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Power

1986 · 111 min

A sleek, talky plunge into the machinery of political image-making, coolly cynical and quietly tense, with a conscience stirring beneath the polish.

Tagline
More seductive than sex… More addictive than any drug… More precious than gold. And one man can get it for you. For a price.
Overview
Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client Ohio senator Sam Hastings decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the man destined to succeed him, unknown and mysterious businessman Jerome Cade...

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Tone
  • cynicalstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • politics
  • corruption
  • power
  • ambition
  • morality
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour2
Realism8
Romance3
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Sidney Lumet
Written by
David Himmelstein
Starring
Richard Gere, Denzel Washington, Gene Hackman, Julie Christie, Kate Capshaw, E.G. Marshall, J.T. Walsh, Beatrice Straight
Music
Cy Coleman
Cinematography
Andrzej Bartkowiak
Runtime
111 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
Spanish, Yiddish, English

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