Absolute Power (1997) political thriller directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. The screenplay by William Goldman is based on the 1996 novel of the same name written by David Baldacci. It was screened out of competition at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
It is also features the final film appearence of actor E.G. Marshall.
Master thief Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood) breaks into the home of billionaire Walter Sullivan (E.G. Marshall). When Sulli...
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Absolute Power (1997) political thriller directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. The screenplay by William Goldman is based on the 1996 novel of the same name written by David Baldacci. It was screened out of competition at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.
It is also features the final film appearence of actor E.G. Marshall.
Master thief Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood) breaks into the home of billionaire Walter Sullivan (E.G. Marshall). When Sullivan's younger wife Christy (Melora Hardin) arrives home unexpectedly with the President of the United States, Alan Richmond (Gene Hackman), Luther hides behind a one-way mirror and watches them engage in rough sex. When the President gets too rough, Christy attacks him with a letter opener. The President screams when he is wounded in the arm, at which time two Secret Service agents, Bill Burton (Scott Glenn) and Tim Collin (Dennis Haysbert), burst in and shoot Christy dead. They and Chief of Staff Gloria Russell (Judy Davis) then clean up the...
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