The Contender

Drama • R • Directed by: Rod Lurie • 127 minutes

Senator Laine Hanson (Joan Allen) is nominated by the President (Jeff Bridges) for the Vice Presidency, but information and disinformation about her past surfaces, putting her confirmation in jeopardy from powerful committee chair Senator Shelly Runyon (Gary Oldman). Both Joan Allen and Jeff Bridges earned Academy Award nominations for their performances.