The Front Runner (2018)
Rating: 5.9/10
Duration: 113 min
Year: 2018
Director(s): Jason Reitman
Description:
Gary Hart, former Senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1987. Hart's intelligence, charisma and idealism makes him popular with young voters, leaving him with a seemingly clear path to the White House. All that comes crashing down when allegations of an extramarital affair surface in the media, forcing the candidate to address a scandal that threatens to derail his campaign and personal life.
Cast
- Josh Brener as Doug Wilson
- Vera Farmiga as Lee Hart
- Hugh Jackman as Gary Hart
- Alfred Molina as Ben Bradlee
- J.K. Simmons as Bill Dixon
- Chris Coy as Kevin Sweeney
- Tommy Dewey as John B. Emerson
- Mamoudou Athie as A.J. Parker
- Oliver Cooper as Joe Trippi
- Mark O'Brien as Billy Shore
- Kaitlyn Dever as Andrea Hart
- Molly Ephraim as Irene Kelly
- Alex Karpovsky as Mike Stratton
- Jenna Kanell as Ginny Terzano
- RJ Brown as Bill Martin
