Primary Colors (1998)

Storyline

Jack Stanton is running for president. The election is seen through the eyes of young Henry Burton. Along the way Stanton must deal with a sex scandal. Primary Colors, the 1998 Mike Nichols United States President political campaign politics comedy (“What went down on the way to the top.”) starring John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates (in her nominated for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award role), Adrian Lester, Maura Tierney, Larry Hagman (best remembered as the star of TV’s “I Dream of Jeannie” and “Dallas”), and Rob Reiner