Tanner '88 1988

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.

Cast

Michael Murphy

Pamela Reed

Cynthia Nixon

Kevin J. O'Connor

Daniel H. Jenkins

Jim Fyfe

Matt Malloy

Ilana Levine

Veronica Cartwright

Harry Anderson

Wendy Crewson

Sandra Bowie

Richard Cox

Greg Procaccino