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Primary Colors is a 1998 American comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Elaine May was adapted from the novel Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics , a roman à clef about the Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign , which was originally published anonymously, but in 1996 was revealed to have been written by journalist ...
Primary Colors: Directed by Mike Nichols. With John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates. A man joins the political campaign of a smooth-operator candidate for President of the United States of America.
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- Comedy, Drama
- Mike Nichols
- 1998-03-20
Mar 20, 1998 · Here’s the surprising thing: “Primary Colors” would seem just about as good, as tough and as smart, if there had never been a president named Bill Clinton. Of course the movie resonates with its parallels to the lives of Bill and Hillary Clinton, but it’s a lot more than a disguised expose.
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman a clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton (Adrian Lester) is tapped to oversee the...
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- Mike Nichols
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- John Travolta
This work is the barely fictionalized account of candidate Bill Clinton in 1992 via the character southern Governor Jack Stanton (John Travolta). Joe Klein joined Newsweek as a political reporter and columnist during the 1992 U.S. Presidential race, and followed then-candidate Bill Clinton on the road. As such, Klein dutifully conveys the ...
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton.
Mar 20, 1998 · In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton.
