Directed by:
Jay RoachScreenplay:
Danny StrongCinematography:
Jim DenaultComposer:
Theodore ShapiroCast:
Ed Harris, Julianne Moore, Woody Harrelson, Sarah Paulson, Ron Livingston, Peter MacNicol, David Barry Gray, Tiffany Thornton, Jamey Sheridan, Bruce Altman (more)VOD (4)
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This ambitious HBO production offers a behind-the-scenes look at the election campaign of John McCain, the 2008 Republican candidate for president. Trailing Barack Obama, McCain and his election staff decide to pin their hopes on the relatively unknown governor of Alaska, Sarah Palin. Although at first the self-confident and capable individual gives the campaign a needed lift, she gradually begins to drown in her own absurd pronouncements, which are soon being mocked around the world. The movie shows the inner workings of a political campaign and confirms certain views of the outlandish and controversial Sarah Palin. The then manager of the McCain election campaign has stated that Game Change represents a truthful depiction of the story as it played out at the time. The director’s emphasis on faithfully portraying the topic can be seen as well in the outstanding rendering of the Alaskan governor, performed on-screen to a T by the highly talented Julianne Moore. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Grizelda Quintana
Best movies:
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
Odd Thomas (2013)
Lemonade Mouth (2011) (TV movie)
![Brittany Underwood](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/451/158451175_49b100.jpg)
Brittany Underwood
USA
Best movies:
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
Margaret (2011)
Backstabbed (2016) (TV movie)
![Ashlie Atkinson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/120/455/120455754_042027.jpg)
Ashlie Atkinson
USA
Best movies:
The Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
Inside Man (2006)
Bridge of Spies (2015)
![Kevin Bigley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/352/158352421_2da0d4.jpg)
Kevin Bigley
Best movies:
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
Stretch (2014)
The Wretched (2019)
![Spencer Garrett](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/440/162440799_815704.png)
Spencer Garrett
USA
Best movies:
The X Files: Closure (1999) (video compilation)
The Comey Rule (2020) (series)
The Crow (1994)
![Nikki Estridge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000110_9b22d9.jpg)
Nikki Estridge
USA
Best movies:
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
![Justin Gaston](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/628/159628568_113ce3.jpg)
Justin Gaston
USA
Best movies:
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
Escapee (2011)
Deadly Sibling Rivalry (2011) (TV movie)
Shannon Lanier
Best movies:
The Dark Knight Rises (2012)
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
![Larry Sullivan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/074/162074519_0a8c07.jpg)
Larry Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
Straight Outta Compton (2015)
Argo (2012)
Fracture (2007)
![Brian d'Arcy James](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/036/166036949_2414b1.jpg)
Brian d'Arcy James
USA
Best movies:
Spotlight (2015)
The Comey Rule (2020) (series)
Molly's Game (2017)
Peggy J. Scott
Best movies:
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
The Forty-Year-Old Version (2020)
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![Lawrence O'Donnell](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/238/163238995_ea631b.jpg)
Lawrence O'Donnell (a.f.)
USA
Best movies:
Game Change (2012) (TV movie) - a.f.
Olympus Has Fallen (2013)
The Campaign (2012)
Ron Perkins
Best movies:
The Prestige (2006)
Ronin (1998)
The Perfect Game (2009)
Dan Desmond
USA
Best movies:
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
City of Angels (1998)
Tina Borek
Best movies:
We're the Millers (2013)
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
Crazy Heart (2009)
Angela Blake
Best movies:
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
Beyond the Blackboard (2011) (TV movie)
Michael E. Stogner
Best movies:
Godless (2017) (series)
Captain Fantastic (2016)
Sicario (2015)
![Thomas Roy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/856/161856717_bd16c9.jpg)
Thomas Roy
USA
Best movies:
12 Monkeys (1995)
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
The Answer Man (2009)
Jenna Stern
USA
Best movies:
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
Hitch (2005)
16 Blocks (2006)
![Shirley Rumierk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/607/162607956_697350.jpg)
Shirley Rumierk
Best movies:
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
Collateral Beauty (2016)
Gun Hill Road (2011)