During the Republican run of the 2008 Presidential election, candidate John McCain picks a relative unknown, Alaskan governor Sarah Palin, to be his running mate. As the campaign kicks into high gear, her lack of experience, in both political and media savvy, becomes a drain upon McCain and his strategists.
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Julianne Moore
Sarah Palin
Woody Harrelson
Steve Schmidt
Ed Harris
John McCain
Peter MacNicol
Rick Davis
Jamey Sheridan
Mark Salter
Sarah Paulson
Nicolle Wallace
Ron Livingston
Mark Wallace
David Barry Gray
Todd Palin
Larry Sullivan
Chris Edwards
Mikal Evans
Bexie Nobles
Director
Jay Roach
Tagline
"Politics would never be the same."
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Production
Playtone, HBO Films, Everyman Pictures
GenerationofSwine
January 12, 2023
You couldn't make this today could you? I mean, the Repubicans aren't all depicted as idiotic, mouth breathing, Nazi monsters from Mars... so it wouldn't be PC enough and people would call it offensive. Because, how dare you not stereotype. Anyway, Palin was a mistake, but the movie puts all the blame on her. That wasn't really the case was it? We were just coming off the W presidency, if Obama...
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