--- title: 'The Front Runner (2018)' type: 'film' director: 'Jason Reitman' released: '2018-11-21' runtime_minutes: 113 certification: 'R' genres: - 'Drama' - 'History' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-front-runner-2018' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7074886/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Front Runner (2018) 2018 · R · 113 min · Drama, History · United States ## Synopsis The Front Runner is a 2018 American political drama film directed by Jason Reitman, based on the 2014 book All the Truth Is Out: The Week Politics Went Tabloid by Matt Bai, who co-wrote the screenplay with Reitman and Jay Carson. The film stars Hugh Jackman, Vera Farmiga, J. K. Simmons, and Alfred Molina. It chronicles the rise of American Senator Gary Hart, the front-runner candidate to be the 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, and his subsequent fall from grace when media reports suggested he was having an extramarital affair. ## Credits - **Director:** [Jason Reitman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-reitman) - **Screenplay:** [Jason Reitman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-reitman) - **Producer:** [Jason Reitman](https://cinepixo.com/people/jason-reitman) - **Original Music Composer:** [Rob Simonsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/rob-simonsen) - **Director of Photography:** [Eric Steelberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-steelberg) ## Cast - [Mamoudou Athie](https://cinepixo.com/people/mamoudou-athie) - [Sara Paxton](https://cinepixo.com/people/sara-paxton) - [Bill Burr](https://cinepixo.com/people/bill-burr) - [Vera Farmiga](https://cinepixo.com/people/vera-farmiga) - [Hugh Jackman](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugh-jackman) - [J. K. Simmons](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-k-simmons) - [John Bedford Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-bedford-lloyd) - [Kaitlyn Dever](https://cinepixo.com/people/kaitlyn-dever) - [Alfred Molina](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-molina) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.thefrontrunner.movie/site/ Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-front-runner-2018 Film facts: Wikidata (Q40306164); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.