Absolute Power
Directed by	Clint Eastwood
Produced by	Clint Eastwood, Karen Spiegel
Written by	William Goldman David Baldacci (novel)
Starring	Clint Eastwood Gene Hackman Ed Harris Laura Linney Scott Glenn Dennis Haysbert Judy Davis
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	February 14, 1997
Running time	121 min
Language	English
Budget	$50 million
IMDb profile

Absolute Power is a 1997 political thriller directed by and starring Clint Eastwood. Image File history File links Charles Prentiss (Stephen Fry) & Martin McCabe (John Bird) of Absolute Power, BBC TV, 2003. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... William Goldman (born August 12, 1931) is an American novelist, playwright and two-time Academy Award-winning screenwriter. ... David Baldacci (b. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Gene Hackman Eugene Alden Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Ed Harris as Richard Brown in The Hours Edward Allen Ed Harris (born November 28, 1950) is a four-time Academy Award-nominated American actor, director and producer. ... Laura Linney (born February 5, 1964 in New York City) is an American actress. ... Image:Scott Glenn. ... As David Palmer on 24 Dennis Dexter Haysbert (born June 2, 1954 in San Mateo, California) is an African-American film and television actor perhaps best known for his role as David Palmer from the American television show 24. ... Judy Davis (born April 23, 1955) is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actress. ... The WB Shield used from 2003 to present day Warner Bros. ... February 14 is the 45th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This is a list of film-related events in 1997. ... Politics is a process by which decisions are made within groups. ... The thriller is a broad genre of literature, film, and television that includes numerous, often-overlapping sub-genres. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

Featured cast

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Plot summary

Thief Luther Whitney (Clint Eastwood) breaks into the home of billionaire Walter Sullivan (E.G. Marshall). When Sullivan's younger wife Christy arrives home unexpectedly with another man, Luther hides behind a one-way mirror and watches them engage in rough sex. When the man gets too rough, Christy defends herself with a letter opener. The man screams and two men enter and shoot Christy dead. They then clean up the scene of the crime and make it look as if a burglar killed her. Luther is discovered but not before he steals the letter opener with the woman's fingerprints and the man's blood... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A billionaire is a person who has a net worth or wealth of or more than one billion United States dollars or euros. ... Everett Gunnar Marshall (June 18, 1910 - August 24, 1998) was an American actor who starred in 1957 movie 12 Angry Men. Marshall was born in Owatonna, Minnesota. ... Look up Sex in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

...for that man is Alan Richmond, President of the United States and Luther is forced to go on the run. But when he sees the president on television, side-by-side with his friend Walter Sullivan, Luther vows to bring the president down. The presidential seal was used by President Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ...

Differences between book and film

• The main protagonist in the novel is a young lawyer named Jack Graham, a good friend of Luther's and his daughter Kate's ex-boyfriend. He was completely omitted in the film adaptation.
• The physical features of the characters in the novel are significantly different than that of the film: President Richmond is much younger (desrcibed as being in his early 40s), Gloria Russell is younger as well (38 years old), Agent Collin is caucasian as opposed to being African-American in the film, and Walter Sullivan is slightly older in the book than in the film.
• The novel's end is entirely different than that of the film: President Richmond is either impeached or resigns (it is not clearly mentioned in the book) and receives the death penalty, Gloria Russell receives 10 years probation rather than prison time in exchange for testifying against the president in court, Agent Collin is sentenced to 20 years in prison, Agent Burton commits suicide in his home rather than office, Luther is killed 2/3 through the book by Agent Collin, Walter Sullivan is killed halfway through the book by Agent Collin as well, and Kate is not forced over a cliff in her car in the novel, but leaves Washington, D. C. and moves to Atlanta, Georgia.

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Box office

• Opening weekend U.S. gross: $16,770,220
• Total U.S. box office gross: $50,068,310