Tanner '88

Tanner '88: Season 1

Criterion/Voyager (1988)

NR (Not Rated)

037429198025

7.8

1,038

TV Series | Comedy | Drama

USA | English | Color | 01:57

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Director Robert Altman and cartoonist G.B. Trudeau combined forces for this ground breaking satire following the campaign of fictional Democratic presidential candidate Jack Tanner, mixing real life politicians and celebrities with the fictional characters. In the first season, we meet Tanner as basically a nice guy who doesn't have the killer instinct of his competitors, but nevertheless forges ahead with the help of his campaign manager T.J. Cavanaugh (Pamela Reed), youthful aide Stringer Kincaid (Daniel Jenkins), ditzy assistant Andrea Spinelli (Ilana Levine), Emile the pollster (Jim Fyfe) and teenage daughter Alex (Cynthia Nixon). Other regulars include kindhearted newspaper columnist Hayes Taggerty (Kevin J. O'Connor), filmmaker Deke Connors (Matt Molloy), and Dukakis campaign head Joanna Buckley (Wendy Crewson), Tanner's secret love interest. In the second season, set sixteen years later, Alex is now a documentary maker

Episodes View details

1 The Dark Horse 59 min | Feb 15, 1988

Congressman Jack Tanner prepares for the New Hampshire primary.

2 For Real 32 min | Mar 14, 1988

Tanner's presidential campaign gains momentum with a new television commercial and publicity from an assassination attempt.

3 The Night of the Twinkies 30 min | Apr 12, 1988

Tanner seeks the African American vote.

4 Moonwalker and Bookbag 31 min | May 02, 1988

Tanner and his daughter acclimate to the presence of their new Secret Service security.

5 Bagels with Bruce 30 min | May 16, 1988

At odds with the rest of Tanner's campaign, media manager Stringer weighs his options.

6 Child's Play 30 min | Jun 06, 1988

Tanner makes a number of appearances and gets image tips from an ex-member of the Dukakis campaign.

7 The Great Escape 31 min | Jun 20, 1988

Tanner's comments on drugs invite controversy.

8 The Girlfriend Factor 31 min | Jul 11, 1988

The campaign becomes hostile to the reporter who broke the story on Tanner's romantic life.

9 Something Borrowed, Something New 31 min | Jul 17, 1988

Tanner and Joanna's wedding plans go awry.

10 The Boiler Room 31 min | Aug 11, 1988

Reeling from their respective losses at the Democratic National Convention, the Tanner and Jackson campaigns make their last-ditch plays.

11 The Reality Check 30 min | Aug 22, 1988

Having lost the Democratic nomination, Tanner ponders running as a third candidate.

Cast View all

	Michael Murphy	Jack Tanner
	Matt Malloy	Deke Connors
	Pamela Reed	T.J. Cavanaugh
	Daniel Jenkins	Stringer Kincaid
	Ilana Levine	Andrea Spinelli
	Veronica Cartwright	Molly Hark
	Cynthia Nixon	Alex Tanner
	Jim Fyfe	Emile Berkoff
	Frank Barhydt	Frank Gatling
	Sandra Bowie	Stevie Chevalier
	Wendy Crewson	Joanna Buckley
	Greg Procaccino	Barney Kittman
	Kevin J. O'Connor	Hayes Taggerty
	Richard Cox	David Seidelman
	David Alan Grier	Secret Serviceman
	E.G. Marshall	Gen. John Tanner
	Rebecca De Mornay	Self
	Ken Daly	Secret Serviceman
	Harry Anderson	Billy Ridenhour
	Jesse Jackson	Self
	Malcolm Jenkins	Secret Serviceman
	Andy Stahl	Molly's Crew
	Danny Darst	Danny Darst
	Daniel Butler	Reporter
	Waylon Jennings	Waylon Jennings

Crew View all

Director	Robert Altman
Writer	Garry Trudeau
Producer	Robert Altman, Frank Barhydt, Scott Bushnell, Mark Jaffee, Matthew Seig, Garry Trudeau, Zennia M. Barahona
Photography	Jean Lépine

Edition details

Packaging	Keep Case
Nr Discs	2
Screen Ratios	Fullscreen (4:3)
Audio Tracks	Dolby Digital Mono [English] Mono [English]
Subtitles	English
Layers	Single side, Single layer
Edition Release Date	Oct 05, 2004
Regions	Region 1