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Tanner '88

In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize–winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their media campaign as a cross between a soap opera and TV news. The result was the groundbreaking Tanner ’88, a piercing satire of media-age American politics.

1988 |1 Season   |  Comedy, War & Politics

Cast

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Michael Murphy

Jack Tanner

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Pamela Reed

T.J. Cavanaugh

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Cynthia Nixon

Alex Tanner

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Kevin J. O'Connor

Hayes Haggerty

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Daniel H. Jenkins

Stringer Kincaid

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Jim Fyfe

Emil Berkoff

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Matt Malloy

Deke Connors

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Ilana Levine

Andrea Spinelli

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Veronica Cartwright

Molly Hark

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Wendy Crewson

Joanna Buckley

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Richard Cox

David Seidelman

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Creator

Robert Altman

Status

Ended

Languages

English

Network

HBO