Power (1986 film)

Power is a 1986 American drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Richard Gere. 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.

Pete St. John Richard Gere, a ruthless and highly successful media consultant, is juggling a couple of other political candidates when asked to join the campaign of wealthy but littleknown Ohio businessman Jerome Cade J. T. Walsh, who hopes to win the Senate seat being vacated by St. Johns friend Sam Hastings E. G. Marshall.He comes into conflict with Arnold Billings Denzel Washington, a public relations expert whose firm Cade has hired. St. Johns investigation into Cades background prompts Billings to retaliate by bugging St. Johns office phones, flooding the basement of his headquarters, tampering with his private jet, and interfering with his other clients. ........

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