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Advise & Consent

1962 · 139 min

A slow-burning, talky political drama that feels like a tense, morally complex look behind closed doors.

Tagline
Are the men and women of Washington really like this?
Overview
Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • power
  • corruption
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism8
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Otto Preminger
Written by
Wendell Mayes
Starring
Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Walter Pidgeon, Peter Lawford, Gene Tierney, Franchot Tone, Lew Ayres
Music
Jerry Fielding
Cinematography
Sam Leavitt
Runtime
139 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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