Release Date: 2000-10-13
Overview: 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.
Rating: 6.7 / 10
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
Rod Lurie - Director
Larry Groupé - Original Music Composer
Denis Maloney - Director of Photography
Michael Jablow - Editor
Mary Jo Slater - Casting
Joan Allen is an American senator who is nominated to replace a recently deceased Vice-President by Jeff Bridges ("President Evans"). Once her confirmation hearing begins, she finds her rather interes...