Follows the Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign and the organization who ran it.Follows the Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign and the organization who ran it.Follows the Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign and the organization who ran it.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 6 wins & 3 nominations total
- Self
- (as Michael Donnilon)
- Self
- (as Stan Greenberg)
- Self
- (as Barry Bognato)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaParodied in The Bunker (2016) of Documentary Now! (2015)
- Quotes
James Carville: There's a simple doctrine: outside of a person's love, the most sacred thing that they can give is their labor. And somehow or another along the way, we tend to forget that. Labor is a very precious thing that you have. Anytime that you can combine labor with love, you've made a good merger. I think that we're gonna win tomorrow, and I think the governor's going to fulfill his promise and change America. And I think many of you are going to go on and help him. I'm a political professional, that's what I do for a living, and I'm proud of it.
[weeping]
James Carville: We change the way campaigns are run. It used to be, there was a hierarchy. If you were on one floor, get to another floor. Everybody was compartmentalized. You people showed that you can be trusted. Everybody in this room, everybody. People are gonna tell you you're lucky. You're not. Ben Hogan said 'Golf is a game of luck. The more practice, the luckier I get.' The harder you work, the luckier you are. I was thirty-three years old before I went to Washington or New York. Forty-two before I won my first campaign. And I'm happy for all y'all. You've been part of something special in my life... and I'll never forget what y'all have done. Thank you.
- SoundtracksVote for the Rythm
Written by Leo Robin, Ralph Rainger, Al Siegel
Performed by Ella Fitzgerald/Chick Webb Band
Published by Famous Music Corp.
Weak points: The sequence involving the Bush Brazilian print job goes on way too long and then doesn't resolve. Also, I (for one) was looking forward to seeing that timeless moment during the East Lansing debate when Clinton stepped away from the podium to address the draft issue, head on. That was a make-or-break moment that reminded us just how far a little candor can go when conventional political wisdom has us by the lapels, screaming in our faces. It's too bad the directors/editors didn't see fit to give us that critical moment, which I consider quite historical, not to mention on-topic.
All told, worth seeing. Interesting to watch something like this and remember that the pendulum sometimes swings...that way.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $901,668
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $15,264
- Nov 7, 1993
- Gross worldwide
- $901,668