Primary Colors
1998 • Drama | Comedy
Mike Nichols
Director
Status
Released
Release date
March 20, 1998
Duration
143 Min
Language
en
Popularity
2.6032
Budget
$65,000,000
Revenue
$52,090,187
Overview
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.
Cast
John Travolta
Emma Thompson
Billy Bob Thornton
Adrian Lester
Maura Tierney
Paul Guilfoyle
Larry Hagman
Kathy Bates
Diane Ladd
Caroline Aaron
Tommy Hollis
Rob Reiner
Ben Jones
J.C. Quinn
Allison Janney
Robert Klein
Mykelti Williamson
James Denton
Ned Eisenberg
Brian Markinson
Geraldo Rivera
Charlie Rose
Larry King
O'Neal Compton
Kevin Cooney
Bonnie Bartlett
Chelcie Ross
John Vargas
Tony Shalhoub
Bianca Lawson
Robert Cicchini
William Stanford Davis
Harrison Young
Rolando Molina
Stacy Edwards
Vickilyn Reynolds
Robert Symonds
Gia Carides
Robert Easton
Scott Burkholder
Bill Maher
Lu Elrod
Michael Haley
Henry Woronicz
Susan Forristal
James Earl Jones
James DuMont
Amaris Dupree
Tony Winters
Allan Wayne Anderson
Greg Bronson
Anthony Michael Frederick
Nick Loeb
Rocco Salata
Lorna Scott
Lynn Wanlass
Charlie Weirauch
Tim R. Worley
