Primary Colors

About Primary Colors

In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the politician's colorful world and looks on as Stanton -- who has a wandering eye that could be his downfall -- contends with his ambitious wife, Susan, and an outspok…

Mike Nichols's Primary Colors is a 1998 comedy film. The film is filed under extramarital affair, USA president, the white house, and scandal.

John Travolta stars as Jack Stanton, Emma Thompson as Susan Stanton, Billy Bob Thornton as Richard Jemmons, and Adrian Lester as Henry Burton. At 143 minutes long, it arrived in March 1998.

The screenplay is by Elaine May. Production companies include BBC, Icarus, and Mutual Film Company. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads.

Wag the Dog, State of the Union, and Olympus Has Fallen make useful companions to Primary Colors, all filed under presidential election. TMDB voters put it at 6.2 out of 10 across 362 votes and it carries a R rating.