Primary Colors

Based On the book by Joe Klein

Primary Colors is a 1998 American political comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols. The screenplay by Elaine May was adapted from the novel Primary Colors: A Novel of Politics, a roman à clef about the Bill Clinton 1992 presidential campaign, which was originally published anonymously, but in 1996 was revealed to have been written by journalist Joe Klein, who had been covering Bill Clinton's campaign for Newsweek. The film stars John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Maura Tierney, Larry Hagman and Adrian Lester. Primary Colors was released by Universal Pictures on March 20, 1998.

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Release date:

March 20, 1998

Director:

Mike Nichols

Cast:

John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Billy Bob Thornton, Kathy Bates, Adrian Lester

Genre:

Crime, Drama, Comedy, Biographical

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1998 in adaptations