Primary Colors (1998)

03/20/1998 2h 23m

What went down on the way to the top.

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Overview

In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspoken adviser, Richard Jemmons.

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Cast Ages at Release

John Travolta

as Jack Stanton

Born 02/18/1954, age

Emma Thompson

as Susan Stanton

Born 04/15/1959, age

Billy Bob Thornton

as Richard Jemmons

Born 08/04/1955, age

Adrian Lester

as Henry Burton

Born 08/14/1968, age

Maura Tierney

as Daisy Green

Born 02/03/1965, age

Paul Guilfoyle

as Howard Ferguson

Born 04/28/1949, age

Larry Hagman

as Gov. Fred Picker

Born 09/21/1931

Died 11/23/2012, age

Kathy Bates

as Libby Holden

Born 06/28/1948, age

Diane Ladd

as Mamma Stanton

Born 11/29/1932, age

Caroline Aaron

as Lucille Kaufman

Born 08/07/1952, age

Rob Reiner

as Izzy Rosenblatt

Born 03/06/1947, age

J.C. Quinn

as Uncle Charlie

Born 11/30/1940

Died 02/10/2004, age

Allison Janney

as Miss Walsh

Born 11/19/1959, age

Robert Klein

as Norman Asher

Born 02/08/1942, age

Mykelti Williamson

as Dewayne Smith

Born 03/04/1957, age

Ned Eisenberg

as Brad Lieberman

Born 01/13/1957

Died 02/27/2022, age

Bonnie Bartlett

as Martha Harris

Born 06/20/1929, age

Chelcie Ross

as Charlie Martin

Born 10/26/1942, age

Tony Shalhoub

as Eddie Reyes

Born 10/09/1953, age

Bianca Lawson

as Loretta

Born 03/20/1979, age

Stacy Edwards

as Jennifer Rogers

Born 03/04/1965, age

Gia Carides

as Cashmere McLeod

Born 06/07/1964, age

Robert Easton

as Dr. Beauregard

Born 11/23/1930

Died 12/16/2011, age

Scott Burkholder

as Danny Scanlon

Born 02/13/1958, age

Bill Maher

as Himself

Born 01/20/1956, age

James Earl Jones

as CNN Voiceover (voice)

Born 01/17/1931, age