The Contender

 

 Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges,
Gary Oldman, Christian Slater
DreamWorks; Directed by Rod Lurie
Rated R; 126 minutes; 2000		  
Vice president candidate Laine Hanson's (Joan Allen) nomination is threatened when a sex scandal from her past is brought into the limelight. This U.S. senator refuses to discuss her torrid past with the press so a Republican congressman (Gary Oldman) who adamantly opposes her nomination does everything in his power to escalate the situation.

 

 "A masterpiece, with noble heroes and charismatic villains . . . a modern American classic."
--Richard Roeper, EBERT & ROEPER AND THE MOVIES

"A stunning and powerful drama . . . with a sensational cast."
--Jeffrey Lyons, WNBC-TV
  

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