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Screenplay Elaine May
Director Mike Nichols

Primary Colors

Drama1998

Tagline: What went down on the way to the top.

Release Date: 1998-03-20

Duration: 143 minutes

Synopsis

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. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.

Casting

  • Emma Thompson
    Susan Stanton
  • John Travolta
    Jack Stanton
  • Billy Bob Thornton
    Richard Jemmons
  • Bianca Lawson
    Loretta
  • James Earl Jones
    CNN Voiceover (voice)
  • Robert Klein
    Norman Asher
  • Rob Reiner
    Izzy Rosenblatt
  • Ned Eisenberg
    Brad Lieberman
  • Kathy Bates
    Libby Holden
  • Maura Tierney
    Daisy Green