Tanner '88(1988)
series - first aired/released 1988-02-15 - audience 6.9
Comedy, War & Politics
Directed by Robert Altman
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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Cast
Michael MurphyJack Tanner
Pamela ReedT.J. Cavanaugh
Cynthia NixonAlex Tanner
Kevin J. O'ConnorHayes Haggerty
Daniel H. JenkinsStringer Kincaid
Jim FyfeEmil Berkoff
Matt MalloyDeke Connors
Ilana LevineAndrea Spinelli
Veronica CartwrightMolly Hark
Harry AndersonBilly Ridenhour- Frank BarhydtFrank Gatling
Wendy CrewsonJoanna Buckley- Sandra BowieStevie Chevalier
Richard CoxDavid Seidelman- Greg ProcaccinoBarney Kittman
Robert GerringerFarmer Bob- Patricia FalkenhainMrs. Bob
- Michael PoissonEngineer
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- Stephen AltmanRogan
Cleavon LittleRev. Billy Crier
Andy StahlMolly's Crewmember #1- Stephen KellyMolly's Crewmember #2
Daniel ButlerReporter- Larry BlackReporter
- Wiley MooreFocus Group Participant
- Marshall Fallwell Jr.Farmer
Dee NelsonFocus Group Participant- Lorianne CrookSelf
- Charlie ChaseSelf
Sam BushHimself - New Grass Revival
Bob DoleHimself (uncredited)- Pat FlynnHimself - New Grass Revival
Pat RobertsonHimself (uncredited)
Béla FleckHimself - New Grass Revival
E.G. MarshallGen. John Tanner- John CowanT.J.'s Date
Waylon JenningsSelf
Danny DarstSelf- Tom MehicanPriest
- Joe BanksSecret Serviceman
- John ElkoSecret Serviceman
Gregory McKinneySecret Serviceman- Sidney BlumenthalSelf
- Hodding Carter IIISelf
- James DavidsonSelf
- Patt DerianSelf
Peter EdelmannSelf- Aviel GinzburgSelf
- Pamela GinzburgSelf
- Mickey LelandSelf
Ed MarkeySelf
Chris MatthewsSelf- Mary McGrorySelf
- Kirk O'DonnellSelf
- Bob SquierSelf
- Charlie WebbSecret Service Agent (uncredited)
- Randall RobinsonSelf (uncredited)
Lowell WeickerSelf (uncredited)
John ConsidineDuke Crodian- Cameron ThorSecret Serviceman
Bruce BabbittHimself
Ned BellamySecret Serviceman- Joan CushingHerself
David Alan GrierSecret Serviceman- James TerryMolly's Cameraman
Rebecca De MornaySelf- Dorothy SarnoffSelf
- Ken DalySecret Serviceman
- Kim CranstonSelf
- Malcolm JenkinsSecret Serviceman
- Sandra J. BurudSelf
James "Gypsy" HaakeJennifer- John Calkins
Alice CarterFlight Attendant
Linda EllerbeeHerself
Julius CarrySecret Serviceman
Jesse JacksonHimself (uncredited)
Lee HamiltonLee Hamilton, Tanner Secretary of State
Seasons
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