Is sexual indiscretion a disqualifier for high political office? Two years after the Monica Lewinsky scandal broke, The Contender asked the question with a twist on sexual politics. Joan Allen plays vice presidential nominee Laine Hanson. After Democratic President Evans (Jeff Bridges) chooses her in the wake of the vice president’s death, a slimy Republican congressman (Gary Oldman) leaks word that Hanson engaged in group sex as a college student. Hearings, internet videos and other hijinks ensue. As with Clinton, however, Hanson was not disqualified. Liberal Hollywood gets payback!
Top 10 Movie Presidents
Some of the cinema's greatest actors have portrayed the Commander-in-Chief. TIME looks at the most notable performances.
Jeff Bridges as President Jackson Evans
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Top 10 Movie Presidents
- Josh Brolin as President George W. Bush
- Morgan Freeman as President Tim Beck
- Henry Fonda as Abraham Lincoln
- Anthony Hopkins as President Richard Nixon
- Jeff Bridges as President Jackson Evans
- Peter Sellers as President Markin Muffley
- John Travolta as Jack Stanton
- Kevin Kline as President Bill Mitchell
- Harrison Ford as President James Marshall
- Michael Douglas as President Andrew Shepherd