The Front Runner
Gary Hart was going to be President. Instead he changed American politics forever.
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11/6/2018Runtime
113 minsOverview
Gary Hart, former Senator of Colorado, becomes the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1987. Hart's intelligence, charisma and idealism makes him popular with young voters, leaving him with a seemingly clear path to the White House. All that comes crashing down when allegations of an extramarital affair surface in the media, forcing the candidate to address a scandal that threatens to derail his campaign and personal life.
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A taut political drama about the rapid unraveling of a presidential frontrunner when his personal life becomes tabloid fodder. The film captures the exact moment when American politics and media changed course, with a protagonist's idealism no match for the machinery designed to destroy him.
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