Tanner '88 (1988)

1
Seasons

12
Episodes

February 15, 1988
Release Date

TV
IMDb ratings
7.8
Tanner '88

Tanner '88 (1988)

1
Seasons

12
Episodes

February 15, 1988
Release Date

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HBO
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Plot.

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.

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Cast & Crew.

James Davidson

James Davidson

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Patt Derian

Patt Derian

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Peter Edelmann

Peter Edelmann

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Aviel Ginzburg

Aviel Ginzburg

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Pamela Ginzburg

Pamela Ginzburg

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Mickey Leland

Mickey Leland

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Ed Markey

Ed Markey

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Chris Matthews

Chris Matthews

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John Calkins

John Calkins

Details.

Release Date
February 15, 1988

Status
Ended

Seasons
1

Episodes
12

Genres

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Wiki.

Tanner '88 is a political mockumentary miniseries written by Garry Trudeau and directed by Robert Altman. First broadcast by HBO during the months leading up to the 1988 U.S. presidential election, it purports to tell the behind-the-scenes story of the campaign of fictitious former Michigan U.S. Representative Jack Tanner, played by Michael Murphy, during his bid to secure the Democratic Party's nomination for president of the United States.

The story is told from a number of different points of view, including Tanner, his campaign staff, the small army of news reporters that constantly follow the candidate, and volunteers. Many political figures of the time appear (some in cameos, some extended), including Bruce Babbitt, Bob Dole, Kitty Dukakis, Gary Hart, Jesse Jackson, and Pat Robertson. Trudeau and Altman revisited the story 16 years later in Tanner on Tanner.

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