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.
February 15, 1988
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Michael Murphy
Jack Tanner
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Pamela Reed
T.J. Cavanaugh
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Cynthia Nixon
Alex Tanner
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Kevin J. O'Connor
Hayes Haggerty
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Daniel H. Jenkins
Stringer Kincaid
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Jim Fyfe
Emil Berkoff
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Matt Malloy
Deke Connors
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Ilana Levine
Andrea Spinelli
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Veronica Cartwright
Molly Hark
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Harry Anderson
Billy Ridenhour
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Wendy Crewson
Joanna Buckley
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Sandra Bowie
Stevie Chevalier
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