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The film stars Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J. K. Simmons, and Alfred Molina. It chronicles the rise of American Senator Gary Hart, the front-runner candidate to be the 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, and his subsequent fall from grace when media reports suggested he was having an extramarital affair.
- $25 million
The Front Runner: Directed by Jason Reitman. With Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J.K. Simmons, Mark O'Brien. In 1987, U.S. Senator Gary Hart's presidential campaign is derailed when he's caught in a scandalous love affair.
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- Jason Reitman
Gary Hart, former senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1987. Hart's intelligence, charisma and idealism makes him popular with young...
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- Hugh Jackman
Nov 5, 2018 · The Front Runner, a new film about Hart’s 1988 presidential candidacy and its ignominious collapse, is a pained love letter to the good old days, a morality tale in which the ostensible...
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- Tom McCarthy
Nov 7, 2018 · It’s based on the true story of the fall from grace of former Colorado Senator Gary Hart. Played by Hugh Jackman, he was “the clear front runner for the Democratic nomination” in the 1988...
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Nov 8, 2018 · Affair allegations in 1988 derailed Gary Hart’s, played by Hugh Jackman in 'The Front Runner,' presidential campaign. Here’s what happened next, and what he's doing today.
Aug 23, 2017 · In director Jason Reitman's The Front Runner, Hugh Jackman will star as '80s presidential candidate Sen. Gary Hart, in what the filmmaker describes as "a political comedy about the moment in...
