The Front Runner (2018)
The Front Runner (2018), a 2018 American political drama film directed by Jason Reitman, is based on the 2014 book All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid by Matt Bai. This gripping tale follows former Senator Gary Hart as he makes a comeback in the 1988 Democratic Party presidential primaries, after coming up short against Walter Mondale in 1984. As he gears up for his campaign launch in April 1987, some of Hart’s staffers express their concern about his reluctance to share personal details and instead focusing solely on his ideas and policies. Meanwhile, The Washington Post grapples with whether or not to report on rumors surrounding Hart’s marital troubles and alleged promiscuity. During a yacht cruise from Miami to Bimini with friend Billy Broadhurst, Hart meets a young woman named Donna Rice, setting off a chain of events that will change the course of his campaign.
Days later, at an assortment of payphones within the airport, two journalists (A.J. Parker from the Post and Tom Fiedler representing the Miami Herald) overhear Hart’s half of a conversation, likely with Rice. While on the campaign plane, Hart becomes acquainted with Parker and offers him paternal guidance while also providing him with a Tolstoy novel to gain insight into the Soviets. In Iowa, during an interview, Parker offends Hart by inquiring about his ‘traditional marriage’. To this, Hart responds: ‘Are you really interested in my leisure activities, A.J.? Do you plan to tail me and follow my every move? I can assure you it would not be very exciting’. At the same time in Miami, Tom Fiedler receives a call from an anonymous woman alleging that Hart ‘is involved in a relationship with someone I know’. Initially dismissing the call, Fiedler eventually traces two women on a flight to Washington D.C. and keeps watch over Hart’s townhouse where he witnesses Hart leaving and returning with Rice.
Date of download: 2015-11-11T17:22:34+00:00
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Hugh Jackman
Vera Farmiga
J.K. Simmons
Alfred MolinaThe Front Runner (2018), a 2018 American political drama film directed by Jason Reitman, is based on the 2014 book All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid by Matt Bai. This gripping tale follows former Senator Gary Hart as he makes a comeback in the 1988 Democratic Party presidential primaries, after coming up short against Walter Mondale in 1984. As he gears up for his campaign launch in April 1987, some of Hart’s staffers express their concern about his reluctance to share personal details and instead focusing solely on his ideas and policies. Meanwhile, The Washington Post grapples with whether or not to report on rumors surrounding Hart’s marital troubles and alleged promiscuity. During a yacht cruise from Miami to Bimini with friend Billy Broadhurst, Hart meets a young woman named Donna Rice, setting off a chain of events that will change the course of his campaign.
Days later, at an assortment of payphones within the airport, two journalists (A.J. Parker from the Post and Tom Fiedler representing the Miami Herald) overhear Hart’s half of a conversation, likely with Rice. While on the campaign plane, Hart becomes acquainted with Parker and offers him paternal guidance while also providing him with a Tolstoy novel to gain insight into the Soviets. In Iowa, during an interview, Parker offends Hart by inquiring about his ‘traditional marriage’. To this, Hart responds: ‘Are you really interested in my leisure activities, A.J.? Do you plan to tail me and follow my every move? I can assure you it would not be very exciting’. At the same time in Miami, Tom Fiedler receives a call from an anonymous woman alleging that Hart ‘is involved in a relationship with someone I know’. Initially dismissing the call, Fiedler eventually traces two women on a flight to Washington D.C. and keeps watch over Hart’s townhouse where he witnesses Hart leaving and returning with Rice.
