Primary Colors

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film political comedy-drama film

Primary Colors is a 1998 political comedy-drama film, directed by Mike Nichols and based on Joe Klein’s novel, that satirizes a Southern governor’s presidential campaign.

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instanceOf film ⓘ
political comedy-drama film ⓘ
authorOfSourceWork Joe Klein ⓘ
basedOn Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics ⓘ
character Alexandra Holden ⓘ
surface form: Libby Holden

Richard Jemmons ⓘ
Susan Stanton ⓘ
characterPortrayedBy Billy Bob Thornton ⓘ
Emma Thompson ⓘ
Kathy Bates ⓘ
cinematographer Michael Ballhaus ⓘ
composer Ry Cooder ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Mike Nichols ⓘ
distributor Universal Pictures ⓘ
editor Arthur Schmidt ⓘ
genre comedy-drama film ⓘ
political satire film ⓘ
hasTheme personal morality in politics ⓘ
political ambition ⓘ
leadCharacter Jack Stanton ⓘ
leadCharacterPortrayedBy John Travolta ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
narrativeFocus Southern governor’s presidential campaign ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress ⓘ
nominationRecipient Elaine May ⓘ
Kathy Bates ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
producer Mike Nichols ⓘ
Neil Machlis ⓘ
productionCompany Cloud Nine Entertainment ⓘ
Universal Pictures ⓘ
releaseYear 1998 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 143 ⓘ
satirizes American presidential politics ⓘ
1992 United States presidential election ⓘ
surface form: Bill Clinton’s 1992 presidential campaign
screenwriter Elaine May ⓘ
setInPeriod early 1990s ⓘ
setting United States presidential primary campaign ⓘ
stars Adrian Lester ⓘ
Allison Janney ⓘ
Billy Bob Thornton ⓘ
Diane Ladd ⓘ
Emma Thompson ⓘ
John Travolta ⓘ
Kathy Bates ⓘ
Larry Hagman ⓘ
Maura Tierney ⓘ

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Mike Nichols → notableWork → Primary Colors ⓘ
Mike Nichols → directed → Primary Colors ⓘ
Kathy Bates → notableWork → Primary Colors ⓘ
William Robert Thornton → notableWork → Primary Colors ⓘ
subject surface form: Billy Bob Thornton
Elaine May → notableWork → Primary Colors ⓘ
Maura Tierney → notableWork → Primary Colors ⓘ
Maura Tierney → hasActedIn → Primary Colors ⓘ
John Travolta → notableWork → Primary Colors ⓘ
Caroline Aaron → notableWork → Primary Colors ⓘ