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| Directed by | Jason Reitman |
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| Based on | All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid by Matt Bai |
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| Cinematography | Eric Steelberg |
| Edited by | Stefan Grube |
| Music by | Rob Simonsen |
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| Distributed by | Sony Pictures Releasing |
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Running time | 114 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $25 million |
| Box office | $3.2 million[2][3] |
The Front Runner is a 2018 American political drama film directed by Jason Reitman, based on the 2014 book All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid by Matt Bai, who co-wrote the screenplay with Reitman and Jay Carson. The film stars Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J. K. Simmons, and Alfred Molina. It chronicles the rise of American Senator Gary Hart, the front-runner candidate to be the 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, and his subsequent fall from grace when media reports suggested he was having an extramarital affair.
The film premiered at the Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2018, and was theatrically released in the United States on November 6, 2018, by Columbia Pictures. It received mixed reviews; while Jackman was praised for his performance, critics said the rest of the cast felt wasted and the film did not "dive deep enough into its central issues to make a compelling argument."[4] The film was a box-office bomb, earning just $3.2 million against its $25 million budget.
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- ^ "The Front Runner (2018)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019. Retrieved March 24, 2019.
- ^ Fujitani, Ryan (November 21, 2018). "Ralph Breaks the Internet and Creed II Are Certified Fresh". Rotten Tomatoes. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved November 24, 2018.