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Power is a 1986 American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A drama film is a Film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes Sidney Lumet (born June 25 1924) is an Academy Award -receiving American Film director, with over 50 Films to his name The original screenplay by David Himmelstein focuses on political corruption and how power affects both those who wield it and the people they try to control. See also Pre-production Screenwriting A screenplay or script is a written plan authored by a Screenwriter, for a Film or Television Political corruption is the use of governmental powers by government officials for illegitimate private gain

Pete St. John, a ruthless and highly successful media consultant, is asked to join the campaign of little-known Ohio businessman Jerome Cade, who hopes to win the Senate seat vacated by St. A media consultant is a term used to describe a Marketing agent or Public relations executive hired by businesses or political candidates to obtain positive press Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives John's friend Sam Hastings. He comes in conflict with Arnold Billings, a public relations expert whose firm has been hired by Cade. Public relations (PR is the practice of managing the flow of Information between an Organization and its Publics Public relations - often referred St. John's investigation into Billings' background prompts Billings to retaliate by bugging St. John's office phones, flooding the basement of his headquarters, tampering with his private jet, and interfering with his other clients. His actions force St. John to take a hard look at himself and what he has become and to decide if his ex-wife Ellen and ex-partner Wilfred Buckley are right in believing his success is due primarily to the exploitation of others.

The Twentieth Century-Fox release was filmed in Armonk, New York; the Kaufman Astoria Studios in Queens, New York City; Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico; Durango, Mexico; Seattle, Washington; Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park in Agua Dulce, California; and Washington, DC. Armonk is a census-designated place (CDP located in the town of North Castle in Westchester County New York. The Kaufman Astoria Studios is located in Queens New York, and home to productions like Sesame Street, Johnny and the Sprites, Santa Fe ( Navajo: Yootó is the Capital of the state of New Mexico. Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park is a 905 acre (3 km² northern Los Angeles County, California USA park acquired by LA County government in the 1970s Agua Dulce ( Spanish for Freshwater, literally sweet water) is an unincorporated community located in Los Angeles County California Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D

Denzel Washington won the Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture. The NAACP Image Awards is an award presented annually by the American National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to honor outstanding People of color

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Principal cast

Principal production credits

Critical reception

In his review in the New York Times, Vincent Canby described the film as "a well-meaning, witless, insufferably smug movie that . Vincent Canby ( July 27 1924 &ndash September 15 2000) was an American film critic. . . suffers from the total lack of a comic imagination. " [1]

In the Chicago Sun-Times, Roger Ebert observed, "It's smart, it's knowledgeable, sometimes it's funny, occasionally it is very touching, and I learned something from it . The Chicago Sun-Times is an American daily Newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois. Roger Joseph Ebert (iːbɝt born June 18, 1942) is an American film critic and Screenwriter. . . The movie builds up considerable momentum during its first hour. There's a sense of excitement, of identification with this man who is being driven by his own energy, ambition and cynicism . . . During the second half of the movie, however, a growing disappointment sets in. Power is too episodic. It doesn't really declare itself to be about any particular story, any single clear-cut issue . . . the movie itself seems to sense that it's going nowhere. The climax is a pointless, frustrating montage of images. It's a good montage, but it belongs somewhere in the middle of the movie; it states the problem, but not the solution or even the lack of a solution. The movie seems to be asking us to walk out of the theater shaking our heads in disillusionment, but I was more puzzled than disillusioned. " [2]

References

  1. ^ New York Times review
  2. ^ Chicago Sun-Times review

External link

Power at the Internet Movie Database

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