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
Ed Harris
USA
Best movies:
A Beautiful Mind (2001)
The Truman Show (1998)
Top Gun: Maverick (2022)
Julianne Moore
USA
Best movies:
The Fugitive (1993)
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Magnolia (1999)
Woody Harrelson
USA
Best movies:
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017)
No Country for Old Men (2007)
The People vs. Larry Flynt (1996)
Sarah Paulson
USA
Best movies:
12 Years a Slave (2013)
Pretty/Handsome (2008) (TV movie)
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
Ron Livingston
USA
Best movies:
The Conjuring (2013)
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Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
Peter MacNicol
USA
Best movies:
Sophie's Choice (1982)
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
Addams Family Values (1993)
David Barry Gray
Best movies:
Lawn Dogs (1997)
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
Nixon (1995)
Tiffany Thornton
USA
Best movies:
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
Hatching Pete (2009) (TV movie)
Jamey Sheridan
USA
Best movies:
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Spotlight (2015)
The Ice Storm (1997)
Bruce Altman
USA
Best movies:
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Quiz Show (1994)
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Brian Howe
Best movies:
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Catch Me If You Can (2002)
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Alex Hyde-White
UK
Best movies:
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
Catch Me If You Can (2002)
Pretty Woman (1990)
Jennifer Butler
Best movies:
Limitless (2011)
Law Abiding Citizen (2009)
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
Melissa Farman
USA
Best movies:
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Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
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John Rothman
USA
Best movies:
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United 93 (2006)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Colby French
Best movies:
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Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
Eagle Eye (2008)
John Doty
Best movies:
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Gaetano Averella
Best movies:
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
Salt (2010)
Gary Ugarek
USA
Best movies:
Game Change (2012) (TV movie)
Land of the Dead (2005)
Matthew James Gulbranson
USA
Best movies:
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Game Change (2012) (TV movie)