Tanner '88 (1988)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently Tanner '88 is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Amazon Video
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Cast & Crew.
Michael Murphy
Jack Tanner
Pamela Reed
T.J. Cavanaugh
Daniel H. Jenkins
Stringer Kincaid
Kevin J. O'Connor
Hayes Haggerty
Matt Malloy
Deke Connors
Ilana Levine
Andrea Spinelli
Cynthia Nixon
Alex Tanner
Jim Fyfe
Emile Berkoff
Veronica Cartwright
Molly Hark
Frank Barhydt
Frank Gatling
Sandra Bowie
Stevie Chevalier
Robert Altman
Creator / Executive Producer / Director
Garry Trudeau
Creator / Executive Producer / Writer
Wendy Crewson
Joanna Buckley
Mark Fish
Editor
Richard Cox
David Seidelman
Sean-Michael Connor
Editor
Mark Jaffee
Line Producer
Greg Procaccino
Barney Kittman
Matthew Seig
Associate Producer
Kristine Flones
Costume Design / Makeup Artist / Costume Design / Makeup Artist
Ruth Foster
Editor
Zennia M. Barahona
Post Production Producer
Alison Ellwood
Editor
Dorian Harris
Editor
Scott Bushnell
Producer
Jean Lépine
Director of Photography
Robert Gerringer
Farmer Bob
Patricia Falkenhain
Mrs. Bob
Michael Poisson
Engineer
Stephen Altman
Production Design / Art Direction / Rogan / Production Design / Art Direction
Cleavon Little
Rev. Billy Crier
Andy Stahl
Molly's Crewmember #1
Stephen Kelly
Molly's Crewmember #2
Daniel Butler
Reporter
Larry Black
Reporter
Wiley Moore
Focus Group Participant
Marshall Fallwell Jr.
Farmer
Dee Nelson
Focus Group Participant
Lorianne Crook
Herself
Charlie Chase
Himself
Sam Bush
Himself - New Grass Revival
Bob Dole
Himself (uncredited)
Pat Flynn
Himself - New Grass Revival
Pat Robertson
Himself (uncredited)
Béla Fleck
Himself - New Grass Revival
E.G. Marshall
Gen. John Tanner
John Cowan
T.J.'s Date
Waylon Jennings
Himself
Danny Darst
Himself
Tom Mehican
Priest
Joe Banks
Secret Serviceman
John Elko
Secret Serviceman
Gregory McKinney
Secret Serviceman
Sidney Blumenthal
Himself
Hodding Carter III
Himself
James Davidson
Himself
Patt Derian
Herself
Peter Edelmann
Himself
Aviel Ginzburg
Himself
Pamela Ginzburg
Herself
Mickey Leland
Himself
Ed Markey
Himself
Chris Matthews
Himself
Mary McGrory
Herself
Kirk O'Donnell
Himself
Bob Squier
Himself
Charlie Webb
Secret Service Agent (uncredited)
Randall Robinson
Himself (uncredited)
Lowell Weicker
Self (uncredited)
John Considine
Duke Crodian
Cameron Thor
Secret Serviceman
Bruce Babbitt
Himself
Ned Bellamy
Secret Serviceman
Joan Cushing
Herself
David Alan Grier
Secret Serviceman
James Terry
Molly's Cameraman
Rebecca De Mornay
Self
Dorothy Sarnoff
Self
Kim Cranston
Self
Ken Daly
Secret Serviceman
Sandra J. Burud
Self
Malcolm Jenkins
Secret Serviceman
James "Gypsy" Haake
Jennifer
Alice Carter
Flight Attendant
Linda Ellerbee
Herself
Julius Carry
Secret Serviceman
Jesse Jackson
Himself (uncredited)
John Calkins
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 15, 1988
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes12
Genres
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This TV Show Is About.
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.