In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize–winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their media campaign as a cross between a soap opera and TV news. The result was the groundbreaking Tanner ’88, a piercing satire of media-age American politics.
as Jack Tanner
as T.J. Cavanaugh
as Alex Tanner
as Hayes Haggerty
as Stringer Kincaid
as Emil Berkoff
as Deke Connors
as Andrea Spinelli
as Molly Hark
as Billy Ridenhour
as Joanna Buckley
as Stevie Chevalier
as David Seidelman
as Barney Kittman
