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Primary Colors
DVD
Title:
  
Primary Colors
Category:
  
Comedies
Actors:
  
John Travolta/Emma Thompson
Directors:
  
Mike Nichols
UPC:
  
02519204692
Released:
  
05 04 1999
Original Release:
  
1998
Studio:
  
Universal Studios Home Video
Catalog #:
  
20469
Language:
  
Original:English
Rating:
  
R (MPAA)
Format:
  
DVD Color
Runtime:
  
144 minutes
Region:
  
1
Description
In Mike Nichols's PRIMARY COLORS, America's topsy-turvy political process is viewed through the eyes of Henry Burton (Adrian Lester), an idealistic young man who is seduced into managing the presidential campaign of slick southern governor Jack Stanton (John Travolta). The mesmerized Burton immediately sets up campaign headquarters and meets his new political family: Susan Stanton (Emma Thompson), Jack's wife and partner; Richard Jemmons (Billy Bob Thornton), the sly, improbable political strategist who proudly describes himself as a redneck; Libby Holden (Kathy Bates), the fanatically loyal, overtly lesbian campaign troubleshooter who always has a big mouth and occasionally carries a big gun to match; and Daisy (Maura Tierney), the young, smart, and looking-for-love campaign media adviser. The film is based on the controversial best-selling novel by Anonymous (Joe Klein). Travolta's dead-on, thinly disguised Clinton impersonation alone is well worth seeing.
Reviews

Rolling Stone 04/16/1998 "...This provocative film touches a nerve. It's so funny it hurts..."
Chicago Sun-Times 03/20/1998 "...It's a superb film -- funny, insightful and very wise about the realities of political life....The movie is endlessly inventive and involving..."
Los Angeles Times 03/20/1998 "...For Tennessee-born Kathy Bates, this gleeful, high-energy part is a lifesaver, her best performance since winning an Oscar in MISERY and good enough to practically steal the entire picture..."
Total Film 10/01/1999 "...PRIMARY COLORS rewards where other political dramas merely bore..."
New York Times 03/20/1998 "...An array of vivid caricatures whose real-life role models aren't easy acts to follow..."
Entertainment Weekly 09/04/1998 "...Travolta is a wonderful Clinton/Stanton....[Bates is] a fierce, funny force of nature..."
Contributors
Director:
  
Mike Nichols
Star:
  
John Travolta
 
Emma Thompson
 
Kathy Bates
 
Billy Bob Thornton
 
Adrian Lester
 
Maura Tierney
 
Larry Hagman
 
Allison Janney
 
Paul Guilfoyle
Screenwriter:
  
Elaine May
Producer:
  
Mike Nichols
Director of Photography:
  
Michael Ballhaus
Editor:
  
Arthur Schmidt
Production Designer:
  
Bo Welch
Costume Designer:
  
Ann Roth
Music:
  
Ry Cooder
Keywords:
  
Based On A Novel, Drama, Political, Theatrical Release