Tanner on Tanner

The creators of Tanner '88, director Robert Altman and writer Garry Trudeau, return 16 years later to their fictional presidential candidate, Jack Tanner (Michael Murphy). Now the focus is on his controlling daughter (Cynthia Nixon), a fair-weather filmmaker trying to put together a film about her father's 1988 campaign. The mix of seemingly unscripted dialogue and heady political talk is still present, but this series (four half-hour episodes that aired on Showtime right before the 2004 presidential election) concentrate on--and lampoon--documentary films and the passion, misdirected or not, that goes into them. Does simply having a camera focused at the subject really make a film? Fans of Altman's cocktail of eavesdropping will not be disappointed. A diner at the New York gathering spot Elaine's can give us a shot of celebrity: there's Martin Scorsese and Steve Buscemi talking about film, former governor Mario Cuomo riffing on President Bush. Although there are certain joys--like Jack Tanner's return to the convention floor--the results, the insight, and even the laughs are not the same as 16 years ago. --Doug Thomas more

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-27-2008; Foretold Fate in 08; Tanner 88 is a prescient addition to the catalog of mockumentary films initiated by Spinal Tap in 84. The presidential candidacy of Jack Tanner in 88, following a semi-scripted format, foretells the character of a future candidate,...; read full review | report as inappropriate

4/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Feb-20-2005; Robert Altman on his own TANNER '88; Cinema is probably the closest art form to politics, as Robert Altman wisely proclaims, "All movie stars are politicians and all politicians are bad actors". While the original TANNER '88 was so much about the 'fictional aspects' of...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-31-2005; A disappointment, but extras are a treat; I'll give anything with Cynthia Nixon a fair shake, so we tried to stomach our way through this four-episode compilation. It's most unfortunate to report back that it takes a lot of intestinal fortitude to make it to the finish line....; read full review | report as inappropriate

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5/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-27-2008; Foretold Fate in 08; Tanner 88 is a prescient addition to the catalog of mockumentary films initiated by Spinal Tap in 84. The presidential candidacy of Jack Tanner in 88, following a semi-scripted format, foretells the character of a future candidate,...; read full review | report as inappropriate

3/5: From: Amazon; Posted: Jan-31-2005; A disappointment, but extras are a treat; I'll give anything with Cynthia Nixon a fair shake, so we tried to stomach our way through this four-episode compilation. It's most unfortunate to report back that it takes a lot of intestinal fortitude to make it to the finish line....; read full review | report as inappropriate