"Power" ( English Power ) - an American movie of 1986 directed by Sydney Lumet about corruption in politics and the influence of power on people.
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| Genre | drama |
| Producer | Sydney Lumet |
| Producer | Rin Shisgal , Mark Tarlov |
| Author script | David Himmelstein |
| In the main cast | Richard Gere Julie Christie Gene Hackman |
| Operator | Andrzej Bartkovyak |
| Composer | Sai Coleman |
| Film company | Lorimar Productions , Polar Entertainment 20th Century Fox |
| Duration | 111 minutes |
| A country |  USA |
| Tongue | English |
| Year | 1986 |
| IMDb | ID 0091786 |
Content
Story
Pete St. John, a successful political consultant, is invited to take part in the campaign of Jerome Cade, a little-known Ohio businessman who hopes to take the place of Senator Sam Hastings. St. John confronts Arnold Billings, a public relations expert whose firm works for Cade. Defending himself, Billings begins to listen to Pete's phones, sabotages his private jet and tries to quarrel him with customers. Between them begins a war that makes St. John look at himself from the side, he wonders if his former partner Wilfred and his ex-wife Helene are wrong, claiming that his success rests on the exploitation of other people.
Cast
- Richard Gere - Pete St. John
- Julie Christie - Helen Freeman
- Gene Hackman - Wilfred Buckley
- Kate Capshaw - Sydnet Betterman
- Denzel Washington - Arnold Billings
- I.G. Marshall - Sen. Sam Hastings
- Beatrice Straight - Claire Hastings
- Fritz Weaver - Governor Candidate Wallace Furman
- Michael Lernd - Governor Andrea Stannard
- JT Walsh - Senator candidate Jerome Cade
- E. Katherine Kerr - Irene Ferman
- Polly Rowles - Lucille DeWitt
- Matt Salinger - Phillip Aarons
Awards and nominations
Rewards
- 1987 - Image Awards - Best Supporting Actor in a Feature Film - Denzel Washington
Nominations
- 1987 - Golden Raspberries - Worst Supporting Actress - Beatrice Straight
Links
- Power on the Internet Movie Database
- Power on allmovie
- "Power" in the encyclopedia Video Guide