| Tanner '88 | |
|---|---|
 Series DVD cover | |
| Created by | Garry Trudeau |
| Directed by | Robert Altman |
| Starring | Michael Murphy Pamela Reed Cynthia Nixon Kevin J. O'Connor Daniel Jenkins Jim Fyfe Matt Malloy Ilana Levine Veronica Cartwright Richard Cox Wendy Crewson |
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 11 (list of episodes) Preview warning: Page using Template:Infobox television with "list_episodes" parameter using self-link. See Infobox instructions and MOS:INFOBOXPURPOSE. |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Robert Altman Garry Trudeau |
| Camera setup | Multiple camera |
| Running time | 1-hour premiere, all others approx. 30 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | HBO |
| Release | February 15 – August 22, 1988 |
| Related | |
| Tanner on Tanner | |
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Tanner '88 is a political mockumentary miniseries written by Garry Trudeau and directed by Robert Altman. First broadcast by HBO during the months leading up to the 1988 U.S. presidential election, it purports to tell the behind-the-scenes story of the campaign of fictitious former Michigan U.S. Representative Jack Tanner, played by Michael Murphy, during his bid to secure the Democratic Party's nomination for president of the United States.
The story is told from a number of different points of view, including Tanner, his campaign staff, the small army of news reporters that constantly follow the candidate, and volunteers. Many political figures of the time appear (some in cameos, some extended), including Bruce Babbitt, Bob Dole, Kitty Dukakis, Gary Hart, Jesse Jackson, and Pat Robertson. Trudeau and Altman revisited the story 16 years later in Tanner on Tanner.