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Release Date
• USA: Mar 20, 1998
DVD Release Date
• R1: Sep 8, 1998
Budget $65,000,000
MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong language and sexual references.
Running Time
2 hours, 23 minutes
Country USA, UK, France, Germany, Japan
Studio Mutual Film Company
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Other Titles
• Primary Colors
• Perfect Couple (1999)
• Mit aller Macht (1998)
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, Political, Infidelity, Satire, Blackmail
Tagline: What went down on the way to the top.
Plot: In Mike Nichols's PRIMARY COLORS, America's topsy-turvy political process is viewed through the eyes of Henry Burton (Adrian Lester), an idealistic young man who is seduced into managing the presidential campaign of slick southern governor Jack Stanton (John Travolta). The mesmerized Burton immediately sets up campaign headquarters and meets his new political family: Susan Stanton (Emma Thompson), Jack's wife and partner; Richard Jemmons (Billy Bob Thornton), the sly, improbable political strategist who proudly describes himself as a redneck; Libby Holden (Kathy Bates), the fanatically loyal, overtly lesbian campaign troubleshooter who always has a big mouth and occasionally carries a big gun to match; and Daisy (Maura Tierney), the young, smart, and looking-for-love campaign media adviser. The film is based on the controversial best-selling novel by Anonymous (Joe Klein). Travolta's dead-on, thinly disguised Clinton impersonation alone is well worth seeing.
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| Written by |
Joe Klein
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry | Elaine May
Down to Earth, Heaven Can Wait, Small Time Crooks |
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| Music By |
Carly Simon
Working Girl, Postcards from the Edge, Heartburn |
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Last Man Standing, Paris, Texas, Brewster's Millions |
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