Chris Cooper, Kris Kristofferson, Cheech Marin, Danny Huston, Daryl Hannah
Director:
John Sayles
Producer:
John Sayles, Maggie Renzi
Writer:
John Sayles
Distributor:
Newmarket Films
Description: Set against the backdrop of a mythic "New West," a satire that follows grammatically challenged, "user-friendly" candidate Dicky Pilager, scapegrace scion of Colorado's venerable Senator Jud Pilager, during his gubernatorial campaign. When Pilager finds that he's reeled in a corpse during the taping of an environmental political ad, his ferocious campaign manager, Chuck Raven, hires former idealistic journalist turned rumpled private detective Danny O'Brien to investigate potential links between the corpse and the Pilager family's enemies. Danny's investigation pulls him deeper and deeper into a complex web of influence and corruption, involving high stakes lobbyists, media conglomerates, environmental plunderers, and undocumented migrant workers.
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