The vice president is dead, and as the president makes his choice for a replacement, a secret contest of wills is being waged by a formidable rival. When Senator Laine Hanson is nominated as the first woman in history to hold the office, hidden agendas explode into a battle for power.

• Cinerenta Medienbeteiligungs KG
• Cinecontender Internationale
• Joan Allen
• Gary Oldman
• Jeff Bridges
• Christian Slater
• Sam Elliott
• William Petersen
• Saul Rubinek
• Philip Baker Hall