The Second Civil War

Name: The Second Civil War
Genre: Drama, Comedy, TV Movie, War
Released: 1997-12-04
Duration: 1 h 37 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Beau Bridges, Joanna Cassidy, James Coburn, Kevin Dunn, Phil Hartman

A very uncivil comedy

The Second Civil War (1997)

1:37 (97 min)

Drama, Comedy, TV Movie, War

United States

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Actors and characters

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Production

Baltimore Pictures, HBO

Release date

4 December 1997

Director

Joe Dante

Scenario

Martyn Burke

Composer

Hummie Mann

Producer

Guy Riedel

Actors

Governor Jim Farley

Helena Newman

Jack Buchan

Jimmy Cannon

The President

Mel Burgess

Jim Kalla

Vinnie Franco

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Short description

When a planeload of Pakistani orphans are shipped to his state for permanent relocation, the governor of Idaho defies the president and closes the state's border. News Net Television, a cable news program that makes hay by reporting on political scandals, quickly spins the racist act into an overnight media sensation, creating a divide in national opinion over the issue.