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Directed by Robert Altman

TANNER ’88: Episode 10

30m

“The Boiler Room”
Directed by Robert Altman • 1988 • United States

In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize-winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their media campaign as a cross between a soap opera and TV news. In this episode, Tanner's team tries some "backroom magic" in order to secure the Democratic nomination.

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