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The Last Debate
VHS cover
GenrePolitical drama
Based onThe Last Debate
byJim Lehrer
Written byJon Maas
Directed byJohn Badham
StarringJames Garner
Peter Gallagher
Audra McDonald
Marco Sanchez
Music byArthur B. Rubinstein
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producers
  • Diane Minter Lewis
  • Ridley Scott
  • Tony Scott
  • Production locationToronto
    CinematographyNorayr Kasper
    EditorFrank Morriss
    Running time96 minutes
    Production companyScott Free Productions
    Original release
    NetworkShowtime
    ReleaseNovember 5, 2000 (2000-11-05)

    The Last Debate is a 2000 American political drama television film directed by John Badham and written by Jon Maas, based on the 1995 book by Jim Lehrer,[1] and starring James Garner and Peter Gallagher. It aired on Showtime on November 5, 2000.

    Plot[edit]

    A televised presidential debate has a conspiracy behind it.

    Cast[edit]

  • Peter Gallagher as Tom Chapman
  • Audra McDonald as Barbara Manning
  • Donna Murphy as Joan Naylor
  • Marco Sanchez as Henry Ramirez
  • Dorian Harewood as Brad Lily
  • Michael Riley as Jack Turpin
  • Bruce Gray as Governor Paul L. Greene
  • Stephen Young as Richard Meredith
  • Lawrence Dane as Sidney Robert Mulvane
  • Djanet Sears as Nancy Dewey
  • Peter Donaldson as Jeff Grayson
  • John Badham as Don Beard
  • Leslie Carlson as Pat Tubbs
  • Maggie Huculak as Gwyn Garrison
  • Martin Doyle as Jim Weaver
  • Brenda Robins as Carol Reynolds
  • Colin Fox as Joshua L. Simpson
  • Judah Katz as Bob Lucas
  • Robin Ward as Mark Southeran
  • Don Ritchie as Church Hammond
  • Nicky Guadagni as Sam Minter
  • Patrice Goodman as Roz Weisberg
  • Barry Flatman as Ned Cannon
  • Shelley Peterson as Joyce Meredith
  • Annabelle Torsein as Alison Meredith
  • Lynn Vogt as Ellen Greene
  • Eamon Zekkon as TV Director
  • Barbara Gordon as Lorraine Hampstead
  • Nancy Harewood as Bonnie Kerr
  • Ann Marin as Female Reporter
  • Vanessa Vaughan as Grace Dickins
  • Doug Murray as Jeff Field
  • Martin Roach as Room Service Waiter
  • Denis Akiyama as TV Makeup Artist
  • Bryan Renfro as Steve Harrington
  • Sharron Matthews as Barbara Fan
  • Chuck Campbell as Bartender
  • Production[edit]

    Filming took place in Toronto.[2]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ Lehrer, Jim (September 21, 2000). The Last Debate. PublicAffairs. ISBN 1586480049. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  • ^ Zahed, Ramin (November 1, 2000). "The Last Debate". Variety. Retrieved November 12, 2022.
  • External links[edit]


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