The Contender

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film political drama film

The Contender is a 2000 political drama film about a vice-presidential nominee facing a brutal confirmation battle, featuring a prominent performance by Gary Oldman.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
political drama film ⓘ
awardNomination Academy Award for Best Actress for Joan Allen ⓘ
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for Jeff Bridges ⓘ
Golden Globe nomination for Joan Allen ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Rod Lurie ⓘ
distributor DreamWorks Pictures ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
political drama ⓘ
mainCharacter Congressman Sheldon Runyon ⓘ
President Jackson Evans ⓘ
Senator Laine Hanson ⓘ
mpaaRating R ⓘ
narrativeFocus U.S. vice presidential confirmation process ⓘ
notablePerformanceBy Gary Oldman ⓘ
Joan Allen ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A female U.S. senator nominated for vice president faces a brutal confirmation battle after allegations about her past surface. ⓘ
producer Douglas Urbanski ⓘ
Gary Oldman ⓘ
Marc Frydman ⓘ
Rod Lurie ⓘ
productionCompany DreamWorks Pictures ⓘ
releaseYear 2000 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 126 ⓘ
setting Washington, D.C. ⓘ
starring Christian Slater ⓘ
Gary Oldman ⓘ
Jeff Bridges ⓘ
Joan Allen ⓘ
Kathryn Morris ⓘ
Mariel Hemingway ⓘ
Mike Binder ⓘ
Philip Baker Hall ⓘ
Robin Thomas ⓘ
Sam Elliott ⓘ
Saul Rubinek ⓘ
William Petersen ⓘ
theme gender and politics ⓘ
media scrutiny ⓘ
personal integrity ⓘ
political ethics ⓘ
timePeriod contemporary to its release (late 1990s–2000) ⓘ
title The Contender ⓘ
writer Rod Lurie ⓘ

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Gary Oldman → notableWork → The Contender ⓘ
William Petersen → notableWork → The Contender ⓘ
Joan Allen → notableWork → The Contender ⓘ
Christian Slater → notableWork → The Contender ⓘ