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Tanner '88 (1988)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 353 min.
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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. 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, among many others. The Criterion Collection is proud to present the complete eleven-episode television series—more relevant today than ever.
Style:
clever, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, biting
Plot:
politics, american politics, political satire, election, satire, usa politics, suspense, family relations, parents and children, journalism, fighting the system, self discovery, society, media, ambition, political conspiracy, americana, head of state, realism, disorder, fish out of water, idealism, campaign, political corruption, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, biting and cynical films and TV series with plots about politics, satire, state affairs, media, suspense, society and campaign mostly in Comedy, Drama and Adventure genres. Some movies like Tanner '88: K Street (2003), Grassroots (2012), The Candidate (1972), Tanner on Tanner (2004), Power (1986). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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