The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.

Joan Allen
as Laine Hanson

Gary Oldman
as Shelly Runyon

Jeff Bridges
as President Jackson Evans

Christian Slater
as Reginald Webster

Sam Elliott
as Kermit Newman

William Petersen
as Jack Hathaway

Saul Rubinek
as Jerry Tolliver

Philip Baker Hall
as Oscar Billings

Robin Thomas
as William Hanson

Kathryn Morris
as Paige Willomina
CinemaSerf
Joan Allen is an American senator who is nominated to replace a recently deceased Vice-President by Jeff Bridges ("President Evans"). Once her confirmation hearing begins, she finds her rather interesting private life under the scrutiny of hostile committee chairman Gary Oldman who is determined to ...