Power
More seductive than sex… More addictive than any drug… More precious than gold. And one man can get it for you. For a price.
Country
Production
Genre
Budget
$16 000 000
Revenue
$3 800 000
Director
Actors
Richard Gere, Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, Julie Christie, Kate Capshaw, E.G. Marshall, J.T. Walsh, Beatrice Straight, Fritz Weaver, E. Katherine Kerr
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
David Himmelstein
Producer
Reene Schisgal, Mark Tarlov
Operator
Composer
Artist
Peter S. Larkin
Audition
Joy Todd
Editing
Andrew Mondshein
All team (17)
All team (17)
Short description
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the man destined to succeed him, unknown and mysterious businessman Jerome Cade...
What's left behind the scenes
- During the film's premiere at the 1986 Sundance Film Festival, the projectionist mixed up the third reel of the movie with the fourth. Most of the critics and audience members present did not notice the mistake. Then, one of the filmmakers demanded that the screening be stopped, and a repeat screening was never scheduled. This is the only such instance in the history of film festivals.
- Burt Reynolds was the first candidate for the lead role. He was unable to participate in the film due to an injury sustained during the filming of the 1984 movie 'City Heat'.
- Paul Newman (1925-2008) was intended to star in the lead role, but he asked director Sidney Lumet (1924-2011) to postpone filming by a couple of months. He wanted to focus entirely on his racing career during the summer, and filming would have interfered with his plans. Lumet refused the request.
- Screenwriter David Himmelstein recalled that he once saw a multitude of televisions, all playing campaign commercials for various political candidates. All these commercials seemed identical to him, and he played with this idea in the script.
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