Movie
1997
Absolute Power is a 1997 American political thriller film produced by, directed by, and starring Clint Eastwood as a master jewel thief, Luther Whitney, who witnesses the killing of a woman by Secret Service agents. The screenplay by William Goldman is based on the 1996 novel Absolute Power by David Baldacci. Screened at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival, the film also stars Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Judy…
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Some films are made before its time. In case of *Absolute Power*, 1997 thriller directed by Clint Eastwood, that time was one year in the future. The plot of the film, based on the bestseller by David Baldacci, had some intriguing similarities with the scandal that would rock American political establishment in 1998. Its protagonist is rather unconventional for this sort of film. Luther Whitney (played by Clint East…More
