Joan Allen, writer/director Rod Lurie and Mariel Hemingway on the set of Dreamworks' The Contender
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Jeff Bridges stars as President Jackson Evans, who chooses a woman to be the next Vice President of the United States in Dreamworks' The Contender
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Mike Binder and Joan Allen in Dreamworks' The Contender
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Christian Slater stars as Congressman Reginald Webster who sits on the committee presiding over the confirmation hearings of Senator Laine Hanson to be the next Vice President of the United States in Dreamworks' The Contender
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Congressman Shelly Runyon (Gary Oldman) is the Chairman of the congressional committee presiding over the confirmation hearings of Senator Laine Hanson to be the next Vice President of the United States in Dreamworks' The Contender
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Congressman Shelly Runyon (Gary Oldman) is the Chairman of the congressional committee presiding over the confirmation hearings of Senator Laine Hanson to be the next Vice President of the United States in Dreamworks' The Contender
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Congressman Shelly Runyon (Gary Oldman, left) discusses tactics in the confirmation hearings of Senator Laine Hanson with Congressman Reginald Webster (Christian Slater) in Dreamworks' The Contender
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President Jackson Evans (Jeff Bridges, center) announces that his choice to become the new Vice President is Senator Laine Hanson (Joan Allen, left), as her husband William Hanson (Robin Thomas, far left), her communications director Lewis Hollis (Mike Binder, rear left), Chief of Staff Kermit Newman (Sam Elliott, right) and White House Communications Director Jerry Tolliver (Saul Rubinek, far right) look on in Dreamworks' The Contender
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President Jackson Evans (Jeff Bridges, center) greets Senator Reginald Webster (Christian Slater) at a state dinner with his Vice Presidential designate Senator Laine Hanson (Joan Allen, left) and her husband William Hanson (Robin Thomas, far left), at his side in Dreamworks' The Contender
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Robin Thomas plays William Hanson, whose wife has been selected by the President to be the first woman to hold the office of Vice President of the United States in Dreamworks' The Contender
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Sam Elliott stars as White House Chief of Staff Kermit Newman in Dreamworks' The Contender
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Senator Laine Hanson (Joan Allen) prepares for confirmation hearings to determine if she will be the first woman to be Vice President of the United States in Dreamworks' The Contender
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Senator Laine Hanson (Joan Allen), flanked by her communications director Lewis Hollis (Mike Binder), finds her entire life put on trial in confirmation hearings to determine if she will be the next Vice President of the United States in Dreamworks' The Contender
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Senator Laine Hanson (Joan Allen, center), accompanied by her communications director Lewis Hollis (Mike Binder, left), the White House communications director Jerry Toliver (Saul Rubinek, center right) and White House Chief of Staff Kermit Newman (Sam Elliott, right), heads into confirmation hearings to determine if she will be the next Vice President of the United States in Dreamworks' The Contender
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William Petersen stars as Governor Jack Hathaway who has ambitions of becoming the next Vice President of the United States in Dreamworks' The Contender
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Writer/director Rod Lurie and Christian Slater on the set of Dreamworks' The Contender
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