Tanner '88 (TV Miniseries)
- Original title
- Tanner '88
- Year
- 1988
- Running time
- 353 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
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Garry Trudeau (Creator), Robert Altman
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Michael Murphy
- Pamela Reed
- Daniel Jenkins
- Cynthia Nixon
- Wendy Crewson
- Matt Malloy
- Kevin J. O'Connor
- Ilana Levine
- Jim Fyfe
- Veronica Cartwright
- Harry Anderson
- E.G. Marshall
- Jeff Daniels
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- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- TV Series. Comedy | Politics. TV Miniseries
- Synopsis
- Written by Garry Trudeau and directed by Robert Altman, this is an amusingly vicious squint at the American electoral process. Michael Murphy plays Jack Tanner, Democratic Presidential nominee. Also featured are Cynthia Nixon as Jack's teenage daughter Alex, and Pamela Reed as campaign manager T. J. Cavanaugh. Despite the mocking nature of the material, the "cinema verite" style and inclusion of real-life political figures (Bruce Babbitt, Kitty Dukakis) in cameos led some impressionable viewers to believe that Jack Tanner was an actual candidate--resulting in quite a few write-in votes in November! Originating as a two-part special, Tanner was expanded into twelve chapters, which ran irregularly from February 15 through August 27, 1988, on the HBO cable service. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide.
In 2004 Altman & Trudeau created the sequel: "Tanner On Tanner".- Awards
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1989: Emmy: Nominated for Best Directing for Drama Series
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