Tanner '88
15/02/1988



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.
Cast


Michael Murphy
Jack Tanner


Pamela Reed
T.J. Cavanaugh


Cynthia Nixon
Alex Tanner


Kevin J. O'Connor
Hayes Haggerty


Daniel H. Jenkins
Stringer Kincaid


Jim Fyfe
Emil Berkoff


Matt Malloy
Deke Connors


Ilana Levine
Andrea Spinelli


Veronica Cartwright
Molly Hark


Harry Anderson
Billy Ridenhour


Wendy Crewson
Joanna Buckley
Sandra Bowie
Stevie Chevalier


Richard Cox
David Seidelman
Greg Procaccino
Barney Kittman
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