IMDb RATING
5.7/10
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After a close friend drops out of politics, a political consultant helping to find a replacement finds a web of corruption and deceit as well.After a close friend drops out of politics, a political consultant helping to find a replacement finds a web of corruption and deceit as well.After a close friend drops out of politics, a political consultant helping to find a replacement finds a web of corruption and deceit as well.
- Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination
Ricardo Gallarzo Jr.
- Interpreter
- (as Ricardo Gallarzo)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaWhen this film premiered at the 1986 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, reels three and four were sequentially reversed by Sundance staffer and IATSE projectionist David Nelson. Most critics and viewers said that they didn't notice the mistake in what they called an otherwise disappointing film. One of the filmmakers demanded that the incomplete premiere be stopped, and it wasn't rescheduled, the only such film in festival history to do so.
- GoofsThe character portrayed by Denzel Washington has the surname Billings. In the end credits, the character's surname is spelled Billing.
- Quotes
Arnold Billings: [about Pete and Ellen, slamming phone down] They are now in his room fucking.
- Crazy creditsThe billing of the character name of Arnold Billings, played by actor Denzel Washington in the film, is incorrectly spelled in the movie's credits as Arnold Billing.
Featured review
Perhaps this film would have hit me harder in 1986, but now, with so many movies and so much news reporting about the inner workings of politics and image-makers, I watched it on DVD (loaned by Ron and Evelyn) and came away thinking, "so what?" There really isn't anything new or Earth-shaking. Gere is good as the hot-shot political consultant who gets high dollars to get candidates elected to offices at various levels all over the USA and even Central and South America. He tells them, "do what I tell you and after you get into office, you can do whatever you want." I got the feeling that the movie is very authentic but has no great impact when it was over. The critic Ebert has a very fair and complete review. It's median IMDb vote of '6' is about right.
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- Also known as
- Power - Der Weg zum Ruhm
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Box office
- Budget
- $16,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,800,000
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,854,200
- Feb 2, 1986
- Gross worldwide
- $3,800,000
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