| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Sean Astin |
Gary
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| Warren Beatty |
Senator Jay Billington Bulworth
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| Graham Beckel |
Man with Dark Glasses
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| Halle Berry |
Nina
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| Don Cheadle |
L.D.
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| Nora Dunn |
Missy Berliner
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| Jackie Gayle |
Macavoy
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| Ariyan A. Johnson |
Tanya
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| Joshua Malina |
Bill Feldman
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| Michele Morgan |
Cheryl
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| Oliver Platt |
Dennis Murphy
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| Richard C. Sarafian |
Vinnie
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| Paul Sorvino |
Graham Crockett
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| Jack Warden |
Eddie Davers
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| Isaiah Washington |
Darnell
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| Josh Malina |
Bill Feldman
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| Christine Baranski |
Constance Bulworth
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| Richard Sarafian |
Vinnie
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| Amiri Baraka |
Rastaman
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| Laurie Metcalf |
Mimi
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| Wendell Pierce |
Fred
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| Michèle Morgan |
Cheryl
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| Ariyan Johnson |
Tanya
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| Helen Martin |
Nina's Mother
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| Kimberly Deauna Adams |
Denisha
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| Vinny Argiro |
Debate Director
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| Kirk Baltz |
Debate Producer
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| Ernie Lee Banks |
Leroy
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Comedy; Drama; Romance |
| Director |
Warren Beatty |
| Producer |
Warren Beatty; Pieter Jan Brugge |
| Writer |
Warren Beatty |
| Studio |
20th Century Fox |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R |
| Running Time |
108 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
| IMDb Rating |
6.9 |
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| Plot |
| Warren Beatty directed, co-produced (with Pieter Jan Brugge ), co-scripted (with Jeremy Pikser ), and stars in this political satire, a comedy-drama about a U.S. senator who decides to start speaking the truth. Despondent California Sen. Jay Bulworth ( Beatty ), up for re-election, is disillusioned by the usual campaign banalities; his marriage to Constance ( Christine Baranski ) seems equally hollow. In the midst of a nervous breakdown, Bulworth goes without sleep or food for three days and takes out a $10 million insurance policy on himself while arranging his own assassination. Drinking during a return to Los Angeles, Bulworth is scheduled to speak at an African-American church in South Central L.A. Once there, he tosses aside his prepared speech, startling both the audience and his campaign manager Murphy ( Oliver Platt ) by improvising truthful remarks instead of the familiar rhetoric. These loose-cannon salvos gain the attention of an attractive young woman, Nina ( Halle Berry ). Bulworth finds an exhilaration with this new freestyle approach, and after shocking a gathering in Beverly Hills with further fulminations, Bulworth invites Nina and her girlfriends into his limo. During a spaced-out sojourn at one of South Central's more frenzied after-hours clubs, Bulworth gains respect for hiphop culture. Still reeling from insights gained by this nightlife, he arrives the next day for a fund-raising function at the Beverly Wilshire, startling everyone with a diatribe delivered in the intonations of a rap artist. His interest in Nina and his new optimistic outlook on life give Bulworth a sense of elation and a will to live. He phones to call off the hit, but gears have been set in motion. After an assumed hitman turns up during a church appearance, Bulworth flees, and Nina offers him a safe-house hideout at the home of her family, veterans of the Civil Rights movement. Here Bulworth goes through the final steps in his transformation -- making a Kennedy-styled connection with the disenfranchised as he tunes into forgotten memories of the '60s. Outfitted in homeboy clothing, the born again Bulworth heads for a TV station to unleash even more caustic comments on the American political scene. Language and drug use brought this film an R rating. -- Bhob Stewart |
| Personal Details |
| My Rating |
6 |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
47 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
1/24/2000 |
| Purchase Price |
$9.99 |
| Store |
Walmart |
| Links |
IMDB
Amazon US
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| Product Details |
| Format |
VHS |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
1.85:1 |
|
086162103988 |
| Release Date |
2002 |
| Subtitles |
English; Spanish |
| Audio Tracks |
English Dolby Digital 5.1 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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