Tag Archives: governor

Primary Colors (1998)

Posted on May 22, 2021 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Mike Nichols Writer: Elaine May (Based on the novel “Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics” by Joe Klein as Anonymous)

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 1998, adaptation, adrian lester, affair, allison janney, anonymous, arthur schmidt, bill maher, billy bob thornton, campaign, charlie rose, comedy, dianne ladd, drama, elaine may, election, emma thompson, geraldo rivera, governor, james earl jones, joe klein, john travolta, kathy bates, larry hagman, larry king, maura tierney, michael ballhaus, mike nichols, mykelti williamson, paul guilfoyle, political campaign, politician, politics, president, primary colors, rob reiner, ry cooder, scandal, sex, tony shalhoub | Leave a comment

Sansho the Bailiff (1954)

Posted on October 19, 2019 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Kenji Mizoguchi Writers: Fuji Yahiro & Yoshikata Yoda (Based on the short story “Sansho Dayu” by Ogai Mori)

Posted in Drama, Foreign | Tagged 1954, adaptation, brothel, buddha, buddism, children, criterion collection, drama, exile, foreign, fuji yahiro, governor, japan, japanese, kenji mizoguchi, labor, medieval, ogai mori, oppression, prostitution, sacrifice, sangho dayu, sangho the bailiff, slave, slavery, wife, yoshikata yoda | Leave a comment

Jade (1995)

Posted on July 2, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: William Friedkin Writer: Joe Eszterhas

Posted in Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller | Tagged angie everhart, blackmail, chase palminteri, cop, crime, d.a., david caruso, david hunt, district attorney, donna murphy, drama thriller, governor, holy mccallany, investigation, jade, james horner, joe eszterhas, kevin tighe, linda fiorentino, michael biehn, murder, mystery, police, prostitute, prostitution, richard crenna, robert evans, william friedkin | Leave a comment

Zorro, The Gay Blade (1981)

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Peter Medak Writer: Hal Dresner (Screen Story by Hal Dresner and Greg Alt & Don Moriarty and Bob Randall) (Based on the character created by Johnston McCulley)

Posted in Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance | Tagged 1840s, action, adventure, blade, bob randall, brenda vaccaro, brother, carolyn seymour, clive revill, comedy, don moriarty, donovan scott, gay, george hamilton, governor, greg alt, hal dresner, homosexual, homosexuality, johnston mcculley, lauren hutton, mexico, peter medak, romance, ron leibman, sword, the gay blade, twin, whip, zorro, zorro: the gay blade | Leave a comment

Selma (2014)

Posted on January 11, 2015 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Ava DuVernay Writer: Paul Webb Excellent! One of the best of 2014.

Posted in Drama | Tagged 1960s, 2014, alabama, andre holland, ava duvernay, biography, brad pitt, bridge, campaign, carmen erogo, civil rights, colman domingo, common, cop, cuba gooding jr., david oyelowo, drama, dylan baker, george wallace, giovanni ribisi, governor, haviland stillwell, j. edgar hoover, john legend, kkk, klansman, lbj, lyndon b. johnson, march, martin luther king jr., martin sheen, montgomery, niecy nash, omar j. dorsey, oprah winfrey, paul webb, police, politician, politics, president, protest, race, reverend, ruben santiago-hudson, selma, stephen root, tessa thompson, tim roth, tom wilkinson, true story, vote, voting rights, voting rights act, wendell pierce | Leave a comment

The Contender (2000)

Posted on October 16, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Rod Lurie Writer: Rod Lurie

Posted in Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2000, bridge, christian slater, confirmation, congress, conteroversy, douglas urbanski, drama, fishing, gary oldman, governor, hearing, jeff bridges, joan allen, kathryn morris, kristen shaw, mariel hemingway, mike binder, office, past, philip baker hall, politician, politics, president, public office, robin thomas, rod lurie, sam elliott, saul rubinek, senator, sex, the contender, thriller, vice president, washington, washington d.c., william petersen, woman | Leave a comment

Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010)

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Alex Gibney Writer: Alex Gibney

Posted in Documentary, Drama | Tagged aig, alex gibney, attorney general, client 9, documentary, drama, eliot spitzer, excort, governor, new york, new york city, nyc, politician, politics, prostitute, prostitution, scandal, sex, sex scandal, wall street | Leave a comment

Game Change (2012)

Posted on March 11, 2012 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: Jay Roach Writers: Danny Strong (Based on the book by Mark Halperin & John Heilemann)

Posted in Comedy, Drama | Tagged 2008, 2012, adaptation, alaska, biography, campaign, comedy, danny strong, drama, ed harris, election, game change, governor, hbo, history, jamey sheridan, jay roach, john heilemann, john mccain, journalism, journalist, julianne moore, katie couric, mark halperin, news, peter macnicol, politician, politics, president, ron livingston, sarah paulson, senator, steve schmidt, tom hanks, vice president, woody harrelson | Leave a comment

The Ides of March (2011)

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Jon Watches Movies

Director: George Clooney Writers: George Clooney & Grant Heslov and Beau Willimon (Based on the play “Farragut North” by Beau Willimon)

Posted in Drama, Thriller | Tagged 2011, adaptation, alexandre desplat, beau willimon, campaign, candidate, charlie rose, chris matthews, drama, evan rachel wood, farragut north, george clooney, governor, grant heslov, gregory itzin, intern, jeffrey wright, jennifer ehle, marisa tomei, max minghella, michael mantell, north carolina, ohio, paul giamatti, philip seymour hoffman, politician, politics, presidential election, rachel mddow, ryan gosling, senator, sex, staffer, the ides of march, thriller | Leave a comment

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