Power Page #4

Synopsis: Pete St. John is a powerful and successful political consultant, with clients spread around the country. When his long-time friend and client, Ohio senator Sam Hastings, decides to quit politics, he is rapidly drafted to help with the campaign of the man destined to succeed him, unknown and mysterious businessman Jerome Cade. In parallel, and unaware of the potential dangers, he proceeds to unravel the mystery surrounding Hastings dropping out, with the aide of his ex-wife, a prominent Washington-based journalist. But interests more powerful than local arm wrestling are at stake, and things start going awry.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Sidney Lumet
Production: Lorimar Home Video
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.7
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
R
Year:
1986
111 min
656 Views


- How did you find out?

- We just heard.

He'll be entering

the primary?

Yes, but I expect

he'll be unopposed.

I seriously doubt that,

Mr. Billings.

Nonetheless, that's the opinion here.

The filing deadline's the 1st.

We already organized

to collect signatures.

Mr. Cade is well-known

within Ohio and...

...the Senate seat is something

he's giving serious thought to.

You know my price?

$25,000 a month plus expenses,

Tell me more

about Mr. Cade.

Senator, how are you, sir?

How are you? It's good

to see you again.

Madam.

I got one for you.

Why did they put windshield wipers

on a Polish airline...

- ...on the inside?

- Why?

- Hey! How're you doing?

- Wilfred, you old reprobate!

I hear you're gonna resign

from the paper and finally...

- ...do some good in the world.

- Oh, God.

- Good to see you.

- Nice seeing you.

- My Goodness.

- Good morning.

I was worried for a while

I was gonna break our string.

Oh, no, I got your message.

You were in London last week.

Yes, Leonard and I were summoned

by our news editor for some...

...in-depth preplanning of our--

let's see, of our--

American election coverage.

- Wilfred?

- Yes?

What have you heard about, um,

about Sam Hastings?

Oh! Nothing yet.

He's supposed to be sick.

Hm! No ideas, huh?

Are you writing this down,

Ellen, honey?

No, no, no.

I'm just curious.

All I know is he--

- Have you decided?

Oh, uh, yes.

Have you got any freshly

squeezed orange juice?

- You didn't have any the last time.

- We have.

Right. I'll have

a large glass and...

...and English muffin.

I'll have that juice, too,

with a little vodka and ice.

- Anything else, Mr. Buckley?

- A doughnut plain.

All I know is, I ran into him

three weeks ago...

...at the Gridiron thing,

and everything was great.

He looks great,

like usual.

He feels good, just had

his physical at Walter Reed,

everything cheked out

just fine,

and, all of a sudden,

he's walking away from

the U.S. Senate. Mmm?

This means that

Mr. St. John loses...

...one of his "A" clients.

How's our boy?

Have you seen him lately?

I called him,

he's in South America.

He was doing the...

...presidential campaign

last week, there.

Are you two getting

back together?

- Are you?

- No.

Let's get right to it, shall we?

Did he screw you

as good as he did me?

- Have you seen him?

- No.

You're doing the New Mexico

gubernatorial race, uh...

- ...Frank McKusker, right?

- Yeah.

You'll be seeing him

very soon.

- He got Wallace Furman.

- Yeah, I heard he signed on.

Well, why not? Get the best

money can buy, right?

That's what he is, isn't he?

I mean, he's the very best.

It doesn't matter what or who

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David Himmelstein

David U. Himmelstein is an American academic physician specializing in internal medicine. He is a distinguished professor of public health and health policy in the CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College, an adjunct clinical professor at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and a lecturer at Harvard Medical School. He is also the co-founder (with Steffie Woolhandler) of Physicians for a National Health Program, an organization advocating for single-payer healthcare in the United States. more…

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