| | | He was born to run.
Features: DVD, Aspect Ratio 2.35:1, English, Dolby Digital (5.1), Dolby Surround Sound
John Travolta leads an all-star cast (including Oscar winners Emma Thompson, Kathy Bates and Billy Bob Thornton) on a wild race to the presidency in this savagely funny comedy. Jack Stanton (Travolta) is a virtually unknown Southern governor on a quest for the White House with his strong, savvy and equally ambitious wife, Susan (Thompson). Running against the odds, the Stantons need all the help they can get from their extremely colorful political team. Together, they take off on a hilarious heart-wrenching and ultimately history-making roller coaster ride to the top.
"Funny and vibrant." Time Magazine
"So funny it hurts!" Rolling Stone
Editor's Note
In Mike Nichols's PRIMARY COLORS, America's topsy-turvy political process is viewed through the eyes of Henry Burton (Adrian Lester), an idealistic young man who is seduced into managing the presidential campaign of slick southern governor Jack Stanton (John Travolta). The mesmerized Burton immediately sets up campaign headquarters and meets his new political family: Susan Stanton (Emma Thompson), Jack's wife and partner; Richard Jemmons (Billy Bob Thornton), the sly, improbable political strategist who proudly describes himself as a redneck; Libby Holden (Kathy Bates), the fanatically loyal, overtly lesbian campaign troubleshooter who always has a big mouth and occasionally carries a big gun to match; and Daisy (Maura Tierney), the young, smart, and looking-for-love campaign media adviser. The film is based on the controversial best-selling novel by Anonymous (Joe Klein). Travolta's dead-on, thinly disguised Clinton impersonation alone is well worth seeing.
| Features | Audio: English, French Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound | | Subtitles: Spanish | | English 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital | | French 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital | | Production Notes | | Cast/Crew Bios | | Spanish Subtitles | | Widescreen Version | | Theatrical Trailer | | Film Highlights |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 3/4/2003 |
| Running Time: 144 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1998 | | Catalog ID: 20469 | | UPC: 00025192046926 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1999) | | | Kathy Bates, Nominee, Best Supporting Actress | | | Elaine May, Nominee, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | |
Golden Globe (1999) | | | John Travolta, Nominee, Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Comedy/Musical | | | Kathy Bates, Nominee, Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture | |
Screen Actors Guild Award (1999) |  | Kathy Bates, Winner, Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...This provocative film touches a nerve. It's so funny it hurts..." 04/16/1998 p.87-8Entertainment Weekly
"...Travolta is a wonderful Clinton/Stanton....[Bates is] a fierce, funny force of nature..." 09/04/1998 pp.86-7 New York Times
"...An array of vivid caricatures whose real-life role models aren't easy acts to follow..." 03/20/1998 p.E1 Los Angeles Times
"...For Tennessee-born Kathy Bates, this gleeful, high-energy part is a lifesaver, her best performance since winning an Oscar in MISERY and good enough to practically steal the entire picture..." 03/20/1998 p.C1 Chicago Sun-Times
"...It's a superb film -- funny, insightful and very wise about the realities of political life....The movie is endlessly inventive and involving..." 03/20/1998 p.41 Total Film
"...PRIMARY COLORS rewards where other political dramas merely bore..." 10/01/1999 p.104 Time Magazine 8 of 10
... Nichols and his once and current partner, screenwriter Elaine May... make a funny, knowing, ultimately judicious film... If you mix the primary colors red, yellow and blue, the result is black. But this is no black comedy. It is a wistful story, about honor (Nichols says) and (we say) about the joy and pain of an idealist's love. - Richard Corliss
Box Office Magazine 7 of 10
When Primary Colors sticks to [Joe] Klein's book, it sings... The acting, too is superb, from Emma Thompson's button-down version of Hilary to Billy Bob Thornton's deadpan riff on Clinton's Cajun troubleshooter James Carville. Kathy Bates also rises to the occasion as the bombastic, lunatic Stanton spin doctor Libby Holden. And Travolta as the petulant, irresponsible but genuinely caring and charming Jack Stanton isn't just in top form; he's the best p.r. Bill Clinton could ever hope for. - Shlomo Schwartzberg
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