Choose Connor

Idealistic 15-year-old Owen gets the chance of a lifetime to be the youth spokesman for U.S. Senate Candidate Lawrence Connor, only to be exploited in a fierce campaign of TV and radio ads, posters, interviews, and speaking engagements in the cut throat media-image-is-all world of American politics.

Cast

Alex D. Linz

as Owen Norris

Steven Weber

as Lawrence Connor

Escher Holloway

as Caleb Connor

John Rubinstein

as Cary Evor

Christopher Rodriguez Marquette

as Tony Blake

Michael Welch

as Max

Richard Riehle

as Grant Miller

Diane Delano

as Lara Connor

Rosalee Mayeux

as Ellen Norris

Don McManus

as Daniel Norris

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