchlist. The governor of Idaho (Beau Bridges) closes the state's borders to immigrants---while pining for a Mexican-American reporter ...

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  7. The Second Civil War looks at the effects of television sensationalism on the political scene. The main characters work for a CNN-like cable news station called News Net who try to get big ratings by exploiting the three T's: tits, tots, and tears. When a group of Pakistani orphans are denied entrance to the state of Idaho by a Governor who ...

  8. The Second Civil War. The state of Idaho takes on the U.S. government in this dark comedy about race relations, rebellion and the American Dream run amok. 190 IMDb 6.6 1 h 36 min 1997. X-Ray R. Comedy · Drama · Outlandish.

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