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Titolo originale: Absolute Power
Regia: Clint Eastwood |
Anno: 1997
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Crime Dramma Azione
Tag: daughter | rape | assassination | usa president | washington dc, usa | government | corruption | the white house | politics | attempted murder | attempted robbery | secret service | witness to a crime | u.s. secret service agent | father daughter relationship | shot to death |
Cast: Clint Eastwood | Gene Hackman | Ed Harris | Laura Linney | Judy Davis | Scott Glenn | Dennis Haysbert | E.G. Marshall | Melora Hardin | Kenneth Welsh | Penny Johnson Jerald | Richard Jenkins | Mark Margolis | Elaine Kagan | Alison Eastwood | Yau-Gene Chan | George Orrison | Charles McDaniel | John Lyle Campbell | Kimber Eastwood | Eric Dahlquist Jr. | Jack Stewart Taylor | Joy Ehrlich | Robert Harvey |

Al presidente degli Stati Uniti non basta portarsi a letto la moglie del suo migliore amico e sostenitore, ma la picchia e ne nasce una lite furibonda. Le guardie del corpo eliminano quindi la donna prima che sia lei a uccidere il presidente. Da una cabina-armadio Luther Whitney, professionista del furto, assiste al fattaccio e fugge. Comincia così la caccia al ladro...

Approfondimenti

Laura Linney appeared in such filmed productions relating to American politics as Dave - Presidente [...] D
Clint Eastwood's extremely organized methods of directing led to filming being completed over three [...] D
Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood) remarks to Detective Seth Frank (Ed Harris), "Tomorrow is promised t [...] D
In this movie, Gene Hackman played a President who murdered his mistress. In Senza via di scampo (19 [...] D
Gene Hackman and E.G. Marshall appeared in Power - Potere (1986) and Superman III (1983). D
The movie features two of Clint Eastwood's daughters in very minor roles: Kimber Eastwood (born Kimb [...] D
This movie was shot during June and July 1996. During principal photography, Clint Eastwood learned [...] D
In his memoir "Which Lie Did I Tell?", William Goldman described his writing of several drafts of th [...] D
In the 1997 "Film & Video" article "Clint Eastwood: The Actor-Director Reflects on His Continuing Ca [...] D
The hospital scenes were filmed using the set for E.R. - Medici in prima linea (1994). D
Ed Harris and Laura Linney appeared in The Truman Show (1998). D
Clint Eastwood's character, Luther Withney, is a thief who fought in Korea War. In Michael Cimino's [...] D
Ed Harris and E.G. Marshall appeared in Creepshow (1982) and Nixon (1995). D
Final theatrical movie of E.G. Marshall (Walter Sullivan). D
Debut movie as a producer for Karen S. Spiegel. D
One of two Clint Eastwood movies released in 1997. The other being Mezzanotte nel giardino del bene [...] D
One of six Clint Eastwood movies that featured his daughter Alison. This is also one of two 1997 mov [...] D
Because it was ultimately distributed by them theatrically, this marks the first- and so far, the on [...] D
The quote, "Tomorrow is promised to no one" was a line in the song Without Love by Tom Jones in 1970 [...] D
In this movie, Gene Hackman plays the President of the United States, the same role that his charact [...] D
This movie screened out of competition at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997. D
Dennis Haysbert and Penny Johnson Jerald appeared on 24 (2001) as President Palmer and his wife. D
William Goldman followed up this movie with La figlia del generale (1999), a similarly themed filmed [...] D
The location of Luther's hideout was filmed at writer Christopher Hitchens' Washington, D.C. apartme [...] D
Clint Eastwood's nineteenth movie as a director. D
Clint Eastwood has said of this movie's development: "I was sent the script by the production team a [...] D
The cast includes two Oscar winners: Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman; and four Oscar nominees: Ed Ha [...] D
The house in the beginning of this movie is a real castle in Brooklandville, Maryland. It belongs to [...] D
Clint Eastwood was previously in another political thriller, In the Line of Fire (1993). D
The fortieth movie in which Clint Eastwood appeared as an actor. D
One of the few movies Clint Eastwood made outside of Warner Bros., but when Castle Rock Entertainmen [...] D
This movie was released one year after its source novel was published. Reportedly, the movie rights [...] D
Reportedly, Ed Harris' fee for this movie was $2.5 million. D
Although the basic premise is essentially the same, the film diverges dramatically from the source n [...] D
Three of the main cast portrayed astronauts: Scott Glenn and Ed Harris in The Right Stuff (1983), an [...] D
According to the DVD's "Behind The Scenes", author David Baldacci met producer Karen S. Spiegel in 1 [...] D
Clint Eastwood and Laura Linney would work together again in Mystic River (2003) and Sully (2016). D
Scott Glenn and Ed Harris appeared in Uomini veri (1983). D
This movie, Shadow Program - Programma segreto (1997) and Delitto alla Casa Bianca (1997), three pol [...] D
Kimber Eastwood: Clint Eastwood's daughter as a White House tour guide. D
Clint Eastwood and Gene Hackman never meet in the course of this movie, despite being the protagonis [...] D
When entering the crime scene for the second time, Gloria Russell (Judy Davis) refers to the "two-wa [...] D
The team that scored a touchdown in the game that Luther (Clint Eastwood) watched was James Madison [...] D
Before working with Melora Hardin (Christy Sullivan) on this movie, Clint Eastwood worked with her f [...] D
At the Café Alonzo, when policeman Seth Frank (Ed Harris) and Secret Service Agent Bill Burton (S [...] D
Luther, at one point, says "I love true crime." Clint Eastwood's next movie was Fino a prova contrar [...] D
Gene Hackman plays the President of the United States and E.G. Marshall co-stars. In Superman II (19 [...] D
This is the first time Clint Eastwood played a criminal since Escape From Alcatraz (1979). D
This was the first time Laura Linney worked with Clint Eastwood, but this is the only time they acte [...] D
A few supporting cast members are all Academy Awards nominees. Ed Harris, Judy Davis, Laura Linney, [...] D
Clint Eastwood previously starred with, and directed, Gene Hackman in Unforgiven (1992). Hackman sub [...] D
Gene Hackman and Ed Harris played in Sotto tiro (1983). D
One of a few Clint Eastwood movies in the intrigue genre. The others being Firefox - Volpe di fuoco [...] D
Laura Linney and Dennis Haysbert would appear in Breach (2007) after being in this film together D
Though set in Washington, D.C., most of this movie was shot in Baltimore, Maryland, except for some [...] D