Reply #3: Power (1986) [View All]

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091786/

This is a really intelligent movie about politics and the media. Although it may look old, it is as important today as twenty years ago. It shows how flawed the political, democratic system is, how much it is controlled by everything except the opinion of the voter.

Beside it's intelligent message the movie delivers great directing by Sidney Lumet. The music supervision is excellent showing the development of the main character with the always repeating song.

All actors deliver great performances, first of all Richard Gere in one of his good roles, an always great Gene Hackman, an early Denzel Washington with a nice nasty role. Kate Capshaw, Julie Christie, E.G. Marshall, J.T. Walsh and all others act pretty good too.

A really intelligent, important, exciting movie.