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Game Change
Why this pick
A brisk, intimate campaign chronicle that shares The Front Runner’s interest in how private pressure, media scrutiny, and rapidly shifting public narratives reshape political ambition.
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Our Brand Is Crisis
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Gary Hart, a U.S. United States Senate from Colorado, is the widely accepted frontrunner in the race for the 1988 Democratic Party presidential primaries. After losing the 1984 Democratic Party presidential primaries to Vice Presidential nominee Walter Mondale, Hart decides to run for President of the United States.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Mamoudou Athie
A.J. Parker
Spencer Garrett
Bob Woodward
Steve Coulter
Bob Kaiser
Ari Graynor
Ann Devroy
Bill Burr
Pete Murphy
Tommy Dewey
John B. Emerson
Molly Ephraim
Irene Kelly
Josh Brener
Doug Wilson