---
title: 'Primary Colors (1998)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Mike Nichols'
released: '1998-03-20'
runtime_minutes: 138
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'History'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/primary-colors-1998'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119942/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Primary Colors (1998)

1998 · 138 min · Drama, Comedy, History, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Primary Colors is a 1998 American political comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Elaine May was adapted from the novel Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics, a roman à clef about the Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign, which was originally published anonymously, but in 1996 was revealed to have been written by journalist Joe Klein, who had been covering Bill Clinton's campaign for Newsweek. The film stars John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Maura Tierney, Larry Hagman and Adrian Lester.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Mike Nichols](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-nichols)
- **Producer:** [Mike Nichols](https://cinepixo.com/people/mike-nichols)
- **Screenplay:** [Elaine May](https://cinepixo.com/people/elaine-may)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ry Cooder](https://cinepixo.com/people/ry-cooder)
- **Director of Photography:** [Michael Ballhaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-ballhaus)
- **Editor:** [Arthur Schmidt](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-schmidt)

## Cast

- [Rebecca Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/rebecca-walker)
- [Chelcie Ross](https://cinepixo.com/people/chelcie-ross)
- [Gia Carides](https://cinepixo.com/people/gia-carides)
- [Diane Ladd](https://cinepixo.com/people/diane-ladd)
- [Maura Tierney](https://cinepixo.com/people/maura-tierney)
- [Kathy Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathy-bates)
- [Harrison Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/harrison-young)
- [Mykelti Williamson](https://cinepixo.com/people/mykelti-williamson)
- [Allison Janney](https://cinepixo.com/people/allison-janney)
- [Bonnie Bartlett](https://cinepixo.com/people/bonnie-bartlett)
- [Stacy Edwards](https://cinepixo.com/people/stacy-edwards)
- [Paul Guilfoyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-guilfoyle)
- [Billy Bob Thornton](https://cinepixo.com/people/billy-bob-thornton)
- [Emma Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-thompson)
- [Bianca Lawson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bianca-lawson)

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