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The Second Civil War is a american film of genre Drama directed by Joe Dante released in USA on 15 march 1997 with Beau Bridges
The Second Civil War (1997)
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Add to a movie listThe Second Civil War is a satirical/comedy film made for the HBO cable television network and first shown on March 15, 1997.
Directed by Joe Dante, the film is a satire about anti-immigrant sentiment in the United States.
The film also stars James Earl Jones, Elizabeth Peña and Denis Leary as reporters for a CNN like cable network, ("NN"); Phil Hartman as the U.S. President, James Coburn as his chief political advisor, and William Schallert as the Secretary of Defense. Brian Keith portrayed a general in one of his final movie roles.
^ James Ciment, Encyclopedia of American Immigration (M E Sharpe Reference, 2001), p. 789
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The 1997 film is set in a United States in which foreign immigration has skyrocketed: The mayor of Los Angeles speaks only in Spanish, Rhode Island is populated mostly by Chinese-Americans, and Alabama has a congressman from India. Politics is openly reduced to a matter of catering to various ethnic groups for their votes - the Alabama congressman will only support the president if his state receives more money for Hindu temples. When an atomic weapon is used in Pakistan, an international organization makes plans to bring orphans to Idaho.Actors
Beau Bridges
(Governor Jim Farley)
Phil Hartman
(The President)
James Earl Jones
(Jim Kalla)
Denis Leary
(Vinnie Franco)
Joanna Cassidy
(Helena Newman)
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