Other Titles • The Contender • Rufmord - Jenseits der Moral (2002)
Trivia from The Contender (2000)
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Writer-director Rod Lurie wrote THE CONTENDER with Joan Allen specifically in mind for the character of Laine Hanson.
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Jeff Bridges and Joan Allen previously worked together as a married couple with Christian Slater as their son in TUCKER: THE MAN AND HIS DREAM.
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Gary Oldman, who stars as Shelly Runyon and also served as executive producer, is politically conservative; at the film's release he complained to the press that DreamWorks studio executives had forced the film to be reedited in order to more clearly paint Republicans as the bad guys. Director Rod Lurie denied that any such changes were made.
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Filmed on location in Washington, D.C.; Richmond, Virginia; and Petersburg, Virginia.
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Theatrical release: October 13, 2000.
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For the scenes set in the House of Representatives, the filmmakers used the House of Delegates in Richmond, Virginia.
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Two of the couches seen in the Oval Office sets were owned by President James Madison and currently belong to the governor of Virginia.
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THE CONTENDER received the Alan J. Pakula Award from the Broadcast Film Critics Association, an award that goes to a film with sociopolitical merit.
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Richard Roeper (EBERT & ROEPER AND THE MOVIES) named THE CONTENDER one of the 10 best films of 2000.
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THE CONTENDER was nominated for the followong Golden Globe awards: Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture--Drama (Joan Allen) and Best Performance by an Actor in a Supprting Role in a Motion Picture (Jeff Bridges).
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