The Contender (2000) - The A.V. Club

Cast

Joan Allen (Laine Hanson)Gary Oldman (Shelly Runyon)Jeff Bridges (President Jackson Evans)Christian Slater (Reginald Webster)Sam Elliott (Kermit Newman)William Petersen (Jack Hathaway)Saul Rubinek (Jerry Tolliver)Philip Baker Hall (Oscar Billings)Mike Binder (Lewis Hollis)Robin Thomas (William Hanson)Mariel Hemingway (Cynthia Charlton Lee)Kathryn Morris (Paige Willomina)Kristen Shaw (Fiona Hathaway)Douglas Urbanski (Makerowitz)Noah Fryrear (Timmy)Angelica Page (Dierdra)Joseph Lyle Taylor (Paul Smith)Kevin Geer (Congressman Skakle)

Director

Rod Lurie

Synopsis

Senator Laine Hanson is a contender for U.S. Vice President, but information and disinformation about her past surfaces that threatens to derail her confirmation.