Primary Colors
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Kathy BatesFilms…an idealistic political operative, in Primary Colors (1998).
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Allison JanneyBreakthrough: Primary Colors and The West Wing…a schoolteacher in Mike Nichols’s Primary Colors (1998), a dramedy starring John Travolta as a Bill Clinton-type politician. Her character has a memorable fall, and that scene reportedly led to Janney’s being cast as C.J. Cregg in The West Wing (1999–2006). Created by Aaron Sorkin, the drama is a behind-the-scenes…
Read More…a schoolteacher in Mike Nichols’s Primary Colors (1998), a dramedy starring John Travolta as a Bill Clinton-type politician. Her character has a memorable fall, and that scene reportedly led to Janney’s being cast as C.J. Cregg in The West Wing (1999–2006). Created by Aaron Sorkin, the drama is a behind-the-scenes…
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Robert KleinMusic and acting… (1994), One Fine Day (1996), Primary Colors (1998), The Safety of Objects (2001), Two Weeks Notice (2002), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Ira & Abby (2006), Reign Over Me (2007), The Back-up Plan (2010), and Before I Go (2021). He also made scores
Read More… (1994), One Fine Day (1996), Primary Colors (1998), The Safety of Objects (2001), Two Weeks Notice (2002), How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003), Ira & Abby (2006), Reign Over Me (2007), The Back-up Plan (2010), and Before I Go (2021). He also made scores
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Billy Bob ThorntonMonster’s Ball and Bad Santa…roles in such films as Primary Colors (1998), a film about the rise of a charismatic Southern politician to the White House (adapted from the 1996 novel of the same name and based on the presidential campaign of Bill Clinton); Armageddon (1998), a large-budget adventure film in which a group…
Read More…roles in such films as Primary Colors (1998), a film about the rise of a charismatic Southern politician to the White House (adapted from the 1996 novel of the same name and based on the presidential campaign of Bill Clinton); Armageddon (1998), a large-budget adventure film in which a group…
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John TravoltaOther films and TV seriesShorty (1995), Face/Off (1997), Primary Colors (1998), Swordfish (2001), and Hairspray (2007). In 2016 he appeared as attorney Robert Shapiro in the TV miniseries The People v. O.J. Simpson. Travolta acted steadily through the rest of the decade, starring in such movies as Gotti (2018) and The Fanatic
Read MoreShorty (1995), Face/Off (1997), Primary Colors (1998), Swordfish (2001), and Hairspray (2007). In 2016 he appeared as attorney Robert Shapiro in the TV miniseries The People v. O.J. Simpson. Travolta acted steadily through the rest of the decade, starring in such movies as Gotti (2018) and The Fanatic
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