Absolute Power

film by Eastwood [1997]

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"Absolute Power" is a 1997 American neo-noir thriller film directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. Eastwood plays a master thief who, while attempting a jewel heist, witnesses the murder of a woman by the U.S. Secret Service. The crime is then covered up by the president of the United States, played by Gene Hackman. The film explores themes of corruption and abuse of power within the highest levels of government.123

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Clint Eastwood
Films of the 1990s of Clint Eastwood
In the thriller Absolute Power (1997) Eastwood played a thief who, in the midst of a robbery, witnesses the Secret Service murder a woman whom the president of the United States (Gene Hackman) has just attacked sexually. In True Crime (1999) Eastwood starred as a veteran reporter whose…
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In the thriller Absolute Power (1997) Eastwood played a thief who, in the midst of a robbery, witnesses the Secret Service murder a woman whom the president of the United States (Gene Hackman) has just attacked sexually. In True Crime (1999) Eastwood starred as a veteran reporter whose…
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…roles in other movies, including Absolute Power (1997)—in which she portrayed the daughter of a man (played by Clint Eastwood) who is framed for a murder involving the president—and the comedy-drama The Truman Show (1998).
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