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The Front Runner

20181h 53mDrama · History
directed by Jason Reitman

“Gary Hart was going to be President. Instead he changed American politics forever.”

4.8 / 10 Compare with…13 stills

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4.8 / 10
TMDB
5.9 / 10
381 votes
IMDb
6.1 / 10
14,737 votes
Metacritic
61 / 100
Rotten Tomatoes
58%

The scorecard 4.8 / 10

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Synopsis

Gary Hart, former Senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1987. Hart's intelligence, charisma and idealism makes him popular with young voters, leaving him with a seemingly clear path to the White House. All that comes crashing down when allegations of an extramarital affair surface in the media, forcing the candidate to address a scandal that threatens to derail his campaign and personal life.

Cast

Hugh Jackman·Gary Hart
Vera Farmiga·Lee Hart
J.K. Simmons·Bill Dixon
Mark O'Brien·Billy Shore
Molly Ephraim·Irene Kelly
Chris Coy·Kevin Sweeney
Alex Karpovsky·Mike Stratton
Josh Brener·Doug Wilson
Tommy Dewey·John B. Emerson
Kaitlyn Dever·Andrea Hart

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