Les coulisses du pouvoir

Original title: Power

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5.7/10

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Richard Gere in Les coulisses du pouvoir (1986)

After a close friend drops out of politics, a political consultant helping to find a replacement finds a web of corruption and deceit as well.

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After a close friend drops out of politics, a political consultant helping to find a replacement finds a web of corruption and deceit as well.After a close friend drops out of politics, a political consultant helping to find a replacement finds a web of corruption and deceit as well.After a close friend drops out of politics, a political consultant helping to find a replacement finds a web of corruption and deceit as well.

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IMDb RATING

5.7/10

3.6K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Trivia
When this film premiered at the 1986 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, reels three and four were sequentially reversed by Sundance staffer and IATSE projectionist David Nelson. Most critics and viewers said that they didn't notice the mistake in what they called an otherwise disappointing film. One of the filmmakers demanded that the incomplete premiere be stopped, and it wasn't rescheduled, the only such film in festival history to do so.

Goofs
The character portrayed by Denzel Washington has the surname Billings. In the end credits, the character's surname is spelled Billing.

Quotes
Arnold Billings: [about Pete and Ellen, slamming phone down] They are now in his room fucking.

Crazy credits
The billing of the character name of Arnold Billings, played by actor Denzel Washington in the film, is incorrectly spelled in the movie's credits as Arnold Billing.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Power/Down and Out in Beverly Hills/Hannah and Her Sisters/The Best of Times (1986)

Soundtracks
Sing, Sing, Sing
Written by Louis Prima
Performed by Benny Goodman
Courtesy of RCA Records

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Featured review

6/10

Wrong title for a great movie

The box cover and the title for the movie are wrong. This is not a movie about power, but the power of the media. The cover shows a little figure of a man (Gere) standing in the center of the title: Power. Almost as timeless as Network, Power is also the story of the media and the power it has over the world. Gere is the star of the film, but Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington carry the film with their great supporting roles. Although the plot of the South American candidate disappears somewhere in the middle of the movie, the story of the 3 other candidates in Washington, Ohio and New Mexico is what keeps the movie going. An interesting and very true look into the world of the media in politics, Power is a shelved classic that is worth the watch.