Stand by · pulling the latest frames
Stand by · pulling the latest frames


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.
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Garry Trudeau, Robert Altman
HBO

Jim Fyfe
Emil Berkoff

Matt Malloy
Deke Connors

Ilana Levine
Andrea Spinelli

Veronica Cartwright
Molly Hark

Harry Anderson
Billy Ridenhour

Wendy Crewson
Joanna Buckley
Sandra Bowie
Sandra Bowie
Stevie Chevalier

Richard Cox
David Seidelman
Greg Procaccino
Greg Procaccino
Barney Kittman
Lorianne Crook
Lorianne Crook
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Charlie Chase
Charlie Chase
Self

Waylon Jennings
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Danny Darst
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David Alan Grier
Ken Daly
Ken Daly