“Conservatives are going up. Women are going up. Maybe Phyllis Schlafly will vote for him,” says T.J. Cavanaugh, the campaign manager for the doomed Democratic candidate in the classic HBO series, ...
The pivotal scene in Robert Altman’s 1988 miniseries Tanner ’88 happens early in the show—in fact, it happens near the very end of the pilot, as former congressman Jack Tanner (Michael Murphy), a ...
It's Tanner time. Again. Satirist Garry Trudeau (Doonesbury) and filmmaker Robert Altman are reuniting to create a sequel to their groundbreaking political miniseries, Tanner '88, for the Sundance ...
Reviving 'Tanner 88' Parody in Election YearAndrew Wallenstein of The Hollywood Reporter offers a review of Tanner 88, a pseudo-documentary about fictional candidate Jack Tanner's 1988 presidential ...
“Tanner ’88,” a satirical miniseries about a make-believe presidential candidate on the real-life 1988 campaign trail, remains amazingly fresh after 16 years. Seen now (courtesy of cable’s Sundance ...
The Sundance Channel has made a deal to rebroadcast “Tanner ’88,” the satirical 11-part miniseries that put a fictional Democratic presidential candidate into the actual terrain of the 1988 ...
Critic David Bianculli reviews "Tanner '88" — the fake documentary series about a fictional candidate for president rubbing elbows with actual candidates. It was created 16 years ago for HBO by ...