Primary Colors (film)

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This article is about the film. For the book, see Primary Colors.

Primary Colors
Directed by	Mike Nichols
Produced by	Mike Nichols, Jonathan Krane, Neil Machlis
Written by	Joe Klein (novel), Elaine May (screenplay)
Starring	John Travolta Emma Thompson
Music by	Ry Cooder
Cinematography	Michael Ballhaus
Editing by	Arthur Schmidt
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	20 March 1998
Running time	143 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English
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Primary Colors is a 1998 film starring John Travolta based on the popular book (a success in part fueled by speculation over the identity of the author). It also starred Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Adrian Lester, Kathy Bates, and Maura Tierney. Bates was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance, and the film itself was nominated for an Academy Award for Adapted Screenplay.

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	Character	Real Life	Actor
governor/candidate	Jack Stanton	Bill Clinton	John Travolta
his wife	Susan Stanton	Hillary Clinton	Emma Thompson
her friend	Lucille Kaufman	Susan Thomases	Caroline Aaron
their child	Jackie Stanton	Chelsea Clinton	[uncredited]
campaign manager	Henry Burton	George Stephanopoulos	Adrian Lester
campaign chair	Howard Ferguson	Harold Ickes, Jr.	Paul Guilfoyle
campaign consultant	Richard Jemmons	James Carville	Billy Bob Thornton
campaign defender	Libby Holden	Betsey Wright/Vince Foster	Kathy Bates
media advisor	Arlen Sporken	Frank Greer	Ben Jones
campaign consultant	Daisy Green	Dee Dee Myers	Maura Tierney
campaign consultant	Norman Asher	David Garth	Robert Klein
pollster	Leon Birnbaum	Stan Greenberg
affair-alleging	Cashmere McLeod	Gennifer Flowers	Gia Carides
possible candidate	Orlando Ozio	Mario Cuomo	[not seen]
his son	Jimmy Ozio	Andrew Cuomo	Robert Cicchini
possible candidate	Charlie Martin	Bob Kerrey	Chelcie Ross
possible candidate	Bart Nilson	Tom Harkin	Robert Symonds
candidate	Lawrence Harris	Paul Tsongas	Kevin Cooney
replacement candidate	Fred Picker	Jerry Brown/Reubin O'D. Askew/Harold Hughes	Larry Hagman
black leader	Luther Charles	Jesse Jackson /Al Sharpton
congressional leader	William Larkin	Dick Gephardt
congressional leader	Donny O'Brien	Tip O'Neill
reporter	Jerry Rosen	Joe Klein
reporter	A. P. Cauley	R. W. Apple, Jr.
TV pundit		Larry Sabato
Moderate Democrats of America		Democratic Leadership Council (DLC)
their founder	Arthur Kopp	Al From
headquarters	Mammoth Falls	Little Rock, Arkansas	New Orleans, Louisiana and Wilmington, California
hometown	Grace Junction	Hope, Arkansas