| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Movie Name | ABSOLUTE POWER (1997) |
| Director | Clint Eastwood |
| Writer | David Baldacci, William Goldman |
| Lead Actor | Clint Eastwood |
| Cast | Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris |
| Genre | Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller |
| Release Date | February 14, 1997 (United States) |
| Duration | 2h 1m (121 min) |
| Budget | $ 50 Million |
| Language | English |
| IMDB Rating | 6.7/10 |
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In this Clint Eastwood project (he’s star, producer, director and composer of some of the music), the chief executive (smarmy Gene Hackman) is involved in drunken illicit sex and murder, then tries to cover it up with more killing and the dominant (not absolute) power of the White House.
Eastwood plays an upscale jewel thief (and a Korean War hero) who witnesses the murder from a closet. Despite his dubious profession, he’s a devoted father (to lawyer daughter Laura Linney) and morally superior to the government hacks and the prez’s ruthless female chief of staff (played with wry wickedness by Judy Davis).
Eastwood uses David Baldacci’s pulp best seller mainly as an excuse for sly cinematic set pieces (an ambush that goes awry, a mock reception ball attended by Hackman and Davis) en route to a happy ending. The cast (Ed Harris, E. G. Marshall, Scott Glenn, Dennis Haysbert) could have contributed to something much finer.
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