Primary Colors (1998)

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R | 2 hr 20 mins | Comedy, Drama | Released: 3/20/1998 |Box Office Total: $38.9M

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Synopsis:

The fictional story of a presidential run by Jack Stanton, a womanizing, idealistic Southern governor who battles other Democratic candidates in a primary run in 1992. As seen through the eyes of his African-American campaign manager, the Stanton campaign is filled with enthusiastic young Democrats all of whom have dreams that their man is going to win. The story behind the scenes, however, is a little more bawdy and involves Jack Stanton's politically astute wife; an attempt to blackmail the candidate with doctored audiotapes detailing a past sexual encounter; an alleged bastard child of Stanton's from a black teenager; a possibly illegal real estate deal known as Tidewater Estates; the uncovering of a candidate's past as a cocaine-addicted homosexual by Stanton's campaign; and the suicide of one of Stanton's longtime friends.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
3/20/1998

Studio	Credit
Universal	Studio
Director	Credit
Mike Nichols	Director
Liz Radley	Director - 2nd unit director (2nd Unit)
Cast	Credit
John Travolta	Governor Jack Stanton
Emma Thompson	Susan Stanton
Billy Bob Thornton	Richard Jemmons
Adrian Lester	Henry Burton
Maura Tierney	Daisy
Paul Guilfoyle	Howard Ferguson
Larry Hagman	Governor Fred Picker
Kathy Bates	Libby Holden
Diane Ladd	Mamma Stanton
Rebecca Walker	March
Caroline Aaron	Lucille Kaufman
Tommy Hollis	Fat Willie
Rob Reiner	Izzy Rosenblatt
Ben Jones	Arlen Sporken
J C Quinn	Uncle Charlie
Allison Janney	Miss Walsh
Robert Klein	Norman Asher
Mykelti Williamson	Dewayne Smith
James Denton	Mitch
Leontine Guillard	Ruby
Monique L Ridge	Tawana Carter
Ned Eisenberg	Brad Lieberman
Brian Markinson	Randy Culligan
Geraldo Rivera	Himself
Charlie Rose	Himself
Larry King	Himself
O'Neal Compton	Sailorman Shoreson
Kevin Cooney	Lawrence Harris
Bonnie Bartlett	Martha Harris
Cynthia O'Neal	Elegant Woman
Chelcie Ross	Charlie Martin
John Vargas	Lorenzo Delgado
Tony Shalhoub	Eddie Reyes
Bianca Lawson	Loretta
Robert Cicchini	Jimmy Ozio
Stan Davis	Jack Mandela Washington
Harrison Young	Sam
Rolando Molina	Anthony Ramirez
Ross Benjamin	Peter Goldsmith
Jennifer Edwards	Jennifer Rogers
Kristoffer Ryan Winters	Terry Hicks
Susan Kussman	Ella Louise
Vickilyn Reynolds	Amalee
Robert Symonds	Bart Nilson
Gia Carides	Cashmere McLeod
Robert Easton	Doctor Beauregard
Scott Burkholder	Danny Scanlon
Bill Maher	Himself
Lu Elrod	Chubby Woman
R M Haley	Shipyard Announcer
Henry Woronicz	Pundit
Darice Richman	Linda Feldstein
Rosalie Peck	Retiree
Susan Forristal	Bugger Bugger Woman
James Earl Jones	CNN Voiceover
Production Credits	Credit
Mike Nichols	Producer
Neil A Machlis	Executive Producer
Michele Imperato-Stabile	Co-Producer
Michael Haley	Associate Producer
Jonathan D Krane	Executive Producer
Gil Gagnon	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Mutual Film Company	Production Company
Icarus Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Universal	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Tele Munchen Distribution	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
BBC Enterprises	Foreign TV Distributor
Toho Tawa/Marubeni	Theatrical Distributor
Universal Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Becker Group Limited	Theatrical Distributor
UIP The Film Consortium	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Union Generale	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Nordisk Film Biografdistribution	Theatrical Distributor
Cecchi Gori Pictures	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Aurum Productions	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Los Angeles, California, USA
New York City, New York, USA
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Miami, Florida, USA
Writer	Credit
Anonymous	Source Material (from novel)
Elaine May	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Tom Duffield	Art Director
Sean Haworth	Set Designer
Cheyrl Carasik	Set Decorator
Bo Welch	Production Designer
Casting	Credit
Patricia Kerrigan	Casting Associate
Amy Berman	Casting Assistant
Juliet Taylor	Casting
Ellen Lewis	Casting
Vivian Lynn Hasbrouk	Casting Associate
Juel Bestrop	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
Michael Ballhaus	Director of Photography
Daniel C Gold	Camera Operator
Liz Radley	Video - video supervisor
Mark Emery Moore	Steadicam Operator
Tony Gaudioz	Camera Operator
Jim Sevin	Video - video editor
David Norris	Camera Operator - Westcam operator
Film Sales Financing	Credit
Mutual Film Company	Foreign Distribution Sales
Music	Credit
Ry Cooder	Song - song/song performer
Ry Cooder	Music
Steve Goldstein	Music Coordinator
Thomas Pasatieri	Music Conductor - orchestrator/conductor
Suzana Peric	Music Editor
Willie Nelson	Song Performer
Joachim Cooder	Music
Ronnie Dawson	Song Performer
Bunny Andrews	Music Editor
Ry Cooder	Song
Wayne Shanklin	Song
Nic Ratner	Music Editor
Nat King Cole	Song Performer
George Callender	Song
Olivia Newton-John	Song Performer
Willie Nelson	Song
Tammy Wynette	Song Performer
Orleans	Song Performer
Jimmie Davis	Song
Band of the Grenadier Guards	Song Performer
Charles Mitchell	Song
Perez Prado	Song Performer
Victor Young	Song
Jon Hassell	Song Performer
Joseph Accrington ('Joe Tex')	Song
Irving Gordon	Song
Bruce Welch	Song
John Rostill	Song
Claude Putnam Jr	Song
Bobby Braddock	Song
John Hall	Song
Johanna Hall	Song
George M Cohan	Song - songs
Eric Rogers	Song - song arranger
Milton Ager	Song
Jack Yellen	Song
Gus Kahn	Song
Ernie Erdman	Song
Ted Fiorito	Song
Jon Hassell	Song
Ronu Majumdar	Song
Bob McDill	Song
Redd Stewart	Song
Pee Wee King	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Mark Riccardi	Stunt Coordinator
Production Management	Credit
Michael Haley	Assistant Director
Michele Imperato-Stabile	Unit Production Manager
Mary Bailey	Script Supervisor
Robert J Goldstein	Location Manager
Paul A Levin	Post-Production Supervisor
Kristen Niederholzer	Production Manager
Cindy Price	Production Coordinator
Sam Tedesco	Location Manager
Daniel M Stillman	Assistant Director
Mark Tobey	Assistant Director
Carlos Moore	Location Manager
Publicity	Credit
Betsy Sokolow-Sherman	Publicity
Sound	Credit
Jennifer Ralston	Foley Editor
Ron Bochar	Sound Editor
Marko Costanzo	Foley Artist
Lee Dichter	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
David Boulton	ADR - ADR recordist
Lewis Goldstein	Sound Effects Editor
Sondra James	ADR Voice Casting - ADR casting
Christopher Newman	Sound Mixer - production sound mixer
Bruce Pross	Foley - foley supervisor
Deborah Wallach	ADR Editor
Ron Bochar	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Ben Cheah	Foley Editor
Michael Barry	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Frank Kern	Foley Editor
Kam Chan	Foley Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
David Watkinson	Graphics - computer graphics
Alan Lorimer	Special Effects Coordinator
Ivy Agregan	Effects Coordinator - digital effects coordinator
Carole Cowley	Visual Effects - visual effects associate producer
Brad Kuehn	Visual Effects Supervisor
Anthony Mabin	Visual Effects - lead compositor
Bob Lyss	Visual Effects - lead compositor
Valerie McMahon	Visual Effects - compositor
Lisa L Pollaro	Visual Effects - compositor
George Edwin Oliver Jr	Visual Effects - digital artist
Mark Lewis	Visual Effects - digital artist
Mike Frevert	Visual Effects - digital artist
Chris Wood	Visual Effects - digital artist
Tim Gibbons	Visual Effects - digital artist
Dan Levitan	Visual Effects - digital artist
Anthony Lanni	Visual Effects - digital artist
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Lynne Eagan	Makeup - key makeup
Jasen Sica	Hair Stylist - key hairstylist
Ann Roth	Costume Designer
J Roy Helland	Hair - hair/make-up design
Sabrina Calley	Wardrobe
Cheryl Beasley Blackwell	Costume Supervisor
Bruce Ericksen	Costume Supervisor

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