Frank Barhydt

Jeune, beau et arrogant, Griffin Mill est responsable de production dans l'une des grandes compagnies d'Hollywood. Son cynisme et son empressement à jeter à la poubelle les scénarios qui n'ont pas l'heur de lui plaire lui valent quelques ennemis acharnés, dont un mystérieux auteur de lettres anonymes qui ne cesse de le harceler. Griffin soupçonne un scénariste dépité, David Kahane, et lui donne rendez-vous. L'entretien tourne au pugilat. Kahane y laisse la vie. Griffin maquille son crime puis rend visite à la compagne du défunt, qu'il trouve à son goût et assez bien faite pour apaiser ses remords. Pendant ce temps, les lettres anonymes continuent d'arriver...

At a luxury Florida resort, health food lobbyists choose their new president at their annual convention. As the conference progresses, underhanded tricks, backroom corruption and bizarre personal behavior threaten to undermine the entire affair.

In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize–winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their media campaign as a cross between a soap opera and TV news. The result was the groundbreaking Tanner ’88, a piercing satire of media-age American politics.

In 1988, renegade filmmaker Robert Altman and Pulitzer Prize–winning Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau created a presidential candidate, ran him alongside the other hopefuls during the primary season, and presented their media campaign as a cross between a soap opera and TV news. The result was the groundbreaking Tanner ’88, a piercing satire of media-age American politics.