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Release Date
• USA: Oct 13, 2000
• UK: 20 Apr 2001
DVD Release Date
• R1: May 27, 2003
• R2: 29 Oct 2001
Budget $9,000,000
Official Website:
The Contender Website
MPAA Rating
Rated R for strong sexual content and language.
Running Time
2 hours, 6 minutes
Country USA, Germany, UK
Studio Battleground, Cinecontender, Cinerenta, SE8 Group
More info on IMDb.com
Other Titles
• The Contender
• Rufmord - Jenseits der Moral (2002)
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Cast & Crew
| Directed by |
Rod Lurie
The Last Castle, Deterrence, Resurrecting the Champ |
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| Written by |
Rod Lurie
Capital City, The Last Castle, Deterrence |
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| Cast |
Gary Oldman - Rep. Sheldon 'Shelly' Runyon
Batman Begins, Leon, The Fifth Element |
 | Joan Allen - Sen. Laine Hanson
Face/Off, The Bourne Supremacy, Pleasantville |
 | Jeff Bridges - President Jackson Evans
The Big Lebowski, K-PAX, Arlington Road |
 | Christian Slater - Rep. Reginald Webster
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles, True Romance, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves |
 | Sam Elliott - Kermit Newman
Hulk, Tombstone, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid |
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 | Robin Thomas - William Hanson
The Banger Sisters, About Last Night..., Clockstoppers |
 | Mariel Hemingway - Cynthia Charlton Lee
Manhattan, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace, Star 80 |
 | Kathryn Morris - Special Agent Paige Willomina
Minority Report, Paycheck, Mindhunters |
 | | Saul Rubinek - Jerry Tolliver
Unforgiven, True Romance, The Family Man | Mike Binder - Lewis Hollis
The Upside of Anger, Blankman, The Sex Monster | Kristen Shaw - Fiona Hathaway
Deterrence, See Arnold Run, Skin Deep | Douglas Urbanski - Makerowitz
Rated 'R': Republicans in Hollywood, Plunkett & Macleane, Nil by Mouth | | Angelica Torn - Dierdra
The Sixth Sense, Domestic Disturbance, Nobody's Fool | | Kevin Geer - Congressman Skakle
A Force of One, Sweet Bird of Youth | | Bev Appleton - Congressman Marshall
True Colors, The Color of Love: Jacey's Story, Vanishing Son II |
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| Music By |
Larry Groupé
Deterrence, The Unknown, I Woke Up Early the Day I Died |
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| Produced by |
Gary Oldman - executive producer
Plunkett & Macleane, Batman Begins, Leon |
| Rainer Bienger - executive producer
Nobody's Baby, If You Only Knew, Kimberly | Willi Bär
The Virgin Suicides, Jeepers Creepers, Carlito's Way | Marc Frydman
Murder in the First, Welcome to Mooseport, Boiling Point | | | |
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