Primary Colors

Governor Jack Stanton is a fictional character from Primary Colors.

Release date:March 20, 1998

Directed by:Mike Nichols

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Runtime:143 minutes

Primary Colors is a 1998 comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols and starring John Travolta based on the popular book of the same name . The film also starred Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Larry Hagman, and Adrian Lester. Bates was nominated for an Academy Award for Best... Supporting Actress for her performance, and the film itself was nominated for an Academy Award for Adapted Screenplay. Jack Stanton is the charismatic governor of a southern state who decides to run for President. The film follows Stanton's bumbling, philandering and plotting as he rises to the top of American politics. The movie is loosely based on aspects of President Bill Clinton's life during his first run for President in 1992. Following the publication of the book in 1996, director Mike Nichols paid more than $1 million for the screen rights. At the Cannes Festival, Thompson said she did not base her film character on Hillary Clinton while Travolta said he based his on several presidents, but mostly on Bill Clinton.
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Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but... rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical, cinematic or musical work. Fiction contrasts with non-fiction, which deals exclusively with factual events, descriptions, observations, etc. . Realistic fiction, although untrue, could actually happen. Some events, people, and places may even be real. This is termed "faction". It can be possible that in the future imagined events could physically happen. For example, Jules Verne's novel From The Earth To The Moon, which at that time was just a product of his rich imagination, was proven possible in 1969, when Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set foot on the Moon, and the team returned safely to Earth. Realistic fiction strives to make the reader feel as if they're reading something that is actually happening—something that though not real, is described in a believable way that helps the reader make a picture as if it were an actual event.
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