Bulworth 1998

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 104 min

genre: political

theme: black comedy

director: Warren Beatty

Score: 6 / 10

Bulworth is a 1998 American political satire black comedy film co-written, co-produced, directed by, and starring Warren Beatty. It co-stars Halle Berry, Oliver Platt, Don Cheadle, Paul Sorvino, Jack Warden, and Isaiah Washington. The film follows the title character, California Senator Jay Billington Bulworth (Beatty), as he runs for re-election while trying to avoid a hired assassin. The film received generally positive reviews and a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay yet narrowly failed to break even on a $30 million budget. However, Beatty was praised for tackling race, poverty, dysfunction in the health care system, and corporate control of the political agenda, with eminent legal scholar Patricia J. Williams noting the film examined "racism's intersection with America's deep, and growing, class divide."

Plot

Jay Bulworth, a Democratic U.S. Senator from California, faces a primary challenge from a fiery young populist. Once politically liberal, Bulworth has over time conceded to more conservative politics and to accepting donations from large corporations. While he and his wife have been having affairs with each other's knowledge for years, they maintain a happy facade for the sake of their public image. Tired of politics and unhappy with life, Bulworth makes plans to kill himself, and negotiates a $10 million life insurance policy with his daughter as the beneficiary. Knowing that a suicide would void the policy, he contracts to have himself assassinated within two days.

Cast

More details

author	Warren Beatty
contentLocation	California
director	Warren Beatty
editor	Billy Weber Robert C. Jones
genre	comedy political satire
keywords	american healthcare system american liberalism black activist black people c-span campaign manager cannabis in the united states conservatism in the united states conservative crack crack cocaine democratic democratic party drink election day film crew first time health care impoverish insurance company insurance policy liberal life insurance marijuana police officer politics of california presidency president of the united states primary challenge primary election rap single-payer health care smoke south central los angeles television studio u.s. senator united state senate
musicBy	Ennio Morricone
nomination	Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
productionCompany	Mulholland Productions
publisher	20th Century Fox
recordedAt	California Los Angeles
theme	black comedy dance hood the media