Primary Colors is a 1998 film starring John Travolta based on the popular book (a success fueled in part by speculation over the identity of the then-anonymous author, Joe Klein). It also starred Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates and Adrian Lester. Bates was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance, and the film itself was nominated for an Academy Award for Adapted Screenplay.

Plot

Jack Stanton (John Travolta), is the charismatic governor of a Southern state, who decides to run for President of the United States. The film follows Stanton's bumbling, philandering and yet charismatic rise to the top of American politics. Both the book and the movie are meant to be about then President Bill Clinton's life before the White House.

Cast

*John Travolta - Governor Jack Stanton

*Emma Thompson - Susan Stanton

*Billy Bob Thornton - Richard Jemmons

*Kathy Bates - Libby Holden

*Adrian Lester - Henry Burton

*Maura Tierney - Daisy Green

*Larry Hagman - Governor Fred Picker

*Diane Ladd - Mamma Stanton

*Paul Guilfoyle - Howard Ferguson

*Rebecca Walker - March

*Caroline Aaron - Lucille Kaufman

*Tommy Hollis - William "Fat Willie" McCullison

*Rob Reiner - Izzy Rosenblatt

*Ben L. Jones - Arlen Sporken

*J. C. Quinn - Uncle Charlie

*Allison Janney - Miss Walsh

*Robert Klein - Norman Asher

*Mykelti Williamson - Dewayne Smith

*Geraldo Rivera - himself

*Charlie Rose - himself

*Larry King - himself

*Bill Maher - himself

*Sophia Choi - herself

*Chelcie Ross - Charlie Martin

*Tony Shalhoub - Eddie Reyes

*John Vargas - Lorenzo Delgado

*Gia Carides - Cashmere McLeod