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Absolute Power

Absolute Power

Warner Bros. (Feb 14, 1997)
Action | Adventure | Crime | Drama | Thriller
USA | English | Color | 02:01
Blu-Ray Edition
Blu-ray
R (Restricted)
883929112357
| 1 disc
Region A
HD Case

A master thief coincidentally is robbing a house where a murder in which the President of The United States is involved occurs in front of his eyes. He is forced to run yet may hold evidence that could convict the President. A political thriller from and starring Clint Eastwood and based on a novel by David Baldacci.



Based on the novel by David Baldacci, Absolute Power is about the ruthlessness of people in power. The President believes that everything he does is beyond reproach, including an affair or two. That leads to murder and everyone around him is involved. There is only one witness, a thief named Luther Whitney. They are sure he'll talk, but when? The Secret Service is determined to keep him quiet, but catching a thief isn't always easy.
Written by Kristie Murray





Luther Whitney is a professional thief, who only works occasionally. He is planning what is suppose to be his last job, and everything is going smoothly until some come in before he can leave. He hides in a secret room and from behind a one-way mirror sees that it's the wife of the owner of the house he is robbing and another man. They are fooling around when the guy decides to liven things up by striking her, she get away but he corners her, she then grabs a letter opener and is about to stab him when he cries out for help when two men come in and shoot her dead. It seems that the man is Alan Richmond, the President of the United States and the two men are the secret service agents assigned to him. Later, a woman, Gloria Russell, who is his Chief of Staff enters and upon learning of what has happened, decides to cover it up and make it appear that she was killed by a burglar. After sanitizing the room, they are about to leave but they forget the letter opener, Whitney comes out of the room and takes it and makes his getaway but when they returned for the letter opener they discover Whitney and chase him but he gets away. The police investigate the murder and there are so many inconsistencies, which makes the investigator, Seth Frank suspect that something is going on. Frank then discovers that Whitney is a possible suspect but the only thing is that he doesn't believe that Whitney is a killer. Whitney tries to leave town but when he learns just how corrupt and amoral Richmond is he decides to play mind games with him and the others. Richmond, at the same time, tells them that Whitney must be silenced permanently.
Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com




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Clint Eastwood Luther Whitney
Gene Hackman President Richmond
Ed Harris Seth Frank
Laura Linney Kate Whitney
Scott Glenn Bill Burton
Dennis Haysbert Tim Collin
Judy Davis Gloria Russell
E.G. Marshall Walter Sullivan
Melora Hardin Christy Sullivan
Kenneth Welsh Sandy Lord
Penny Johnson Laura Simon
Richard Jenkins Michael McCarty
Mark Margolis Red Brandsford
Elaine Goren Valerie
Alison Eastwood Art Student
Yau-Gene Chan Waiter
George Orrison Airport Bartender
Charles McDaniel Medical Examiner
John Lyle Campbell Repairman
Kimber Eastwood White House Tour Guide
Eric Dahlquist Jr. Oval Office Agent
Jack Stewart Taylor Watergate Doorman
Joy Ehrlich Reporter
Robert Harvey Cop

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Owner Kerry & Dawn
Location Movies-04
Storage Device TD 10
Purchased May 27, 2013
Quantity 1
Seen Jun 06, 2021
Added Date May 17, 2015 05:43:42
Modified Date Apr 17, 2024 00:47:38

Edition details

Screen Ratios Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
Theatrical Widescreen (2.40:1)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [French]
Dolby Digital 5.1 [Spanish]
Dolby Digital TrueHD [English]
DTS [English]
Subtitles English | English (Closed Captioned) | French | Spanish
Distributor Warner Brothers Home Video
Layers Single side, Dual layer
Edition Release Date Jun 01, 2010

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