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TANNER '88 (1988)

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Criterion Collection # 258

DVD Release Date: October 5, 2004


Director: Robert Altman


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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, in which actors Michael Murphy (as contender Jack Tanner) and Cynthia Nixon (as his daughter) rub elbows on the campaign trail with real-life political players Jesse Jackson, Gary Hart, Bob Dole, Ralph Nader, Kitty Dukakis, and Gloria Steinem, among many others. The Criterion Collection is proud to present the complete eleven-episode television series?more relevant today than ever.

READ:
Tanner '88: Robert Altman's Best, For Real
by Michael Wilmington
criterion.com/current/posts/1056


Format: NTSC

DVD Size: 7.40 + 7.70 GB -- Exact Untouched Copy

Runtime (main feature): 353 minutes

Type: Color

Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1

Sound (main feature): English

Subtitles: optional English



DIRECTOR-APPROVED DOUBLE-DISC SET:

# Episode introductions featuring original cast members created for Sundance Channel's 2004 broadcast of Tanner '88.
# New video conversation between series creators Robert Altman and Garry Trudeau.
# English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.
# Optimal image quality: RSDL dual-layer edition.



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