Tanner '88

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Michael Murphy Jack Tanner

Pamela Reed T.J. Cavanaugh

Cynthia Nixon Alex Tanner

Kevin J. O'Connor Hayes Haggerty

Daniel H. Jenkins Stringer Kincaid